In 2007, the tournament announced Shriners Hospitals for Children would take over the operations of the tournament. Entertainer Justin Timberlake hosted the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open 2008-13. In 2013, the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open became a part of the FedEx Cup playoffs.
The pro golfers will be competing for the $7 million purse.
Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com.
Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle.
In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com.
After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent.
Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.
