Top PGA TOUR Champions Players Commit to Pacific Links Championship
Victoria, B.C. (PRWEB) June 21, 2016 -- Major championship winners Mark Calcavecchia, Jeff Sluman, Larry Mize and Bob Tway have committed to play the Pacific Links Championship, an official event on PGA TOUR Champions featuring the world's premier golfers aged 50 and older competing for a US$ 2.5 million purse. Tournament play at the Pacific Links Championship will be held on the Mountain Course at Bear Mountain Golf Resort, Victoria, British Columbia, from September 19-25, 2016.
During his PGA TOUR career, Calcavecchia won 13 events, including the 1989 Open Championship at Royal Troon and the 1997 Greater Vancouver Open, contested at Northview Golf & Country Club. Since turning 50 in 2010, Calcavecchia has competed full-time on PGA TOUR Champions, winning three times while collecting 45 top-10 finishes.
Sluman notched six wins during his PGA TOUR career, including his maiden title at the 1988 PGA Championship. Sluman’s PGA TOUR Champions career has been fruitful as well, with six victories giving way to more than $10 million in earnings.
Mize’s PGA TOUR tenure centered around one career-defining shot — a chip from off the green at the 11th hole at Augusta National Golf Club to defeat Greg Norman in a playoff at the 1987 Masters Tournament. The stunning win was one of four TOUR titles for Mize, who also won the 2010 Montreal Championship on PGA TOUR Champions.
Tway collected eight PGA TOUR titles in his career, including the 1986 PGA Championship – one of four wins during a season that gave way to “Player of the Year” honors. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking in 1986–87. Calcavecchia, Sluman, Mize and Tway, who have a combined 41 career PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions victories, will be part of the 81-player field competing at Bear Mountain Resort. Tournament week in Victoria will begin with Pro-Ams on Wednesday and Thursday, followed by 54 holes of championship play from Friday through Sunday, with no cut. All three competitive rounds will be broadcast live by Golf Channel to more than 200 million homes in 84 countries and 11 languages around the world.
Get Involved, Become a Tournament Volunteer
The Pacific Links Championship is now accepting volunteer submissions for the tournament. With less than four months remaining until the event we encourage golf enthusiasts to be a part of the action by becoming a volunteer. The Pacific Links Championship team of volunteers consist of avid golfers, fans of the game and people looking for a fun and exciting experience. To register as a volunteer simply visit the tournament website at http://www.pacificlinkschampionship.com and click the REGISTER HERE button to the left of the screen.
About The Pacific Links Championship
The Pacific Links Championship is an official event on PGA Champions TOUR featuring the world's premier golfers aged 50 and older competing for a US$ 2.5 million purse. Tournament play at the Pacific Links Championship will be held on the Jack and Steve Nicklaus Co-Design Mountain Course at Bear Mountain Golf Resort, Victoria, British Columbia, from September 19-25, 2016. All three competitive rounds will be broadcast live by Golf Channel to more than 200 million homes in 84 countries and 11 languages around the world.. For more information on the Pacific Links Championship or PGA TOUR Champions, please visit http://www.PGATOUR.com/Champions or http://www.pacificlinkschampionship.com.
About Pacific Links International
Pacific Links was founded in 2009 to provide members with a premium golf experience through an innovative international membership structure focused on the Chinese golfer. Pacific Links offers them access to the finest collection of high quality golf clubs in the world. Since 2012, the Pacific Links Network of Affiliated and Reciprocal clubs now stands at over 500 properties located in 20+ countries around the world. With a strong membership base continuing to grow in China, the planned expansion into other parts of Asia and the aggregated population of members from all the participating clubs, Pacific Links is now expanding the brand platform to encompass more than just golf. We are positioning Pacific Links International to be the preeminent Lifestyle portal for China’s HNW customer providing high demand travel itineraries inspired by golf but encompassing concierge services, flights, accommodations, local tourism experience and travel butler assistance. The main feature of a Pacific Links membership is reciprocal access. In the next 10-15 years, PLI will further expand its international affiliate network to over 1,000 clubs in North America, Europe, Australia, Japan and the entire Southeast Asia. http://www.pacificlinks.com
About Bear Mountain Golf Resort
Located on southern Vancouver Island - a region known for its year round golf climate, stellar fishing opportunities and strong local food movement - Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa offers two outstanding courses that combined represent the only 36-hole Nicklaus Design golf experience in Canada. The Mountain Course, a Jack and Steve Nicklaus Co-Design, features impressive landscape and dramatic terrain that lead to breathtaking 180 degree views of nearby Victoria, the Pacific Ocean and the Olympic Mountains of Washington State. The course, a par 70 playing at 6,900 yards, sets atop a 1,100-foot mountain and has been assigned a slope rating of 142 from the back tees. The 18-hole, par 71 Nicklaus Design Valley Course, a spectacular golf setting that is nestled in a pristine natural 102 acres of mature forests, measures just under 7,000 yards. Surrounded by 3,000 acres of parks and hiking trails, Bear Mountain is one of the few golf courses in North America that offers an authentic natural setting so close to a capital city. More than a resort and an incredible community, Bear Mountain is also home to Golf Canada's National Development team, the high performance training centre of Canada’s National Mountain Bike team, and construction recently commenced on Canada’s largest indoor/outdoor clay court tennis facility supported by Tennis Canada and Tennis BC. The Westin Bear Mountain Golf Resort and Spa rounds out the amenities offering guests a luxurious getaway with outstanding fine dining options, the award-winning Sante Spa, and the Bear Mountain Golf Academy. http://bearmountain.ca/
About PGA TOUR Champions
PGA TOUR Champions is a membership organization of golfers age 50 and older, with the most recognizable and accomplished players in the game - including 34 members of the World Golf Hall of Fame, which compete regularly in its events. PGA TOUR Champions is where Legends play, and is home to The Ultimate Clubhouse. Conceived in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, it started with just four events and purses totaling $475,000. The primary purpose of PGA TOUR Champions is to provide financial opportunities for its players, entertain and inspire its fans, deliver substantial value to its partners, create outlets for volunteers to give back, protect the integrity of the game and generate significant charitable and economic impact in communities in which it plays. In 2016, the newly-introduced Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs will identify and recognize the Tour’s leading player via a season-long race for the Charles Schwab Cup. The Commissioner of the PGA TOUR is Tim Finchem. Greg McLaughlin is President of PGA TOUR Champions. The PGA TOUR’s website is pgatour.com, the No. 1 site in golf, and the organization is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Follow PGA TOUR Champions at facebook.com/PGATOURChampions and on Twitter @ChampionsTour.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
David Skitt
Tournament Director
Pacific Links Championship
250-800-0713
skitty(at)sportboxgroup(dot)com
Amber Liptai, BIG YAM, The Parsons Agency, +1 (480) 410-6076, [email protected]
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