The Gateway Tour was a third-level men's professional golf tour headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona that ran series of tournaments in Arizona, California, Florida,[1] Alabama and Texas.
The tour's board of advisers included Phil Mickelson and Tom Lehman.
The first season in 2002 had 14 tournaments, all in Arizona, and paid out US$2,400,000 in prize money, primarily funded by the players' entry fees.
Tour alumni include Sean O'Hair, Notah Begay III, J.
B. Holmes, Steve Marino, Kevin Stadler, and Bubba Watson.