The Coachella Valley s best will clash for bragging rights in the Teaching Pro Tennis Tournament beginning today at the Indian Ridge Country Club. Matches begin at 3 p.m. today through Friday.
Admission is free.
No. 1 player in the 40s, is involved in the tournament and he s looking forward to the competition. It s very good prize money for a teaching pro championship and everyone comes out of the woodwork, or the better teaching pros I should say. It s up there, along the fact it s in my own back yard, so bragging rights are involved. Also a little pressure, according to Glenn Erickson, the tennis director at the Palm Springs Tennis and the nation s top player in the 35s. If you lose to someone seeded below you, it will get thrown at you.