The Bob Hope Classic
Match scheduled
Date : 19 jan 2011
Game start : 21 : 00
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The same four La Quinta courses as last year — SilverRock Resort, La Quinta Country Club, the Nicklaus Private at PGA West and the Palmer Private at PGA West, which will host the final round. Format: Rotating around the quartet of courses, professionals play with three amateur partners for the first four rounds of the 90-hole event. Following a 72-hole cut, only the pros play in the final round.Purse: $5 million. Last year: Bill Haas (pictured) birdied the final hole to best Matt Kuchar, Bubba Watson and Tim Clark by one shot. Heavy rains early in the week led to the cancellation of one amateur round. Legacy: This tournament didn’t necessarily build the Coachella Valley into the vacation and golf haven it is today, but it certainly didn’t hurt. It began its relationship with the PGA Tour in 1960 and saw Arnold Palmer shoot a blistering 338 to win the inaugural event (that record score held up until 1977). In 1965, longtime desert resident Bob Hope lent his name to the tournament, an association that has continued following his death in 2003. Why you should go: It remains the biggest golf party in the desert, thanks in no small part to the contingent of film, TV recording and sports stars that play.Trivia: Haas’ dad, Jay, won the Bob Hope Classic in 1988, making them the eighth father-son duo to win on the PGA Tour.
Match scheduled
Date : 19 jan 2011
Game start : 21 : 00
WATCH LIVE GOLF TV
The same four La Quinta courses as last year — SilverRock Resort, La Quinta Country Club, the Nicklaus Private at PGA West and the Palmer Private at PGA West, which will host the final round. Format: Rotating around the quartet of courses, professionals play with three amateur partners for the first four rounds of the 90-hole event. Following a 72-hole cut, only the pros play in the final round.Purse: $5 million. Last year: Bill Haas (pictured) birdied the final hole to best Matt Kuchar, Bubba Watson and Tim Clark by one shot. Heavy rains early in the week led to the cancellation of one amateur round. Legacy: This tournament didn’t necessarily build the Coachella Valley into the vacation and golf haven it is today, but it certainly didn’t hurt. It began its relationship with the PGA Tour in 1960 and saw Arnold Palmer shoot a blistering 338 to win the inaugural event (that record score held up until 1977). In 1965, longtime desert resident Bob Hope lent his name to the tournament, an association that has continued following his death in 2003. Why you should go: It remains the biggest golf party in the desert, thanks in no small part to the contingent of film, TV recording and sports stars that play.Trivia: Haas’ dad, Jay, won the Bob Hope Classic in 1988, making them the eighth father-son duo to win on the PGA Tour.
