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Las Vegas Area PGA Event In Summerlin Renamed Shriners Children’s Open

Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

The PGA golf event held annually at the TPC Summerlin golf course has a new name — Shriners Children’s Open.

It was previously known as the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

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

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.

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