Golf Channel’s popular Big Break reality series will be produced at Atlantis, Paradise Island for its 17th season, featuring an all-female cast and a special guest appearance from Women’s World No. 1, Yani Tseng. Big Break Atlantis, taking place at the Bahamas resort and scheduled to premiere May 14, will feature a cast of 12 women competing against each other in an attempt to make real their lifelong dreams of playing alongside the world’s top golfers a reality. The ultimate winner will receive an exemption to a to-be-announced 2012 LPGA Tournament, cash and other prizes. The series also will introduce a new format and will feature multiple surprise guest appearances, including Tseng, a long-time Big Break fan who wanted to audition for the series when she moved to the United States from her native Taiwan. Big Break Atlantis will unfold on the resort’s Tom Weiskopf designed 18-hole championship course – Ocean Club Golf Course – a picturesque 72-hole layout featuring breathtaking signature holes and seaside greens and tees stretched over 7,100 yards of coastline. Past Big Break champions have won tournament exemptions to compete on some of the world’s top professional circuits, including the PGA TOUR, Champions Tour, European Tour, LPGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Canadian Tour. Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey, Big Break VII: Reunion champion and PGA TOUR professional, caught the world’s attention in 2011 with three top-five finishes, and Ryann O’Toole, competitor on Big Break Sandals Resorts in 2010 competed on the U.S. Solheim Cup Team as a Captain’s Pick during her rookie year in 2011. Several other past Big Break competitors are currently competing on the world’s top tours, including Matt Every (PGA TOUR), James Nitties (Nationwide Tour), Kim Welch and Sara Brown (Ladies European Tour); and Gerina Pillar, O’Toole and 2009 U.S. Solheim Cup Team member Kristy McPherson (LPGA Tour).