The Dick's Open is a
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
tournament held in
Endicott, New York
Endicott is a Village (New York), village within the town of Union, New York, Union in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 13,392 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Binghamton metropolitan area. The village is named after ...
, United States as part of 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 July 2007, supplanting the
B.C. Open, a former
PGA Tour
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event from
1971 *
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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 ...
. It is sponsored by
Dick's Sporting Goods
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (stylized in all caps as DICK'S Sporting Goods) is an American chain of sporting goods stores founded in 1948 by Richard "Dick" Stack. It is the largest sporting goods retailer in the United States and is listed ...
, founded in adjacent
Binghamton.
The tournament is played at the En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott in
Upstate New York
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. En-Joie Golf Club opened in 1927 under the original design of Ernie Smith. The golf course was originally built by George F. Johnson, the owner of the Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company. Johnson created the golf course as a place of recreation for his employees who worked at the local shoe factory in Endicott. In 1998 and 1999, the golf course layout was renovated by Michael Hurdzan. He changed the original relatively flat, round greens into very large, undulating greens that challenge all level of golfers. With narrow, tree-lined fairways coupled with large, elevated greens En-Joie golf course is a true test for golfers of all skill levels.
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The event is operated by Broome County Community Charities.[ ] The purse in 2016 was $2 million, with a winner's share of $300,000.
Winners
Concert on the Green
A feature of the tournament is a concert presented adjacent to the 18th green after the conclusion of Friday play.
References
External links
Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
En-Joie Golf Club
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PGA Tour Champions events
Golf tournaments in New York (state)
Sports in Binghamton, New York
Recurring sporting events established in 2007
2007 establishments in New York (state)