Professional sporting events aren't getting cheaper, unless you're a golf fan and like the Monterey Peninsula and the Champions Tour. Then the equation is free.
Tournament organizers have announced admission to the seventh annual First Tee Open, Aug. 31-Sept. 5 at Del Monte Golf Course and Pebble Beach Golf Links, site of the 2010 U.S. Open, will be free.
"We want to encourage the local community to come out to Pebble Beach and watch some amazing golf," Steve Worthy, President of the Monterey Peninsula Foundation. "The Champions Tour players really embrace this tournament and the exceptional young people who make up junior field are inspiring. We hope locals will take advantage of this unique opportunity."
The free admission continues a recent trend on the Champions Tour. Tthe 3M Championship in Minnesota has offered free admission for two consecutive years. The year's Senior Player's Championship in Washington, D.C. the season's last major, will also offer free admission.
Two-time defending champ Jeff Sluman, Fred Couples, Tom Watson, Ben Crenshaw, Fred Funk, Hale Irwin, Mark O'Meara and Fuzzy Zoeller will be in the field.
Home Care and Hospice is the tournament's new title sponsor, following Walmart's six-year tenure.
Tournament organizers have announced admission to the seventh annual First Tee Open, Aug. 31-Sept. 5 at Del Monte Golf Course and Pebble Beach Golf Links, site of the 2010 U.S. Open, will be free.
"We want to encourage the local community to come out to Pebble Beach and watch some amazing golf," Steve Worthy, President of the Monterey Peninsula Foundation. "The Champions Tour players really embrace this tournament and the exceptional young people who make up junior field are inspiring. We hope locals will take advantage of this unique opportunity."
The free admission continues a recent trend on the Champions Tour. Tthe 3M Championship in Minnesota has offered free admission for two consecutive years. The year's Senior Player's Championship in Washington, D.C. the season's last major, will also offer free admission.
Two-time defending champ Jeff Sluman, Fred Couples, Tom Watson, Ben Crenshaw, Fred Funk, Hale Irwin, Mark O'Meara and Fuzzy Zoeller will be in the field.
Home Care and Hospice is the tournament's new title sponsor, following Walmart's six-year tenure.
James Raia has written about golf since he covered the 1982 Women’s U.S. Open at Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento. He contributes golf tournament coverage, player profiles and other golf-related articles and content to several publications, news agencies and web sites, Associated Press to Helium.com and the Monterey Herald to several specialty golf magazines.






