Grand Slam event to stay in Hawaii
MIAMI, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The end-of-season PGA Grand Slam of Golf, which brings together the winners of the year's four major championships, will return to Kauai in Hawaii this year, the organisers have said.
The PGA of America had considered moving the elite event elsewhere, with Las Vegas and the Caribbean among the possible options.
"This year's purse will also increase to $1.25 million with the winner receiving $500,000, second place $300,000, third place $250,000 and fourth place $200,000," the PGA of America said in a statement.
The 36-hole stroke-play event, billed as "the most exclusive tournament in golf", will take place at the Poipu Bay Golf Course on Kauai's southern shore from Nov. 21-22.
Last November, U.S. Masters and British Open champion Tiger Woods romped to a seven-shot victory over U.S. PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson.
World number one Woods has claimed the title six times in the last eight years.
(Writing by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles)
The PGA of America had considered moving the elite event elsewhere, with Las Vegas and the Caribbean among the possible options.
"This year's purse will also increase to $1.25 million with the winner receiving $500,000, second place $300,000, third place $250,000 and fourth place $200,000," the PGA of America said in a statement.
The 36-hole stroke-play event, billed as "the most exclusive tournament in golf", will take place at the Poipu Bay Golf Course on Kauai's southern shore from Nov. 21-22.
Last November, U.S. Masters and British Open champion Tiger Woods romped to a seven-shot victory over U.S. PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson.
World number one Woods has claimed the title six times in the last eight years.
(Writing by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles)
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