Dragon Promotions is pleased to announce the 2005 season finale of the Brunswick Korea Pro Pool Tour with the 1st Annual KPT Pro Tour Championships to be held in the city of Icheon, Korea on Nov 16-19,2005. The city of Icheon is sponsoring the event and hosting with the use of its city sports gymnasium.
Appearing and competing at the KPT Pro Tour Championships will be reigning BCA Open Champion and World Pool League Champion Thorsten Hohmann, 5x USA Mosconi Cup Member Charlie Williams, Filipino Young Gun & winner of ESPN Asia Tour Stop Gandy Valle, #1 JBC Japan Ranked Hiroshi Takenaka, Former Korea National Champion Young Hwa Jeong, #1 KPT Ranked Woong Dae Kim, Korea vs USA Cup Winner Tina Meraglio, and Korea International Championship Winner & 2x Reigning UPA Atlanta Open Champion Mika Immonen. Plus many more from Japan, Indonesia, and Philippines.
The event will be the biggest prize money purse yet in Korea pool history with $10,000 1st place for men and $3000 1st place for women. It will also have a weekly time slot for 8 weeks on Korea's #1 network MBC ESPN.
The KPT Awards Banquet will follow at the conclusion of the event and will award the top 10 men and the top 5 women on tour with Year End Bonus Money in the KPT Rankings. Special awards will follow recognizing the top names and successes for 2005 such as:
KPT Person of the Year Nominees: Cindy Lee , John Stransky , Charlie Williams , Justin Acker, James West
KPT Best Dressed Nominees: Mika Immonen, Thorsten Hohmann, Yun Mi Lim , Shin Young Park
KPT Fan Favorite Nominees: Rodney Morris , Mika Immonen , Woong Dai Kim , Young Hwa Jeong
KPT SportsMan of the Year
KPT Sports Woman of the Year
KPT Player of the Year (men & women)
KPT Rookie of the Year (men & women)
