Boeing Classic receives prestigious Presidents Award
Champions Tour announces 2010 Tournament Awards
Boeing Classic receives prestigious Presidents Award
The Champions Tour has announced the best tournaments of the 2010 Champions Tour season.
Five specific categories were recognized – the Presidents Award, the Players Award, the Tournament Business Affairs Award, the Outstanding Achievement Award and the Fan Favorite Award.
Mike Stevens, President of the Champions Tour, announced the Boeing Classic, staged at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge in Snoqualmie, Washington, as the recipient of the Presidents Award, a most prestigious award which captures the criteria of all the awards plus the intangibles that make it stand out from the rest.
“Since I took over as President, I’ve always been most impressed with successful events which had to overcome some kind of adversity,” said Stevens. “A tournament’s ability to go above and beyond in the face of significant challenges makes an impact with me.”
With the U.S. Senior Open and the U.S. Amateur Championship scheduled during the same month in the same market, the tournament faced a huge challenge. The Boeing Classic rose to the challenge, producing record sales and raising more money for charity. There was also increased attendance, due to the rematch of Bernhard Langer and Fred Couples after their duel at the U.S Senior Open at Sahalee Country Club three weeks earlier.
The Players Award, decided by Champions Tour professionals, went to the Principal Charity Classic. The tournament has positioned itself as a “can’t miss” event for players, sponsors and spectators, resulting in excellent galleries and record contributions to local charities. World Golf Hall of Fame member, Nick Price earned his second victory of the season at Glen Oaks Country Club in Des Moines, Iowa.
The Champions Tour Tournament Business Affairs department voted the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am as the Best Tournament in 2010. The TBA team rates and grades several different categories that determine what makes a successful event, and the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am, played for the 19th consecutive year at the TPC Tampa Bay in Lutz, Florida, earned the highest overall score. Despite a cancelled final-round which allowed Bernhard Langer to claim the title, this tournament has a history of being one of the best on the Champions Tour.
The Outstanding Achievement Award was earned by the Montreal Championship. This inaugural event, announced in February and played in July at Golf Le Fontainbleau in Montreal, Canada, was a huge success. The tournament featured many new ideas and had the look and feel of a major championship and was recognized for delivering one of the best first-year events in Champions Tour history. Larry Mize, a former Masters champion, claimed his first Champions Tour title at this first-year event.
The Champions Tour new media initiative, called the Summer of Fun, was launched in June. A month-long contest was held asking fans to vote once per day on Facebook for their favorite tournament. More than 13,000 votes were tallied, and the winner of the 2010 Fan Favorite tournament, with 40% of the vote, was the AT&T Championship.
The Champions Tour Tournament Association presents the Bruno Award annually to an individual judged to have made special and outstanding contributions to the Champions Tour. The award is named in honor of Brian ‘Bruno’ Henning, the former Vice President of the Champions Tour who was recently inducted into the Southern Africa Golf Hall of Fame. This year, Bryan Naugle, Executive Director of the Administaff Small Business Classic, was named the recipient of the Bruno Award. Naugle was previously a member of the Champions Tour Operations and Rules staff before joining the Administaff Small Business Classic.
AWARD RECIPIENT TOURNAMENT DIR.
Presidents Award Boeing Classic Michelle DeLancy
Players Award Principal Charity Classic Jamie Alt
Tournament Business Affairs Award Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Amy Hawk
Outstanding Achievement Award Montreal Championship David Skitt
Fan Favorite Award AT&T Championship Colby Callaway
Bruno Award Bryan Naugle
About The Champions Tour
Collectively, the Champions Tour has the most recognizable and accomplished players in the game with 16 World Golf Hall of Fame members actively competing in its events and numerous other major championship winners among its members. The Champions Tour is a tax-exempt membership organization of professional golfers age 50 and older. Conceived in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, it started with just four events and purses totaling $475,000. The Champions Tour will conduct 26 official Charles Schwab Cup events in 2010 offering $51.5 million in official prize money, with the average tournament purse of $1.98 million. The Champions Tour's primary purpose is to provide significant competitive and earnings opportunities for its members, to protect the integrity of the game; and to help grow the reach of the game in the U.S. and around the world. In addition to providing competitive opportunities for its membership, Champions Tour events generate significant sums of money for charity. The Commissioner of the PGA TOUR is Tim Finchem. Mike Stevens is President of the Champions Tour. TOUR headquarters is in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The web site address is www.pgatour.com.
Contacts:
Mark Williams
Director, Communications, Champions Tour
904-280-5058
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