PGA Tour Commits To Tucson...Sort Of

Steve Elling with signs that the PGA Tour wants to keep the WGC Match Play in Tucson, but where they play remains another issue. Dove Mountain's contract expires next week, explains Steve Elling, who quotes Rory McIlroy about a discussion he recently had with Jack Nicklaus about the course.

David Pillsbury, the tour's executive vice president of Championship Management, which runs the event, said there would be no announcement about the future fate of the site until after the tournament ends.

"We'll see how it goes, see what the attendance looks like, all that," Pillsbury said.

That said, Pillsbury strongly indicated that despite indications of the contrary, the event won't migrate far -- either in terms of geography or the calendar. The Associated Press, citing two tour sources, said there have been discussions about moving the match-play championship to Harding Park in San Francisco and slotting it in October as part of the revamped fall start to the season. According the the AP, the two sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss negotiations. Both stressed that the option was in the early stages of consideration.

"It'll be in this market and in this time frame," Pillsbury said Wednesday.

 For how long?