| With the launching of a multi-platform live poll and sweepstakes
for the 88th PGA Championship, golf fans can vote for a chance to win a
PGA Golf Getaway via Wireless Text Message or at PGA.com. Turner
Network Television (TNT) and PGA.com today announced that they have
teamed up with Txtstation to launch a multi-platform viewer's poll and
sweepstakes in conjunction with the 2006 PGA Championship, live from
Medinah (Illinois) Country Club. Each day viewers will be asked to
interact using their cell phone or via PGA.com and submit their votes
to poll questions, such as 'the most dramatic PGA Championship moment,'
or 'the best PGA golfer in his prime.' Votes can be submitted,
utilizing Txtstation technology, either at PGA.com or via cell phone by
sending a text message to short code number '88222'. The live poll and
sweepstakes, beginning Thursday, August 17 and running through Sunday,
August 20, is part of Turner's multi-platform campaign in which
coverage of the tournament will be simulcast across both television
(TNT) and the internet (PGA.com). Real-time poll results will
simultaneously be displayed during the TNT broadcast and on the PGA.com
website. Each TXT message costs $.50. Most carriers are available;
including Sprint Nextel, Verizon, T-Mobile, Cingular, Boost Mobile and
Dobson. Those submitting votes will be eligible to win a
3-day/2-night PGA Golf Getaway consisting of round trip airfare for two
to Florida, two nights accommodations at the brand new Hilton Garden
Hotel at the PGA Learning Center, a one hour golf lesson for two with
Rick Martino, PGA Director of Instruction, training session for two on
the Motion Analysis Technology by TaylorMade system, two 18-hole rounds
of golf for two at the PGA Golf Club and spending Cash. The winner will
be announced by September 25, 2006. |