The Chickasaw Nation’s Win-Star Casinos in Thackerville, Okla., has been selected to host the Red River Open professional golf tournament July 31 through August 2.

The Red River Open is an Adams Golf Pro Tour Series event with a total purse of $90,000.

The Red River Open winner will take home $15,000.

The 54-hole tournament will feature professional golfers from throughout the Mid-South area.

The tournament will be played on WinStar’s championship 18-hole golf course near the Red River in far southern Oklahoma. The course is a D.A. Weibring design that stretches 7,341 yards and features grandprix bent grass greens, sandy natural areas, native prairie grasses and an exceptional landscape.

WinStar was name Best New Course for 2006 by Avid Golfer magazine.

“The Red River Open adds another quality tournament for us in the Oklahoma market,” Adams Golf Pro Tour Series president Gary DeSerrano said. “We are excited to have the WinStar group step up and taken on an event of this magnitude.”

In 2008, the Adams Golf Pro Tour Series will host 18 tournaments in seven states. The Adams tournaments offer budding professionals the opportunity to hone their games as they work to make the PGA Tour.

The Series partners with local non-profit organizations to raise money for charity, and provide professional tournaments for area pro golfers.

For information on the Red River Open, contact Russell Bullock at russell.bullock@chickasaw.net. 

For information on the Adams Golf Pro Tour Series, visit www.adamsgolfprotourseries.com