Strilman "Mini Tour Declaration"... "I'm so hungry for the competition~"

[Asia Economy Kim Hyunjun, Golf Specialist Reporter] "Mini-tour Fever."

Kevin Streelman (USA, photo), ranked 34th in the PGA Tour money list, has made headlines by entering a mini-tour event. It is the Scottsdale Arizona Open held at Talking Stick Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, on the 14th (Korean time). It is interesting that the prize money and operating costs are covered by the entry fees paid by the players ($895 to $1,095). The total prize money is only $125,000 (about 150 million KRW), and the winner's prize is just $20,000 (about 24 million KRW).

The starting point was the complete suspension of the PGA Tour due to the recent spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Streelman is the player who won his first victory at the Tampa Bay Championship in March 2013. He claimed his second career win by winning the Travelers Championship in 2014. This year, he was on the rise after finishing runner-up at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February, but then encountered the variable called "COVID-19." Three-time PGA Tour winner Kirk Triplett (USA) also joined in.

The two players, who reside in Scottsdale, are known to have been training individually for over three months and are participating to tune their competitive edge. The mini-tour, which is at a much lower level than the secondary tours, is actually heating up due to COVID-19. Earlier this month, Callum Hill (Scotland), ranked 136th in the world, made news by winning the Outlaw Tour Velado Founders Cup. Veteran Alex Cejka (Germany) swept two mini-tour wins by winning the Outlaw Tour Arrowhead Classic on the 16th and the Parker Open on the 27th.

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