Life Time Events Give PSA US Pro Series A Further Boost
Life
Time Events Give PSA US Pro Series A Further Boost
The
recently-launched US Pro Squash Series - a collaboration
between the Professional Squash Association (PSA) and US
Squash - has been given a further boost this week by the inclusion
of the Life Time Grand Prix Squash Tour.
Life Time Fitness
has 107 clubs with 44 squash locations and 116 courts nationwide, with
more clubs being built in 2014. Events staged at clubs in Atlanta,
Houston, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Chicago and Boca Raton this year will add
to the growing list of events already included within the US Pro
Squash Series.
Life
Time Grand Prix Tournament Director & Promoters Andre and Danielle
Maur are very excited, not only for the PSA Pro players, but also
for squash in the US, which is growing at an incredible pace.
"This
year's locations are in Atlanta, Houston, Vegas, Chicago, Phoenix and
Boca Raton, and next year we will add more locations to the tour," said
Andre Maur. "We have a fantastic team with tournament
coordinators Jahanzeb Khan in Houston, Richard Glanfield
in Vegas, Garry John in Phoenix and Franz Schwerer in
Chicago, who are all excited to welcome players to their events.
"Our
tour brings $60K in total prize money ($10K each) to the PSA," Maur
continued. "We will be adding one more location in 2014 and another in
2015 to round us out with eight stops on our Grand Prix Series."
Maur,
a former player on the PSA World Tour, has been promoting and directing
tournaments for the past 20 years. "But this is by far my biggest
challenge," added Maur. "I know the expectations and how to treat the
players to the highest professional level."
The
2013 Life Time Grand Prix Tour includes the Houston Open (25-28
April); The Las Vegas Open (9-12 May); Chicago Open (24-27
October); Phoenix Open (14-17 November); and the Betty F
Griffin Florida State Open (5-8 December)
