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Jan. 18-24
Bob Hope Classic
La Quinta, Calif.
The Bob Hope Classic held at Palm Springs every January. An
annual event in the Coachella Valley in California, the
PGA's Bob Hope Classic draws all of golf's biggest names to
the golf tournament of the year.
First established in 1960, the Bob Hope Classic is one of
the better-established golf tournaments in the country.
Originally known as the Palm Springs Golf Classic, it's
ancestry traces back to the popular Thunderbird Invitational
golf tournament, which was held in Palm Springs, California,
from 1954 up until 1959. The Bob Hope Classic is a PGA
competition that pits the best golfers on the tour against
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For over 50
years, this tournament has been a huge attraction for golf fans and
will certainly be a big spectacle for many more years to come.
In 2010, Major changes in sponsorship for the Bob Hope Classic.
The Bob Hope Classic announced Franklin American Mortgage Company is
this year's platinum sponsor. They filled in after troubled
automaker Chrysler dropped out as a title sponsor in 2009. Chrysler
has been a title sponsor since the early 1980s and a sponsor since
the 1960s.
The Bob Hope Classic is one of the rare five-round events on tour,
and it is a celebrity pro-am. Celebs and amateurs play the first
four rounds, pros only in the final round. Bob Hope's name was added
to the tournament in 1965, and continues to be part of the
tournament name even after Hope's death in 2003. Arnold Palmer
serves as tournament host. Chrysler was the sponsor for many years,
but withdrew prior to the 2009 event.
The Hope is played on four courses, with pros and their celeb/amateur
partners rotating between the four over the first four days, then
the pros only finishing on the designated host course for the final
round. Currently, the four courses are:
* PGA West (Palmer Private course), La Quinta, Calif.
* PGA West (Nicklaus Private course), La Quinta, Calif.
* La Quinta Country Club, La Quinta, Calif.
* Silver Rock Resort, Palm Springs, Calif.
The
golf betting odds for this week's PGA Tour
Sony Open in Hawaii have been released by
Gamblers Palace Sportsbook.
In 2009, golfer Pat
Perez become the Bob Hope Classic current champion with a score of
327, 33 under par and won a 1st place prize of $918,000.
2010 Bob Hope Classic Winner
| Bill Haas
followed his father Jay on to the Bob Hope Classic honour
roll as he claimed his first PGA Tour title at the 90th hole
in California. Jay Haas, who won the 1988 Bob Hope Classic,
the tour's only annual five-round event, was back in Palm
Springs at the PGA West's Palmer course to see his
27-year-old son two-putt from 27 feet for a final-round 64
to reach 30 under par and win by a stroke from Tim Clark,
Matt Kuchar and Bubba Watson. |
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