Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open

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  • Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour and is played annually in October. The tournament was the first in the PGA Tour to offer a $1 million purse and in 2009 the purse was raised to a total of $4.2 million. It is currently played at the TPC in Summerlin which is a par-72 golf course on 7223 yards. http://www.jtshrinersopen.com/tournament/tournament.html

  • Background

    The tournament hasn't always been named after Justin Timberlake, and wasn't until 2008. Timberlake hosts both the tournament and a benefit concert during the tournament to raise money for the Shriners Hospital for Children. http://www.justintimberlake.com/news/justins_benefit_concert_in_mandalay_bay_this_oct When the tournament was named The Las Vegas Invitational, it became famous because in 1996 Tiger Wood won his first PGA Tour victory.http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/p/pgat_las_vegas.htm

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