The PGA Tour’s long-time sponsor for their Las Vegas event has pulled out, according to a report by The Las Vegas Review Journal.
Shriners Children’s Hospital is ending its sponsorship of the PGA Tour’s Las Vegas event. The Las Vegas Review Journal was the first to report.
Shriners had been the title endorser for the tour stop at TPC Summerlin since 2007, making it one of the tour’s longest sponsors.
“We have enjoyed a tremendous 18 years as the host and title sponsor of the Shriners Children’s Open,” said Bob Roller, vice president of sports at Shriners. “The opportunity to tell our incredible stories of the more than 1.6 million children that have received care from Shriners was, and always is, our primary goal.
“The PGA Tour has been a tremendous partner along the way, and we thank them and the entire Las Vegas/Summerlin community.”
The Shriners Children’s Open has been part of the tour schedule since 1983, and was the site of Tiger Woods’ first professional win in 1996. The 2024 edition of the tournament last week, as J.T. Poston captured his third PGA Tour victory. However, the PGA Tour moved to a revamped fall slate last year from its previous wrap-around schedule. Though a number of stars would play just a handful of times, if it all, in past autumns, the fall is now primarily for players who failed to qualify for the playoffs that are attempting to retain or regain their playing status for the following year.
It is unclear what the Shriners decision means for the future of the PGA Tour in Las Vegas. The tour has already announced the 2025 PGA Tour calendar, although the fall portion has not been publicly released.
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2024 |
J.T. Poston |
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2023 |
Tom Kim |
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2022 |
Tom Kim |
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2021 |
Sungjae Im |
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2020 |
Martin Laird |
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2019 |
Kevin Na |
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2018 |
Bryson DeChambeau |
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2017 |
Patrick Cantlay |
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2016 |
Rod Pampling |
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2015 |
Smylie Kaufman |
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2014 |
Ben Martin |
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2013 |
Webb Simpson |
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2012 |
Ryan Moore |
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2011 |
Kevin Na |
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2010 |
Jonathan Byrd |
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2009 |
Martin Laird |
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2008 |
Marc Turnesa |
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2007 |
George McNeill |
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2006 |
Troy Matteson |
Article originally appeared on: GolfDigest.com