Monday, April 22, 2013
Despite a rainy start in 2013, the Greater Gwinnett Championship's final two days were picture perfect for the Champions Tour event.
The inaugural Greater Gwinnett Championship finished with a flourish on Sunday in nearly ideal weather conditions for galleries to enjoy the Champions Tour event at the TPC Sugarloaf golf course. A rainy Friday didn't deter the 25,000 or so golf fans who came to watch the three-day event held April 19-21 on the Greg Norman-designed golf course in Duluth. "We were hoping for over 40,000," said Stan Hall, the executive director of Greater Gwinnett Championship foundation, which heads up the operation and control of the new tournament. "If it hadn't rained on Friday, we would have easily met our goal." Hall said nearly 800 volunteers, some who had worked at the AT&T Classic (formerly the BellSouth Classic) had returned to help. -- Did you …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
TPC Sugarloaf is hosting the inaugural Greater Gwinnett Championship, a Champions Tour event, April 19-21. The field includes Tom Watson, Ben Crenshaw, Hale Irwin and Curtis Strange.
After a long hiatus, professional golf is returning to Gwinnett County. The Greater Gwinnett Championship (GGC), a three-day PGA Champions Tour event, is set to play Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21 at the TPC Sugarloaf course. The Greg Norman-designed course last hosted a PGA event in 2008, (formerly the BellSouth Classic) and attracted some of the top names in golf, including Tiger Woods, and Phil Mickelson. The inaugural GGC marks the Champions Tour’s return to the Atlanta area for the first time since 2000. The Champions Tour schedule included the Nationwide Championship in Alpharetta from 1991-2000 The GGC has attracted a stellar field in its inaugural tournament. In the field are three two-time Masters Champions: And four …
Fourteen members of Sugarloaf Ladies Golf Association Nine Hole Group will be manning the registration desk and supervising clubhouse activity at the Greater Gwinnett Championship Pro-Am.
Fourteen members of the Sugarloaf Ladies Golf Association Nine Hole Group are spending two busy days volunteering Wednesday and Thursday (April 17-18) at the Championship Pro-Am at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth. Professional golfers entered in the Greater Gwinnett Championship, a PGA Champions Tour event, this weekend are playing with amateurs in the Pro-Am. The Pro-Am volunteers include the group’s Co-Presidents Andrea Holliday and Maggie Innes. Others volunteering are Erin Waddington, Carol Ray, Judy Gagne, Barb Barger, Angela Pittman, Penny Nett, Denise Quinlan, Marian Roberson, Karen Post, Jayne Hoffman, Marie Turner, and Katya McGill. Most live in Sugarloaf or in the immediate area, and all belong to TPC Sugarloaf. The SLGA provides members…
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Here's some stuff you need to know about attending the Greater Gwinnett Championship at TPC Sugarloaf this week.
So you’re planning to attend the Greater Gwinnett Championship this week at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth? A field of 81 Senior PGA Tour professional golfers are scheduled to play in the $1.8 million Champions Tour event. Play for the 54-hole event begins Friday. Here's some stuff you need to know: Tickets are still available and may be purchased through Sunday, April 21, at the Gwinnett Arena Box Office, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway. Box Office hours are as follows: To reduce traffic congestion, all public parking is at Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, and a shuttle will carry spectators to TPC Sugarloaf. The shuttle will operate at the following times Wednesday through Sunday, April 17-21. The Championship Pro-Am, in which amateurs and …
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The fabled event in Augusta starts Thursday. And some of the legends also will be at TPC Sugarloaf next week.
In Georgia, April always means the Masters golf tournament. And in 2013, there's something of a Gwinnett connection. Some of the legendary golfers who will tee it up beginning Thursday (April 11) in Augusta also are scheduled to appear in the Greater Gwinnett Championship at TPC Sugarloaf the following week. Former Masters champions Tom Watson and Larry Mize are among the players who reportedly will make the drive from Augusta National to Duluth for the 54-hole Champions Tour event that begins April 19. Craig Stadler and Mark O'Meara are also on the list of committed players for the GGC tourney who also plan to play in Augusta, the first of the year's four major golf tourneys. Watson is perhaps the biggest name scheduled for the Sugarloaf …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Larry Nelson, Hale Irwin and Tom Kite as well as leading money winners are scheduled to be at the event at TPC Sugarloaf in April.
Hall of Famers Larry Nelson, Hale Irwin and Tom Kite as well as recent winners such as John Cook have committed to play in the PGA Champions Tour event at TPC Sugarloaf in Gwinnett in April, according to an announcement. Officials of the Greater Gwinnett Championship announced Tuesday (January 29) that 27 of the top 30 players from the Champions Tour 2012 money list have committed for the event, which marks the return of pro golf to Gwinnett after an absence of several years. The 54-hole tourney in Duluth will be on April 19-21. Various events will be held at Sugarloaf during the week leading up to the event. -- Are you excited about pro golf returning to Gwinnett? Share your thoughts in the comments below. "Like all my fellow Champions …
Sunday, October 7, 2012
A look back at some top news stories in the area.
Click on the links below for more information. PRO GOLF RETURNS TO GWINNETT: Chiefly for economic sponsor reasons, Gwinnett has been without a pro golf tourney since 2008. However, the PGA Champions Tour will make a stop at TPC Sugarloaf in April 2013, with Mitsubishi Electric of Suwanee as a sponsor. LINGERIE FOOTBALL IN GWINNETT: Women in lingerie -- and football gear -- plan to tee it up at the Gwinnett Arena in 2013. The Lingerie Football League also has a "name that team" effort going, and promises open tryouts. -- What were your favorite news stories from the past week? Tell us in the comments below. HABITUAL VIOLATOR ARRESTED: He flipped his car in a ditch, and told police his face felt like it was "on fire." Turns out the man …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Tournament marks the return of pro tour golf to Gwinnett. The dates are April 15-21, 2013.
TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth will host the Greater Gwinnett Championship, one of the events on the PGA Champions Tour, April 15-21, 2013. TPC Sugarloaf also will serve as the site for the golf tournament though 2016. Champions Tour, Gwinnett Sports Commission, Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau, and TPC Sugarloaf officials announced the tour dates at a press conference Tuesday (Oct. 2) in the TPC Sugarloaf Clubhouse. Everyone who spoke was excited about the return of championship golf to Gwinnett County and TPC Sugarloaf. Its departure had left “a huge void,” said Stan Hall, executive director of the Gwinnett Sports Commission. “We’re so excited to have the PGA Tour back in Gwinnett and back at the beautiful TPC Sugarloaf course,” Hall …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
A news conference with some Champions Tour players is set for October at TPC Sugarloaf.
It's looking more and more like pro golf will tee up again in Gwinnett in 2013. Gwinnett tourism officials and the PGA Champions Tour have scheduled a news conference for Tuesday, Oct. 2, at the prestigious TPC Sugarloaf Course in Duluth. And Gwinnett officials already have acknowledged that they were discussing an event with the PGA Champions Tour for 2013. The invitation for Tuesday's news conference called it an "important announcement" and said that Corey Pavin and Larry Nelson -- both Champions Tour regulars -- would be in attendance. Further details were not available Thursday. In April, Stan Hall of the Gwinnett Sports Commission told Patch, "It would be great to get this tournament here in Gwinnett." The Champions Tour, …
