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 | Scott Verplank, Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson |
| 2005 | Champions Tour | Hale Irwin, Craig Stadler, Jay Haas |
| 2004 | LPGA | Cristie Kerr, Juli Inkster, Grace Park |
| 2003 | PGA | John Daly, Mark Calcavecchia, Peter Jacobsen |
| 2002 | PGA | Rich Beem, Jim Furyk, John Daly |
| 2001 | LPGA | Dottie Pepper, Annika Sörenstam, Karrie Webb |
| 2000 | PGA | Notah Begay III, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson |
| 1999 | Champions Tour | Hale Irwin, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson |
| 1998 | Champions Tour | Hale Irwin, Gil Morgan, Larry Nelson |
| 1997 | PGA | Fred Couples, Tom Lehman, Phil Mickelson |
| 1996 | PGA | Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Payne Stewart |
| 1995 | Champions Tour | Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd, Hale Irwin |
| 1994 | PGA | Paul Azinger, Fred Couples, Greg Norman |
| 1993 | Senior Tour | Raymond Floyd, Jack Nicklaus, Chi Chi Rodriguez |
| 1992 | LPGA | Nancy Lopez, Dottie Pepper, Patty Sheehan |
