Gordonsville, VA – August 3, 2010 – The eGolf Professional Tour's 2010 regular season will conclude this week at the Tour Championship, contested at Spring Creek Golf Club in Gordonsville, VA on August 4-7.

The Tour Championship will feature the top 50 members on the 2010 eGolf Tour member earnings money list, and comes at the conclusion of the 13-tournament regular season – a stretch that produced 12 different champions and over $3 million in prize money.

"Since the start of the year, we have been promoting our Tour Championship as a reward to our best players," said tour president David Siegel. "This is the first year in which we will limit the field, thus encouraging the idea that each and every participant earned their way in."

In addition to the purse generated from player entry fees, the eGolf Tour has supplemented an additional $100,000 of purse money, in turn pushing the estimated winner's share to $25,000.

While the purse and winner's share are certainly grand attractions, the additional bonus following the event's conclusion might just steal the show.

Every fall, thousands of aspiring PGA and Nationwide Tour players enter the PGA TOUR's annual Qualifying Tournament, better known at "Q-School." For a fee ranging from $4,500 to $5,000, players attempt to qualify for the PGA or Nationwide Tours through three various stages – with each stage advancing roughly 20 percent of the field. Any player who fails to advance from either the first or second stage is left with zero status on either tour, while all players in the third and final stage will leave with status on either the PGA or Nationwide Tour.

It is the ultimate game of putting money forth to make your dreams come true, regardless of the long and difficult odds.

Following the conclusion of the Tour Championship, eGolf will pay for PGA TOUR Q-School for the top 20 members on the 2010 member earnings money list. Announced in November of 2009, the Q-School Bonus was designed to reward the tour's best players as they enter the most stressful time of the season.

"We realize that one of the most difficult expenses of playing golf at this level is the amount that goes towards Q-School," said Siegel. "It is our hope that, by rewarding our top 20 players and alleviating that financial stress, they are better able to play worry-free golf when it matters the most this fall."

While some of the top players have mathematically solidified their spots inside the top 20, the vast majority of participants this week will be playing for the opportunity to move inside the magic number and earn one of developmental golf's top bonuses.

A plethora of familiar names can be found inside the 50-player field list. Some of the more notable names competing this week include:

Tadd FujikawaTadd Fujikawa – Playing as an amateur at age 15, Fujikawa qualified for the 2006 U.S. Open, the youngest golfer ever to do so. In 2007, he made the cut in a PGA TOUR event at the Sony Open in Hawaii. At the age of 16 years, 4 days, he was the second youngest player to ever achieve that feat. He has since generated worldwide attention for carding a third-round 62 at the 2009 Sony Open in Hawaii. Fujikawa is easily one of the most recognizable non-PGA TOUR players in the world, given his 5'1" stature. His size is the result of being born three months premature, when doctors gave him a 50/50 chance of survival. As an infant, he fit in his grandfather's palm. He is currently 16th on the tour's money list with $38,347 and three top-10 finishes this season.

Drew Weaver – Weaver won the British Amateur in 2007 (the first American to do so in nearly 30 years) and went on to star on the victorious 2009 Walker Cup team. His story made national headlines after he was on campus during the massacre at Virginia Tech - his alma mater. Weaver was in the building adjacent to the shootings, and in turn his win at the British Amateur was deemed a signal of pride by the school. One of the most decorated amateurs in recent memory, Weaver vaulted into the living rooms of millions of viewers when, as a 22-year-old amateur, he contended at the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. At the tour's Bolle Classic in June, Weaver birdied the last five holes to lose to eventual champion Tommy Biershenk by one shot. He is currently 18th on the tour's money list with $38,111 and three top-6 finishes this season.

Jason Kokrak – The tour's leading money winner with $97,708 in 2010 earnings, Kokrak has lived up to his promise this season with two wins at the Cabarrus Classic and the Bushnell Championship. A former Xavier University "All America" selection, Kokrak has been recognized as one of the longest players in golf, with tee shots averaging over 310 yards. He has two top-35 finishes on the Nationwide Tour this season at the South Georgia Classic and the Stadion Athens Classic. During his amateur career, he pulled off the rare feat of competing in four consecutive United States Amateur Championships. He also competed in the 2007 United States Open.

Brian Harman – Harman, a native of Savannah, GA, was the top-ranked junior golfer in the world before attending the University of Georgia, where he became a four-time "All-America" selection. Harman turned professional after competing on the 2009 Walker Cup team (alongside Weaver). The lefty has seven top-10s in 10 starts in 2010 alone, and is the highest ranked player on the money list without a title this year. He is currently 4th on the tour's money list with $62,604.

Tommy BiershenkTommy Biershenk – A former Clemson University "All America" selection and Nationwide Tour player, Biershenk is a three-time eGolf Tour winner and has arguably been the best developmental tour player in North America over the past three months. The Boiling Springs, SC native has five top-5 finishes in his last seven starts, including a win at the Bolle Classic. During that torrid stretch, he had seven rounds of 65 or better and was a staggering 81-under par for the 16 rounds compiled between the Grand Harbor Open and the Bushnell Championship. He is currently No. 2 on the tour's money list with $92,623.

Ben Martin – Martin will be making his third career professional start at the Tour Championship, having just captured the tour's Forest Oaks Classic two weeks ago in a dramatic two-hole playoff. A native of Greenwood, SC, Martin earned amateur exemptions into the 2010 Masters Tournament and the 2010 U.S. Open following a runner-up finish in the 2009 U.S. Amateur Championship. A three-time first-team "All ACC" selection while at Clemson University, Martin was awarded with the school's Male Student-Athlete of the Year honor after graduating with a 3.45 GPA.

• The 2010 Tour Championship will mark the tour's fifth trip to Spring Creek Golf Club in the past four years. The Ed Carton design opened to rave reviews in 2006 and was awarded Golf Digest's prestigious "Best New Course" award in 2007. Featuring wall-to-wall bent grass, the venue is touted as one of the most well conditioned layouts in the Southeast.

• The first round of the eGolf Tour Championship will get underway at 8:00 AM on Wednesday morning. Players will be paired in the order in which they stand on the 2010 money list, with the highest ranked players teeing off early. Following the conclusion of each round, the field will be re-paired according to score. The tournament is open to the public and free of charge.