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PHOTOS: Golfers tee up in beautiful weather at Manitoba’s Players Cup

By Mitch Rosset Global News

Posted July 9, 2015 3:53 pm

Updated July 10, 2015 9:26 am

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Players Cup Pine Ridge Golf Course Manitoba — The sun rises half an hour before the second day of the Players Cup starts at Pine Ridge Golf Course just north of Winnipeg. Mitch Rosset / Global News

WINNIPEG — The annual Players Cup is officially underway at Pine Ridge Golf Club.

A total of 156 golfers, including four Manitobans, teed off early Thursday morning during the opening round of the tournament. Up for grabs is a $175,000 prize purse. The top golfer at the end of the fourth and final round Sunday will take home $31,500.

The Players Cup is the fifth event of the Mackenzie Tour – PGA of Canada Tour season. The summer-long circuit is part of the path to golf’s big bucks. The top five golfers at the end of the year graduate to the Web.com Tour – one step closer to the PGA Tour. Saskatchewan’s Graham DeLaet and 2003 Masters champion Mike Weir are both former Players Cup competitors.

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