The PGA of America, the PGA TOUR and the City and County of San Francisco announced today a partnership that will bring the 2020 PGA Championship, The Presidents Cup 2025 and the 2015 World Golf Championships-Match Play Championship to TPC Harding Park, a municipal course owned by the City and County of San Francisco. The announcement builds upon a strengthening relationship between the PGA of America and the PGA TOUR and furthers the TOUR's 20-year partnership with the City and County of San Francisco that began with the rebuilding of TPC Harding Park in 2002-03. Today's announcement was made at San Francisco's City Hall, bringing together governmental officials, including San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee, and representatives of two of the game's leading organizations: PGA of America President Ted Bishop and PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem. The partnership also includes a continued commitment to The First Tee of San Francisco, which is located at TPC Harding Park, by both the PGA TOUR and the PGA of America. 2020 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP The PGA Championship in 2020 will mark the first major championship to be held at a TPC property and the first PGA Championship to be staged in San Francisco. In 2020, the PGA Championship -- perennially featuring golf's strongest and deepest international lineup of any major championship -- will make its fifth appearance in California, following Hillcrest Country Club (1929), Pebble Beach Golf Links (1977) and Riviera Country Club (1983, '95). TPC Harding Park will be the second municipally owned golf course to host the PGA Championship. The only other PGA Championship to be conducted at a municipal golf facility was the 1974 Championship at Tanglewood Golf Club in Clemmons, North Carolina. The PGA Championship is one of four premier golf events conducted by the PGA of America. Others include the Ryder Cup, the Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid, and the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, which brings together the winners of golf's four major championships. THE PRESIDENTS CUP 2025 TPC Harding Park hosted The Presidents Cup 2009, becoming the first West Coast venue to host the biennial, match-play competition and only the second U.S. site. The Presidents Cup, a team match-play competition featuring 24 of the world's top golfers -- 12 from the United States and 12 from around the world, excluding Europe -- is held every two years, and since 1996 has alternated between United States and international venues. The Presidents Cup was developed to give the world's best non-European players an opportunity to compete in international team match-play competition. 2015 WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS-MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP The 2015 World Golf Championships-Match Play Championship moves to TPC Harding Park after an eight-year run in Marana, Arizona (2007-08 at The Gallery at Dove Mountain; 2009-14 at The Golf Club at Dove Mountain), and following seven turns at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California (1999-2000, 2002-06). In 2001, the event was played at The Metropolitan Club in Victoria, Australia. The 2014 event was won by Australia's Jason Day. In addition to a new venue, the 2015 Match Play Championship moves to a new date on the PGA TOUR schedule and a new format. The event will be held April 27-May 3, the week prior to THE PLAYERS Championship. The Match Play Championship agreement at TPC Harding Park is a one-year deal; the title sponsor of the event will be announced at a later date. The Match Play Championship is one of four events that are part of the World Golf Championships series: Cadillac Championship (Doral, Florida); Bridgestone Invitational (Akron, Ohio); and HSBC Champions (Shanghai, China). The PGA TOUR's partnership with the City and County of San Francisco was first illustrated in 2005 via a World Golf Championships, American Express Championship (now the Cadillac Championship) was played on a newly renovated Harding Park, a renovation led by the TOUR, and was won by Woods when he defeated John Daly in a memorable playoff. http://www.pga.com/pga-america/pga-information/tpc-harding-park-host-pga-championship-presidents-cup-match-play

• published: 03 Jul 2014
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