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USA Today
01-07-2025
- Business
- USA Today
PGA Tour's tournament in Utah has a new title sponsor for the next 3 years: Bank of Utah
After its first season as the Black Desert Championship, the PGA Tour's stop in southern Utah has a new title sponsor. For the second playing of the event in October, the tournament at Black Desert Resort will be known as the Bank of Utah Championship. When the inaugural event was held last year, it was the first Tour stop in the state of Utah in more than 60 years. The new deal is a three-year contract through 2027. The 2025 tournament will be held Oct. 23-26 during the Tour's FedEx Cup Fall. "After celebrating a successful return to Utah last year, the PGA Tour is pleased to introduce Bank of Utah as title sponsor of our event at Black Desert Resort, which received rave reviews from Tour players and families following the inaugural 2024 tournament," said Tyler Dennis, PGA Tour Chief Competitions Officer. "The Bank of Utah Championship is staged in one of the most unique settings found on the PGA Tour schedule, and we are eager to welcome a proud Utah company into the fold ahead of the second rendition later this fall." More: Utah feels like it's having a moment at PGA Tour's inaugural Black Desert Championship The Black Desert Golf Course was the final design by the late Tom Weiskopf. Black Desert Resort also hosts the LPGA, with its inaugural tournament held last May. Opened in 2023, the golf course has received multiple accolades in its short time in existence. Black Desert ranks 34th on the Golfweek's Best 2025: Top 100 public-access courses in the U.S. list, 96th on the Golfweek's Best 2025: Top 200 Modern Courses in the U.S. list, and it's the No. 1-ranked course in Utah on the Golfweek's Best 2025: Top public-access golf courses in every state.
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
PGA Tour Moving Forward With Measuring Devices
PGA Tour Moving Forward With Measuring Devices originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Measuring devices seem destined for a permanent place on the PGA Tour in the near future. The initial results of using DMD devices were provided on a conference call Wednesday with PGA Tour officials and select media. Advertisement After a four-week pilot period of testing distance measuring devices (DMDs) on the PGA Tour, which started at the RBC Heritage in April, the data has supported a full program implementation moving forward. This will likely begin next season once the Players Advisory Council and the PGA Tour Policy Board review the testing results and vote to add DMDs to competition. Some players in this week's RBC Heritage are using Vortex measuring Alex Miceli 'We would take it through the normal governance process,' Tyler Dennis, PGA Tour Chief Competition Officer, said. 'If they view this favorably, like it seems from the surveys and things we've seen, we'd get that in place as soon as possible. We tend to do things on the cadence of seasons, but that doesn't mean we have to.' The Tour reviewed ShotLink data relevant to the use of DMDs with feedback from 297 players and caddies. Advertisement The survey's trends showed that approach shots and all par-5s trended faster during the period in which DMDs were permitted. Data also showed that shot times for 40-to-60-yard shots from the green were faster, with 4.9 seconds saved from the fairway and 5.1 seconds saved from the rough. While a limited amount of time savings was discussed on par-5s and shots close to the green, the Tour explained that it was difficult to know the total amount of time saved in rounds using DMDs. The explanation for not having an overall number of time savings is that there are so many different facets, with every player, every round, and every golf course being different. Advertisement 'I'd say it's probably hard to put a specific number down to it,' Billy Schroeder, Sr. V.P. for the PGA Tour. 'But I think what you've started to see in this conversation here is the breadth of approach. Trying to leave no stone unturned, trying to find everything that we can through our competition, our administration of it, the way that we present it, all facets of it to maximize the fan enjoyment and remove any of those impediments as best we can.' Toward that goal of pace of play transprancy, starting this week at the Rocket Classic, the time required for both the front and back nines will be part of the players' scorecard page on PGA Yet, the knowledge of how much time will be saved is unknown. Advertisement 'There are just many, many things to it,' Dennis said of providing a specific time savings with the Tour's initiatives. 'I think it's important to say that we don't have a target number or something. That's not the focus. We're trying to hit every aspect of this. This was one of the very most important things to fans. So, it's worth the effort.' This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 25, 2025, where it first appeared.
NBC Sports
29-01-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Tour Championship format change could come this season, say officials
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – PGA Tour executives confirmed Wednesday that a format change for the Tour Championship could be implemented as early as this summer if players, fans and partners can align on a concept. The Athletic recently reported that the Tour was exploring possible tweaks to the season finale – including a match-play conclusion – after using a starting-strokes system since 2019. Ryan Lavner, 'We're in the middle of a process of asking ourselves things like, Well, what things from other sports could we do? What about the meaning of the body of work throughout the season? How does that relate to the playoffs and enhanced excitement going into East Lake?' said Tyler Dennis, the Tour's chief competitions officer. 'There's going to be more to come on that, but we're very focused on it. If through this collaborative effort we find a format that everyone feels really positive about, we may implement it as soon as this year.' The policy board is expected to review a series of proposals from the Tour at its scheduled meeting next month. It's possible that the proposal could be approved for the Tour Championship in August, or pushed to next year if more discussion is needed. Billy Schroder, the Tour's senior vice president of competitions, said that a months-long survey of 50,000 fans found that viewers wanted more drama and consequential play during each round of the season finale, not just at the end. 'It's a balance,' added Andy Weitz, the Tour's chief marketing and communications officer. 'You want the fan at the center, you want the players to feel supported by the process, and you want the competition to be meaningful. We can tick those boxes and we can find something we think is a winning solution. In the past, it's been driven by opinion. It's now driven by data.'
