Milliken backs expanding US pool tour
 
Billiard cloth manufacturer Milliken is to sponsor one of America’s biggest pool events, the five-tournament Seminole Pro Tour.
 
From its home state Florida, the tour now attracts players to competitions all over the US and at $137,000 this year’s schedule has the largest-ever prize money.
 
Milliken is providing the tour with its SuperPro pool cloth, which is becoming the choice of professional tournament organisers worldwide.
 
Marketing manager Stuart Gardiner said: “SuperPro continues to make an impact on the pool world. We think the Seminole Pro Tour is the best up-and-coming event in the US and are very excited to be part of it.”
 
In the US, Milliken is represented by cue sport distributor Sterling Gaming, whose general manager Matt Carter commented: “The tour continues to break new ground with live internet streaming, attracting the top players and the highest overall payout of any tournament in the US.”
 
The tour has also announced two additional sponsors in Fury cues and Grand Touring Vodka which, according to chief executive Paul Sacks, is scientifically proven the world’s smoothest.