Ben Hogan In 2016: A 3-Time Genesis Open Winner & 5-Time Dean & Deluca Champion!
/And Hogan would have won a fourth Genesis if not for Sam Snead and that pesky 1950 playoff a week later!
The PGA Tour released its 2016-17 schedule, as Rex Hoggard notes here, and it includes a no-sponsor-listed Tournament of Champions in January, meaning the tour will funding some of the purse.
(That's a move it would not make in conjunction with Cadillac to keep the Florida swing in tact at Doral. Now we know how much the execs like breaking out their Hawaiian shirts once a year!)
The new WGC in Mexico City does, indeed, land between Florida stops in Palm Beach Gardens and Tampa Bay. Cue the next Zika virus excuses!
The old Northern Trust Open/LA Open officially became the Genesis Open, as Doug Ferguson explains here.
Hyundai is actual the sponsor, but is keeping its name off in an effort to build the Genesis luxury brand into the next Lexus or Acura or Infinity.
So just remember, Ben Hogan won three Genesis Opens and five of those Dean & Deluca's!