The Tarheel Tour and EGOLF are pleased to announce a season-ending points race that will pay $50,000 in bonuses based upon participation and results in the final six tournaments of 2008 and a $200,000 purse for the season ending tour championship on October 16-17.

In addition, EGOLF and the Tarheel Tour will offer over $4 million in purses and prizes for a 20-tournament schedule in 2009.

The EGOLF Points Race will begin with the Firethorne Open on August 20-22, and is open to all members of the Tarheel Tour. Members will accumulate points over the final six events and position themselves for a share of the $50,000 bonus pool.

The $50,000 EGOLF Points Race bonus pool will be paid to the 10 members of the tour who accumulate the most points (participation points plus bonus points) as follows:

1st: $20,000
2nd: $10,000
3rd: $5,000
4th: $4,000
5th: $3,000
6th: $2,500
7th: $2,000
8th: $1,500
9th: $1,000
10th: $1,000

Points will be awarded for both participation and order of finish in the final six events of 2008. Each member will receive 100 participation points for playing in a tournament. In addition, the top 10 players and ties each week will earn bonus points as follows:

1st: 500
2nd: 450
3rd: 400
4th: 350
5th: 300
6th: 250
7th: 200
8th: 150
9th: 100
10th: 50