Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge
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The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge is an unofficial golf event held every November at the Lake Las Vegas Resort in Henderson, Nevada. The tournament is a unique strokeplay event, and, as the name suggests, pits three-member teams from the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, and Champions Tour (known as the Senior PGA Tour prior to 2001) against each other for a purse of $900,000.
The event takes one day to complete, and is usually held on a Tuesday. It supports the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a charity established by the founder of Wendy's, the fastfood restaurant that sponsors the tournament. In 2005 the tournament raised a record $3.8 million, and, since it was founded in 1992, it has raised more than $21 million overall for adoption.
ABC's Wide World of Sports broadcasts the event, but tape-delays it until a weekend in December just before Christmas, and spreads it out over two days, with the first nine holes broadcast on Saturday, and the final nine holes on Sunday. ABC's Terry Gannon does the on-air play-by-play.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winning Tour | Players Representing Winning Tour |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | PGA | Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson, Scott Verplank |
| 2005 | Champions | Jay Haas, Hale Irwin, Craig Stadler |
| 2004 | LPGA | Juli Inkster, Cristie Kerr, Grace Park |
| 2003 | PGA | Mark Calcavecchia, John Daly, Peter Jacobsen |
| 2002 | PGA | Rich Beem, John Daly, Jim Furyk |
| 2001 | LPGA | Dottie Pepper, Annika Sörenstam, Karrie Webb |
| 2000 | PGA | Notah Begay III, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson |
| 1999 | Senior PGA | Hale Irwin, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson |
| 1998 | Senior PGA | Hale Irwin, Gil Morgan, Larry Nelson |
| 1997 | PGA | Fred Couples, Tom Lehman, Phil Mickelson |
| 1996 | PGA | Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Payne Stewart |
| 1995 | Senior PGA | Raymond Floyd, Hale Irwin, Jack Nicklaus |
| 1994 | PGA | Paul Azinger, Fred Couples, Greg Norman |
| 1993 | Senior PGA | Raymond Floyd, Jack Nicklaus, Chi Chi Rodriguez |
| 1992 | LPGA | Nancy Lopez, Dottie Pepper, Patty Sheehan |
