Community Partners Support PGA Tour Canada’s Innagural Thunder Bay Golf Classic
VALHALLA INN NAMED OFFICIAL HOTEL, THUNDER BAY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEDGES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PGA TOUR CANADA EVENT
Valhalla Inn Thunder Bay. Submitted photo.
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bay Golf Classic is still six months away but community support for the PGA TOUR Canada event has already started to heat up. January 16th the Valhalla Inn and the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce announced their support as tournament partners during a media conference at the Valhalla Inn (Special thanks to Kiersten Gascon for attending on behalf of ONN).
A commitment from the Valhalla Inn as the official hotel for the first year of a multi-year agreement will see the PGA TOUR Canada in Thunder Bay for at least the next three years.
“We’re pleased to have had our hotel chosen as the official Hotel partner of the upcoming Thunder Bay Golf Classic this coming July,” said Mary McLellen, General Manager of the Valhalla Inn. “We look forward to providing world class accommodations to the participants, officials and their supporters. In partnering with the event we hope to contribute to its success so that the Thunder Bay Golf Classic will remain a regular stop on PGA TOUR Canada.”
The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce has pledged $12,000 as well as additional in kind in support of the event.
“With an experienced host city like Thunder Bay, a passionate fan base, and a tremendous golf course at Whitewater, we have all the right pieces in place for an outstanding inaugural tournament,” said Scott Pritchard, Director, Tournament Business Affairs with PGA TOUR Canada.
The Thunder Bay Golf Classic, a new event on PGA TOUR Canada, is set to run from July 14th to 20th, 2014 when the top three players on the PGA TOUR Canada Order of Merit will earn exemptions into the RBC Canadian Open on the PGA TOUR.
FAST FACTS
- Thunder Bay was also host of 1995 World Nordic Games, 2010 World Junior Baseball Championships and 2011 Special Olympics
- PGA TOUR Canada season tees off May 26th to June 1st at the PC Financial Open in Vancouver, BC and concludes at the TOUR Championship of Canada presented by Freedom Financial, September 8th to 15th, at Sunningdale Golf and Country Club in London, Ontario
RELATED LINKS
- Visit PGA Tour Canada for a complete list of host cities for 2014
- Learn more about conference spaces and services at the Valhalla Inn
- Golfing at Whitewater Golf Club in Thunder Bay
