The Minnesota Cup has added $35,000 to its 2011 pool of prize money, reports Wendy Lee in a
May 9 StarTribune article. That's 42 percent higher than last year's total prize money, she writes.
The increase is the result of the competition adding sponsors, a Cup spokesperson tells Lee. Carlson Companies was already a new sponsor at the time of the competition's launch last month, and General Mills is the most recent addition as a new General Division Lead Sponsor, according to a press release from General Mills.