Big Cedar Lodge Champions Tour Event to Play Par-3 Golf Course

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Published: March 5, 2014

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The Champions Tour recently announced the Legends of Golf tournament, which started the concept of senior tour professional golf, will use a par-3 course for competition this year.

The Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf began in 1978, when Jimmy Demaret and Fred Raphael invited a few old golf professional buddies to a small tournament in Austin, Texas.

Gardner Dickinson and Sam Snead teamed up to win that first event and the PGA Senior Tour, now the Champions Tour, grew from that humble beginning.

The Legends of Golf has been held in Savannah, Ga., for the past 11 years but lost its sponsor and its spot on the Champions Tour 2014 schedule.

A white knight in the form of the founder and CEO of Bass Pro Shops, Johnny Morris came to the rescue and will bring the Legends of Golf to his Big Cedar Lodge Wilderness Resort, just outside of Branson, Mo.

The tournament will be held over three days and will include play on the par-3 Top of the Rock and Buffalo Ridge, an 18-hole championship course.

True legends of the game, Jack Nicklaus, who designed Top of the Rock, Lee Trevino, Tom Watson and Gary Player have committed to play in the event.

Many golf professionals probably first learned to play on a par-3 or executive short course. Par-3 courses can help you improve your short game, enjoy a round with your family or provide a non-threatening venue for beginners to learn the game.

The question is, do par-3 golf courses have a place in tournament play?

Threetops in Gaylord, Mich., was host to the ESPN Par-3 Shootout for several years. The event was sponsored by Ford Motor Company and featured Phil Mickelson, along with three other professionals, in a two-day competition over the scenic par-3 course.

It brought some of golf’s biggest names to the northern Michigan golf resort, and Trevino made an ace there in 2001.

The tournament provided a ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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