Dallas-based Energy Transfer will partner with the ClubCorp Classic
PGA TOUR Champions/celebrity golf tournament as a primary sponsor,
officials announced today. The April 19-24 event at Las Colinas
Country Club is a $2.5 million competition featuring the world’s
best over-50 players from the PGA TOUR Champions playing together
with top sports and entertainment personalities. All three days of
competition will be televised on GOLF Channel.
Energy Transfer specializes in the transportation, storage and
terminalling of natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil and
refined products. Since its founding in 1996 by Executive Chairman
Kelcy Warren and Ray Davis, the company has made itself one of the
largest infrastructure companies in North America with nearly
120,000 miles of pipelines and related assets traversing 41 states,
and an international office in Beijing as well as plans to open an
office in Panama. In conjunction with the Energy Transfer
sponsorship, Annika Sörenstam, the greatest player in the history
of women’s golf, will kick off the week’s activities with a
special-event golf clinic for children from The First Tee of
Greater Dallas and The First Tee of Fort Worth on Tuesday, April
19, at 4 p.m.
The clinic will be combined with a salute to Annika and her
special relationship with the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex on the
19th anniversary of her epic endeavor to compete against the
greatest male players in the world at the 2003 Bank of America
Colonial PGA TOUR event. That May, she made history and established
a benchmark in the women’s movement for greater equality in sports.
Though she did not make the cut, her effort has had a lasting
effect on professional golf, with Annika walking away with immense
honor and respect from sports fans around the globe.
“We are honored to join ClubCorp and others to bring this
exciting event to the Metroplex,” said Tom Long, Energy Transfer
co-CEO. “We are also pleased to be able to make a difference in the
lives of local children through the money that will be raised for
The First Tee of Dallas, The First Tee of Fort Worth and the
Momentous Institute, all of which play a critical role in
supporting our community. For more than 25 years, Energy Transfer
has been committed to making in difference in the communities
across the country where our employees live and work, but it is
especially meaningful to be able to do this in our hometown.”
“The Annika Sorenstam clinic for youth from the region will be a
highlight of the week,” stated Mike Flaskey, creator of the event
and CEO of Mike Flaskey Entertainment. “With their commitment to
the communities here in the region, it’s great to have Energy
Transfer as a key part of the ClubCorp Classic.”
The ClubCorp Classic will feature 78 PGA TOUR Champions
professionals and 50 sports and entertainment stars. The PGA TOUR
Champions professionals will play 54 holes of stroke play for a
purse of $2 million, along with the celebrities in a separate
$500,000 competition utilizing a modified Stableford scoring
format.
In addition to Annika, celebrities confirmed to compete include
former Dallas Cowboys great Tony Romo, FOX Sports MLB analyst and
Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz, Pro Football Hall of Fame wide
receiver and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown, former Dallas Cowboys
superstar and Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith, Minnesota Vikings wide
receiver Adam Thielen, television personalities Anthony Anderson
and Alfonso Ribeiro and MLB network analyst and Hall of Fame
catcher Pudge Rodriguez, the former Texas Rangers standout.
A group of amateur ClubCorp members are competing in a
qualifying system that includes regional and national events to
earn a spot alongside the stars during the official tournament
rounds to play in their own modified Stableford, low gross and low
net format.
As the largest owner and operator of private clubs, ClubCorp
embraces its roles as a dynamic lifestyle company that brings
people together through extraordinary experiences, impeccable
service and opportunities to build meaningful relationships. The
recent transformation and re-imagination of Las Colinas Country
Club as an overall golf and lifestyle venue is a shining example of
the work and effort being made across the entire ClubCorp brand and
portfolio to bring ClubLife to its members and communities.
The ClubCorp Classic is operated by Mike Flaskey Entertainment.
Flaskey, the founder and tournament executive director, is the
former President and CEO of Diamond Resorts International and has
extensive experience conceiving and overseeing top-tier golf events
with both the LPGA Tour and PGA TOUR Champions, plus All-Stars and
Hall of Famers from NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL teams.
Las Colinas Country Club, which was classically designed in 1963
by Joe Finger, was named among the top 100 courses in Texas by the
Dallas Morning News and selected as one of 2019 Best Country Clubs
by Avid Golfer. The 18-hole course recently underwent a
multi-million-dollar renovation and now features Trinity Zoysia
fairways, Tif Tuf Bermuda rough and G12 Bermuda Greens. A brand-new
practice facility that covers more than 10 acres was designed by
Golf Hall-of-Famer, Lanny Wadkins.
MEDIA CONTACTS: National:Phil
WeidingerWeidinger Public Relations775-588-2412 (West
Coast)dinger@weidingerpr.com
Energy Transfer:Vicki Granado or Carli
Baker214-840-5820media@energytransfer.com
About Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET)
– Energy Transfer owns and operates one of the
largest and most diversified portfolios of energy assets
in North America, with a strategic footprint in all of the
major U.S. production basins. Energy Transfer is a
publicly traded limited partnership with core operations that
include complementary natural gas midstream, intrastate and
interstate transportation and storage assets; crude oil, natural
gas liquids (NGL) and refined product transportation and
terminalling assets; and NGL fractionation. Energy Transfer also
owns Lake Charles LNG Company, as well as the general partner
interests, the incentive distribution rights and 28.5 million
common units of Sunoco LP, and the general partner interests
and 46.1 million common units of USA Compression Partners, LP.
For more information, visit the Energy Transfer
LP website at energytransfer.com.
About ClubCorp – Since its founding in 1957,
Dallas-based ClubCorp has operated with the central purpose of
Building Relationships and Enriching Lives®. The leading
owner-operator of private golf and country clubs, city and stadium
clubs in North America, ClubCorp is relentless in its pursuit of
providing extraordinary experiences, meaningful connections, shared
passions and memorable moments for its more than 430,000 members.
With approximately 20,000 peak-season employees and a portfolio of
over 200 owned or operated golf and country clubs, city clubs,
sports clubs, and stadium clubs in 27 states, the District of
Columbia and two foreign countries, ClubCorp creates communities
and a lifestyle through its championship golf courses, workspaces,
handcrafted cuisine, resort-style pools, tennis facilities, golf
lounges, fitness centers and robust programming.
ClubCorp properties include Firestone Country Club (Akron,
Ohio); Mission Hills Country Club (Rancho Mirage, California); The
Woodlands Country Club (The Woodlands, Texas); and The Metropolitan
in Chicago. You can find ClubCorp on Facebook at
facebook.com/clubcorp and on Twitter at @ClubCorp.
About PGA TOUR Champions – PGA TOUR Champions
is a membership organization of professional golfers age 50 and
older, including 34 members of the World Golf Hall of Fame. The
Tour’s mission is to provide financial opportunities for its
players, entertain and inspire its fans, deliver substantial value
to its partners, create outlets for volunteers to give back and
generate significant charitable and economic impact in tournament
communities. Follow PGA TOUR Champions online at PGATOUR.com, at
facebook.com/PGATOURChampions, on Twitter @ChampionsTour and on
Instagram @pgatourchampions.
All events are televised in the United States, with most
receiving complete coverage on GOLF Channel, the exclusive
cable-television partner of PGA TOUR Champions. Tournament
programming is available via 25+ TV linear partners in 145+
countries and territories, with 25 channels carrying long-form
and/or highlights coverage, and 200+ hours of live coverage
distributed in 135+ countries and territories. Programming is also
available via the OTT platform GOLFTV powered by PGA TOUR in every
market outside of the United States, excluding China and Korea,
with live coverage distributed in 130+ countries and
territories.
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