PODS Championship

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PODS Championship
Tournament information
Location Palm Harbor, Florida
Established 2000
Course(s) Westin Innisbrook Golf Resort
Par 71
Tour PGA Tour
Month Played March
Defunct No
Tournament Record Score
Flag of Fiji Vijay Singh -18
Current Champion
Flag of United States Mark Calcavecchia
Major Championships
The Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
PGA Championship


The PODS Championship, originally the Tampa Bay Classic, is a men's professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, and is played annually at Westin Innisbrook Golf Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida. The tournament is the 11th event on the 2007 PGA Tour Schedule, and is part of the Tour's FedEx Cup Competition.

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[edit] History

The tournament was founded in 2000 as the Tampa Bay Classic. It was originally an alternate event played the same week as the Presidents Cup in 2000, and the same week as the WGC-American Express Championship in 2002. It was supposed to be played the same week as the WGC-American Express Championship on September 13-16, 2001. However, the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 forced the cancelations of both tournaments.

From 2003 to 2006, the Tampa Bay event had a slot in the schedule to itself as the last full-field event before the Tour Championship. The Chrysler Corporation was the title sponsor.

Starting 2007, the Tampa Bay event will be played in early March. For a time the tournament was without a title sponsor, leading to speculation on its fate beyond 2007. Then, on January 24, 2007, tournament officials and the PGA Tour announced a sponsorship agreement with the PODS Group. Located in Clearwater, Florida, PODS, short for Portable On Demand Storage, signed on for a six-year deal.[1].

[edit] Winners

PODS Championship

Chrysler Championship

Tampa Bay Classic presented by Buick

Tampa Bay Classic

[edit] References

  1. ^ Newsroom, AP (2007-01-24). Tampa Event Named PODS Championship. GolfChannel.Com. Retrieved on 2007-01-25.

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