Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge

The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge is an unofficial golf event held every November at the Lake Las Vegas Resort in Henderson, Nevada. The tournament is a unique stroke play event, and, as the name suggests, pits three-member teams from the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, and Champions Tour (known as the Senior PGA Tour prior to 2001) against each other for a purse of $900,000.

The event takes one day to complete, and is usually held on a Tuesday. It supports the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a charity established by the founder of Wendy's, the fastfood restaurant that sponsors the tournament. In 2005 the tournament raised a record $3.8 million, and, since it was founded in 1992, it has raised more than $21 million overall for adoption.

"ABC's Wide World of Sports" broadcasts the event, but tape-delays it until a weekend in December just before Christmas, and spreads it out over two days, with the first nine holes broadcast on Saturday, and the final nine holes on Sunday. ABC's Terry Gannon does the on-air play-by-play.

The event is handicapped to level the playing field. The PGA players play the course at its full length, while the Champions players hit from tees that make the course shorter and the LPGA players from shorter tees still.

Winners

ee also

*Hitachi 3Tours Championship (similar Japanese golf event)

External links

* [http://www.wendys3tour.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.pga.com/news/tours/pga-tour/wendys111406.cfm/ 2006 Results]