The Champions Tour released its 2018 tournament schedule, which will feature 27 official tournaments and two “Challenge Season” events.
The Tour’s regular season will once again be comprised of 24 events, leading to a three-tournament Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs to determine the season-long Charles Schwab Cup champion.
Two new events will debut in 2018: The Ally Challenge at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc, Mich., the week of September 10-16, and the Sanford International, scheduled the following week (September 17-23) at Minnehaha Country Club in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Along with the addition of two new title sponsored tournaments (Ally Financial and Sanford Health), the Tour also announced that Exact Sciences and Rapiscan will take over the sponsorship of existing tournaments.
Exact Sciences will become the title sponsor of the Tour’s Tucson stop. The Cologuard Classic will be held at Omni Tucson Resort the week of February 26-March 4.
Rapiscan Systems will assume the title sponsorship of the annual stop at Fallen Oak Golf Club in Biloxi, Miss. The Rapiscan Systems Classic will be contested in late March.
The five major championships on PGA TOUR Champions will kick off with the Regions Tradition at Greystone Golf & Country Club in Birmingham, Ala., the week of May 14-20.
The KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship will be contested the following week at Harbor Shores Golf Club in Benton Harbor, Mich., for the fourth time in the last seven years.
The final three major championships of 2018 will again be held during a five-week stretch in the summer, beginning with the U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo., the week of June 25-July 1.
The Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship will move to Illinois for the first time the week of July 9-15, with Exmoor Country Club outside of Chicago set to host the year’s fourth major.
The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex will be held on the Old Course at St. Andrews for the first time the week of July 23-29.
- JANUARY 15-20
- Mitsubishi Electric Championship
- Hualalai Golf Course
- Kupulehu-Kona, HI
- $1,800,000
- FEBRUARY 5-11
- Boca Raton Championship
- The Old Course at Broken Sound Club
- Boca Raton, FL
- $1,600,00
- FEBRUARY 12-18
- Chubb Classic
- The TwinEagles Club (Talon)
- Naples, FL
- $1,600,000
- MARCH 26-4
- Cologuard Classic
- Omni Tucson National (Catalina)
- Tucson, AZ
- $1,700,000
- MARCH 5-11
- Toshiba Classic
- Newport Beach Country Club
- Newport Beach, CA
- $1,800,000
- MARCH 19-25
- Rapiscan Systems Classic
- Fallen Oak
- Biloxi, MS
- $1,600,000
- APRIL 9-15
- Mitsubishi Electric Classic
- TPC Sugarloaf
- Duluth, GA
- $1,800,00
- APRIL 16-22
- Bass Pro Shops Legends at Big Cedar Lodge
- Top of the Rock, Mountain Top, Buffalo Ridge Spring
- Ridgedale, MO
- $1,800,000
- MAY 30-6
- Insperity Invitational
- The Woodlands (Tournament)
- The Woodlands, TX
- $2,200,000
- MAY 14-20
- THE TRADITION
- Title Sponsor: Regions
- Greystone Golf & Country Club
- Birmingham, AL
- $2,400,000
- MAY 21-27
- SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
- Title Sponsor: KitchenAid
- Harbor Shores
- Benton Harbor, MI
- $3,000,000
- JUNE 4-10
- Principal Charity Classic
- Wakonda Club
- Des Moines, IA
- $1,750,000
- JUNE 18-24
- American Family Insurance Championship
- University Ridge Golf Course
- Madison, WI
- $2,000,000
- JUNE 25-1
- U.S. SENIOR OPEN
- The Broadmoor Resort
- Colorado Springs, CO
- $4,000,000
- JULY 9-15
- SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
- Presented by Constellation
- Exmoor Country Club
- Highland Park, IL
- $2,800,000
- JULY 23-29
- SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
- Presented by Rolex
- Old Course
- St. Andrews Fife, Scotland
- $2,000,000
- AUGUST 30-5
- 3M Championship
- TPC Twin Cities
- Blaine, MN
- $1,750,000
- AUGUST 13-19
- DICK’S Sporting Goods Open
- En-Joie Golf Course
- Endicott, NY
- $2,050,000
- AUGUST 20-26
- Boeing Classic
- The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
- Snoqualmie, WA
- $2,100,000
- SEPTEMBER 27-2
- Shaw Charity Classic
- Canyon Meadows G&CC
- Calgary, AB, Canada
- $2,350,000
- SEPTEMBER 10-16
- The Ally Challenge
- Warwick Hills G&CC
- Grand Blanc, MI
- $2,000,000
- SEPTEMBER 17-23
- Sanford International
- Minnehaha Country Club
- Sioux Falls, SD
- $1,800,000
- SEPTEMBER 24-30
- PURE Insurance Championship
- Pebble Beach Golf Links
- Pebble Beach, CA
- $2,100,000
- OCTOBER 8-14
- SAS Championship
- Prestonwood Country Club
- Cary, NC
- $2,100,000
- SCHWAB CUP PLAYOFFS
- OCTOBER 15-21
- Dominion Energy Charity Classic
- CC of Virginia (James River)
- Richmond, VA
- $2,000,000
- OCTOBER 22-28
- PowerShares QQQ Championship
- Sherwood Country Club
- Thousand Oaks, CA
- $2,000,000
- NOVEMBER 5-11
- Charles Schwab Cup Championship
- Phoenix Country Club
- Phoenix, AZ
- $2,500,000
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