The PGA Tour Champions golf tournament is coming back to the MS Coast after COVID hiatus
PGA Tour golf is back on the Coast after a two-year hiatus.
Saucier’s Grand Bear Golf Club will host the PGA Tour Champions Rapiscan Systems Classic from March 28 to April 3, 2022. It will be the club’s first time hosting the tournament.
“The team at Grand Bear cannot wait to welcome the best golfers on the PGA TOUR Champions to our beautiful facility next March,” said Jeff Krohn, vice president of golf operations for VICI Golf, which operates Grand Bear.
“We are confident our course will provide a firm test for the professionals while also creating a memorable tournament week for our members and the Coast community.”
The 54-hole tournament will draw 78 top PGA Tour Champions players.
The competition purse is $1.6 million, with a $240,000 winner’s share.
The tournament was previously held at Fallen Oak, also in Saucier.
The roster of competitors will be announced in the weeks before the event, but eligible players include Bernhard Langer, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Collin Montgomerie and Jerry Kelly.
The Sanderson Farms Championship, played annually at the Country Club of Jackson, was held Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2021.
