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 The PGA Tour and RSM McGladrey, one of the nation’s leading accounting, tax and business consulting firms, recently announced a three-year title sponsorship agreement that will bring a new PGA Tour event to renowned Sea Island Resort on the southern coast of Georgia beginning in 2010.
The McGladrey Classic will be held Oct. 7-10 as part of the PGA Tour Fall Series and will be played on the Seaside Course, which has been featured in Golf Digest’s list of Top 100 Courses in the United States.
Longtime PGA Tour member and Sea Island resident Davis Love III, whose foundation will be the tournament host organization, will serve as Tournament Chairman, and his brother Mark Love will be Executive Director of The McGladrey Classic. Tour member Zach Johnson, also a Sea Island resident and a “Team McGladrey” member, will serve on the tournament board.
The purse will be $4 million and the tournament’s charitable beneficiaries will include Special Olympics, the official charity of RSM McGladrey’s golf platform, as well as local charities in the Sea Island-Brunswick area.
“As a longtime resident, I’m very excited to bring a PGA Tour tournament to Sea Island, which undoubtedly will be a terrific host venue for The McGladrey Classic,” said Davis Love III. “I believe the players will really enjoy the Seaside Course, which is both beautiful and challenging and will be a great site for the tournament. I’m particularly pleased about the economic and charitable impact the tournament will have.”
In addition to becoming a focal point of its charitable support of Special Olympics, the sponsorship expands RSM McGladrey’s existing presence in professional golf, which includes sponsorship of Team McGladrey comprising six-time PGA Tour winner and Masters Champion Zach Johnson, three-time PGA Tour winner Chris DiMarco and LPGA Tour professional Natalie Gulbis.
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