The JCPenney Classic was a mixed team golf tournament sponsored by the PGA Tour and the LPGA Tour . Teams consisted of one PGA Tour player and one LPGA Tour player (except in 1967 when the teams were male only). It was played in California and Florida . Corporate sponsors were Haig & Haig , Pepsi-Cola , and JCPenney .
6-636: In 2000, the tournament was replaced by the Valspar Championship . JCPenney Classic JCPenney Mixed Team Classic Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Championship Haig & Haig Scotch Foursome This article on an American golf tournament is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in California is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in Florida
12-693: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Valspar Championship The Valspar Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour , played annually on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor , north of St. Petersburg, Florida . The tournament was founded in 2000 as the Tampa Bay Classic , and was originally an alternate event in autumn and late summer. It replaced
18-926: The JCPenney Classic , held annually in central Florida since 1960, and at Innisbrook since 1990. It was opposite the Presidents Cup in October 2000 , and the same week as the WGC-American Express Championship in September 2002 . It was scheduled for the same week as the WGC-American Express Championship in 2001 in mid-September, but the September 11 attacks (on Tuesday) forced the cancellations of both tournaments. From 2003 to 2006,
24-533: The PGA Tour announced a six-year sponsorship agreement with PODS of Clearwater, Florida . However, the company chose to exercise an option to withdraw as title sponsor after the 2008 event, and tournament officials searched to find a replacement. On June 4, 2008, Transitions Optical, Inc., the photochromic lens manufacturer headquartered locally in Largo , was announced as the new title sponsor. Transitions left
30-746: The Tampa Bay event had a slot in the schedule to itself in late October (and early November in 2003) as the last full-field event before the Tour Championship . The Chrysler Corporation was the title sponsor. Since 2007 , the Tampa Bay event has been played in March, as the Players Championship moved six weeks later, to mid-May. 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
36-488: The event after the 2012 season. Just two weeks before the 2013 tournament, EverBank agreed to be presenting sponsor for the tournament. In September 2013, Valspar Corporation signed a four-year deal to become title sponsor of the event, now named the Valspar Championship . On March 9, 2016, the PGA Tour, Valspar Corporation, and Copperhead Charities – the Valspar Championship host organization – announced
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