Running Horse Golf Championship

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The Running Horse Golf Championship is a new PGA Tour golf tournament which will be played for the first time on October 22-28 2007. It is scheduled to be staged at Running Horse Golf & Country Club in Fresno, California, USA, a residential golf development with a course co-designed by Jack Nicklaus and his son Jack Nicklaus II. However in November 2006 it was reported that foreclosure proceedings on Running Horse had begun. The City of Fresno hoped that a buyer could be found and the tournament would go ahead. The PGA Tour also remained optimistic, and the tournament director stated that the tournament can be played at Running House if the course is seeded in March 2007. However a move to a new venue, which would entail a change of name, has not been ruled out. ^[1]

The Running Horse Golf Championship will be a "Fall Series" event, played after the Tour Championship and the conclusion of the FedEx Cup, which is also a 2007 introduction. The prize fund will be US$4.5 million.