The Cologuard Classic is a professional golf tournament in
Arizona
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on the
PGA Tour Champions
PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, open to golfers age 50 and over, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour.
History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, f ...
. It debuted in
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
at the Catalina Course of
Omni Tucson
Tucson (; ; ) is a city in Pima County, Arizona, United States, and its county seat. It is the second-most populous city in Arizona, behind Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix, with a population of 542,630 in the 2020 United States census. The Tucson ...
National.
The event moved several miles east to La Paloma Country Club in
2024
The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
.
The
Tucson Open
The Tucson Open was a golf tournament in Arizona on the PGA Tour from 1945 to 2006 PGA Tour, 2006, played annually in the winter in Tucson, Arizona, Tucson. It was last held at the Omni Hotels & Resorts, Omni Tucson National Golf Resort in late F ...
was a fixture on the
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour (stylized as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour, the PGA Tour Champion ...
for over six decades, from 1945 through
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
, and was often held at the Catalina Course, which opened in 1961. Tucson hosted the
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship for eight years in nearby
Marana Marana may refer to:
* Maraña, a village in León, Spain
* Maraṇa, the Pali/Sanskrit term for death
* Marana, Arizona
Marana () is a List of municipalities in Arizona, town that mostly lies in Pima County, Arizona, Pima County with a smal ...
, from
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
through
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
.
Course
Current
La Paloma Country Club
Ridge course is the first nine holes, then Canyon (1,2,3,4,8,9) and Hill (3,4,9)
The approximate
elevation
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at the clubhouse is above
sea level
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.
Previous
Omni Tucson National Resort, Catalina Course (2015–2023)
Opened in 1961, the Catalina Course was designed by Robert Bruce Harris, and redesigned in 1983 by Robert Van Hagge and
Bruce Devlin
Bruce William Devlin (born 10 October 1937) is an Australian professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer.
Early life
Devlin was born in 1937 in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. His parents, Jess and Artie, moved to Gou ...
. Holes No. 7 and 8 were relocated and redesigned by
Tom Lehman
Thomas Edward Lehman (born March 7, 1959) is an American professional golfer. A former #1 ranked golfer, his tournament wins include one major title, the 1996 Open Championship; and he is the only golfer in history to have been awarded the Pla ...
in 2005.
[
The fairways are Tifway 419 pollen-free ]Bermuda grass
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, over-seeded with winter rye
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; the greens are Champion Bermuda.[
The approximate average elevation is above sea level.
]
Winners
References
External links
*
Coverage on the PGA Tour Champions official siteTucson Conquistadores
– official site
PGA Tour Champions events
Golf tournaments in Arizona
Sports competitions in Tucson, Arizona
Recurring sporting events established in 2015
2015 establishments in Arizona