Golf Entrepreneur Dusty Schmidt Lays Down Million Dollar Challenge

Portland resident will play anyone, anywhere to prove he's the world's best
combo golfer/poker player

PORTLAND, Ore., April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Poker champion and one-time golf
prodigy Dusty Schmidt is staking $1 million that he is the world's best
combination golfer/poker player.

On Friday, Schmidt formally announced the 10thGreen.com Million Dollar
Challenge. The Portland resident says he will play anyone in the world in
poker and golf to prove he is the globe's foremost practitioner of both
crafts.

Schmidt, 27, broke many of Tiger Woods' records as a junior player in Southern
California, and was well on his way to a successful professional career when
he was felled by a heart attack at age 23. Since then, he has become an online
poker titan, winning more than $3 million in two years. He still plays golf
recreationally, maintaining a plus-2.9 index.

"I'm not boastful by nature," Schmidt said. "This just seemed like a really
fun event that could grow into something big. Golf and poker are global games,
and I'll be willing to take on anyone, anywhere."

The event is sponsored by 10thGreen.com (www.10thGreen.com), a social network
and instructional website for golfers that Schmidt co-owns with famed golfer
Casey Martin. In 1999, Martin successfully sued the PGA Tour to win the right
to ride a cart during competition.

Schmidt, Martin and 10thGreen.com have been the subject of recent stories in
Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest and the Golf Channel. They will also be the
subject of an upcoming feature on ESPN's E:60 newsmagazine program.

The 10thGreen.com Million Dollar Challenge will occur at a time and place to
be determined, depending on the availability of Schmidt's challenger. Schmidt
proposed the following rules:

Day 1: 36 holes consisting of 4 separate 9-hole matches for $50,000 each.
Day 2: 36 holes consisting of 4 separate 9-hole matches for $50,000 each.
PLUS: The overall winner of a running 72-hole match will win $100,000

Day 3: 5 heads-up poker matches for $50,000 each
Day 4: 5 heads-up poker matches for $50,000 each

A total of $1 million will be won or lost.

Schmidt is keeping a video blog on www.10thGreen.com, as well as
www.Stoxpoker.com, which he also co-owns.

Schmidt asked that potential challengers contact him at Dusty@10thGreen.com.

Press contact:
Scott Brown, Brown Media Carmel
831-224-3187
scottbrownpublishing@earthlink.net

SOURCE 10thGreen.com

Scott Brown of Brown Media Carmel, +1-831-224-3187,
scottbrownpublishing@earthlink.net, for 10thGreen.com