Official: Coore & Crenshaw Course To Begin Hosting Nelson in '19

Bill Nichols with the worst kept secret in golf: the yet-to-be-built Trinity Forest course will take over the HP Bryon Nelson Championship hosting duties in 2019 when it will be an AT&T sponsored event.

The Coore and Crenshaw design is expected to start construction in the next year. The folks in Irving, Texas, haven't been too thrilled with all of the news surrounding Trinity Forest.

Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne said in a statement that the tournament “is and always has been a regional event. The tournament is bigger than any one city and benefits every community in North Texas.”

Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau director Maura Gast said she knew several weeks ago that the signing was imminent, though she found its announcement during opening ceremonies “incredibly tacky.”

“We understand this comes back to the title sponsorship and the power of the tournament,” she said. “This is not a surprise.”