FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Canadian Tour Brings Qualifying School to ChampionsGate Golf Club
for 2002 and 2003

ChampionsGate, Florida (November 28, 2025) -- ChampionsGate, Central Florida's Premiere Golf Destination, is proud to announce that it will host the winter Qualifying School for the Canadian Tour, February 11-15, 2002 and in again in 2003.
"We are very proud to host such a prestigious event," said Jeff Parsons, General Manager at ChampionsGate. "We feel that this event will attract a lot of people to watch these fine players attempt to qualify for playing privileges on the Canadian Tour."
The Q school provides the opportunity for players to qualify for either a full or conditional card. A player rewarded with a full card is granted the privilege to play at each tournament on the tour. A conditional card permits playing time, dependent on individual ranking and space availability at that particular tournament. Conditional card player rankings are established at Qualifying School.
Prior to choosing a location for the winter Q-School, the Canadian Tour sent out proposals to members of the National Golf Course Owners Association.
"Both our technical people and I feel that holding this event at ChampionsGate was an ideal fit. Both the International and the National layouts will be great tests for all participants," said Canadian Tour Commissioner Jacques Burelle. "On the International course, players will have to navigate the Scottish-style links using every club in their bag. While on the National course, the players will have to play smartly and putt their best to produce low scores. We
wanted our Qualifying School to identify those players who are truly ready to advance to the next level."
ChampionsGate is also the world headquarters of the David Leadbetter Academy. Leadbetter is ranked #1 among "Golf Digest's 50 Greatest Teachers" in America. This was another attraction for the site selection by the Canadian Tour.
"What could be better than having the David Leadbetter Academy on site at our Qualifying School," said Burelle. "Here is a large group of young players, perhaps as many as 200 participants, trying to prove themselves right at the home of one of the best teachers in the world."
"With the Florida location I'm sure that the event will attract a lot of interest in the area," said Burelle. "We know that there are a lot of our Canadian fans who vacation in the Orlando area at that time of year and I'm sure that they'll want to come out and see who the stars of tomorrow will be."
Parsons agrees that this prestigious event will draw fans to the ChampionsGate facility.
"We welcome the opportunity to open our doors to the golf public and show them two fantastic championship golf courses that they will want to come back and try for themselves," said Parsons.
The Canadian Tour stages 18 events each year, with six in the United States, one in Panama and 11 in Canada.

ABOUT CHAMPIONSGATE
ChampionsGate is a 36-hole championship golf course designed by legendary golfer/architect Greg Norman and is managed by Meadowbrook Golf, the third largest golf course management company in the United States. For more information on tee times or outings, please contact ChampionsGate at 1.888.558.9301, or locally at 407.787.GOLF.

DIRECTIONS
ChampionsGate is located - literally - at Exit 24 on Interstate 4; the westbound expressway ramp takes you right to the ChampionsGate main gate. The journey to ChampionsGate, from International Drive, hotels in the attractions area, and Orlando International Airport is almost entirely via expressway; and driving time in minutes is less than to most other top golf resorts in the area.

ABOUT THE CANADIAN TOUR
The Canadian Tour is an associate member of the International Federation of PGA Tours and all its official-money tournaments are included in the Official World Golf Ranking.
The Canadian Tour stages tournaments from January through September in North
America (Canada and the United States) and Central America (Republic of Panama).
More than 100 graduates of the Canadian Tour have gone on to the U.S. PGA Tour, the European PGA Tour and the Japanese PGA Tour and 24 grads have won a combined 43 PGA Tour events, including Mike Weir of Canada and Steve Stricker of the U.S. - the past two winners of World Golf Championship events.
More information about the Canadian Tour can be found at www.cantour.com.

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