Coke Dr. Pepper Open First Glance
(Alexandria, LA) – The All Pro Tour will be in Alexandria, Louisiana for the Coke Dr. Pepper Open. This is the twenty-first year Links on the Bayou will be hosting the APT.
DATES: March 20- March 23, 2024
OFFICIAL NAME: Coke Dr. Pepper Open
HASHTAGS: #APT #AllProTour #PathOfThePros
SCHEDULE: 1st event of the APT 2024 season
VENUE: Links on the Bayou
PAR/YARDS: 70 (35-35), 6,880 yards
PURSE MONEY: APT: Estimated $130,000 (winner claims guaranteed $20,000 or 19% of total purse)
PAST CHAMPIONS: APT: 2023 - Cooper Dossey (-23) , 2022 - Cooper Dossey (-18), 2021 - Jake McCory (-23), 2020 - Greg Eason (-23), 2019- Justin Lower (-26), 2018 - Gregory Yates (-26)
FIELD OVERVIEW
SIZE: 132 APT players
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:
Monday, March 18th:
Practice Rounds- (8:00 a.m- 6:00 p.m)
Monday, March 18th:
Mandatory Member Meeting - (7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.)
Tuesday, March 19th:
Pro Am- (8:30 a.m.- 6:30 p.m)
Wednesday, March 20th:
Round 1- (8:00 a.m. start)
Thursday, March 21st:
Round 2 - (8:00 a.m. start)
Friday, March 22nd:
Round 3- (8:00 a.m. start)
Saturday, March 23rd:
Final Round - (8:00 a.m. start)
Awards Ceremony - (after final round)
NOTES ON THE LIST OF COMPETITORS:
This week’s APT field is made up of 132 players from 11 countries.
The breakdown of the players per country in the field this week: United States (113), Mexico (2), China (2), Canada (2), England (1), Australia (1), Ireland (1), South Africa (1), France (1), Scotland (1), and Sweden (1).
Action gets underway at 8:00 A.M. CT all four days of play. A cut will be made after 36-holes to the top 35% of the starting field, including ties. Amateurs are included in the cut number. The field will be repaired before the final two rounds based on score and players will go off in reverse horseshoe with leaders of the APT teeing off last. A trophy presentation by the clubhouse will follow the final round of play. Attendance is free to the public.
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