The USAPA Pickleball National Championships will be held November 4-12 at the Palm Creek RV and Resort in Casa Grande, Ariz., and the program will offer more than $50,000 in prize money. With an estimated 2.5 million players and growing, Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the country.
The game of Pickleball is now one-step closer to joining higher profile professional sports, with the announcement of its first-ever Player Incentive Pool program, whereby more than $50,000 in prize money will be up for grabs at the USAPA National Championships, November 4-12 at the Palm Creek RV and Resort in Casa Grande, Ariz.
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The top prize is $3,500, if a player wins the National Men’s, National Women’s or Mixed Open Division, and the runners-up in those respective divisions can win $2,000, with $500 going to the third-place finisher. Players must enroll in the Selkirk Sport incentive pool program to be eligible for prize money. Selkirk Sport has pledged that more than $150,000 in prize money will be available during nationwide tournament play on the 2018 professional circuit.
“We are committed to investing in the growth of the sport at the professional level, which we believe will drive growth at the grassroots level,” said Mike Barnes, Operations Manager, Selkirk Sport. “While our ultimate goal is to develop a more traditional endorsement model customary in mainstream sports such as tennis or golf, we see this incentive program as a launching pad to validate the performance attributes of our products while driving excitement among the elite players.”
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