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22-787: The tournament has been part of the PGA Tour schedule since 1968 , and has raised more than $ 8.1 million for statewide charities. Originally played at the Hattiesburg Country Club in Hattiesburg , the event moved in 1994 to Annandale Golf Club in Madison , which hosted through 2013 . Since 2013, the tournament's title sponsor has been Sanderson Farms , a poultry farming corporation based in Laurel, Mississippi . The tournament's host organization, Century Club Charities,

44-526: A World Golf Championship in 2009 on the European Tour . The field consists primarily of winners of the most important tournaments around the world since the previous WGC-HSBC Champions tournament. Each of the six member tours are allocated a certain number of tournaments from their tour (from 4 to 20), although these tournament must meet a minimum entry requirement. Co-sanctioned tournaments are assigned to one tour only. The tournaments are ranked using

66-482: A regular PGA Tour event, with 500 FedEx Cup points and an invitation to The Masters. Over the years, the Sanderson Farms Championship has been played opposite a number of different tournaments: Three men have won this tournament twice: 32°23′49″N 90°05′53″W  /  32.397°N 90.098°W  / 32.397; -90.098 1968 PGA Tour The 1968 PGA Tour was

88-479: A trip to the PGA Championship , a two-year PGA Tour exemption, a minimum of 24 OWGR points, and 300 FedEx Cup points. For the 2019–20 season, the tournament was upgraded from an alternate event to a full status event; it was also rescheduled to September, as the second tournament of the PGA Tour season. Along with an increased prize fund, the changed of status meant the winner receives the full benefits of

110-503: Is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is promoting the game of golf for the benefit of charity. The Sanderson Farms Championship's primary charity is Friends of Children's Hospital, which benefits the Batson's Children Hospital. The Country Club of Jackson opened in 1914. It is a private club with 27 championship holes, 18 of which were re-designed by John Fought in 2008 and measure 7,400 yards (6,800 m) from

132-479: The Official World Golf Ranking strength of field ("total event ranking"). Tournaments must have a minimum event ranking of 40. The ranking is based on the previous year's event ranking so that the list of qualifying events can be determined in advance. New events can be included if they are expected to have an event ranking of at least 40. Further players gain entry through their position in

154-473: The PGA Tour of Australasia — of the six constituent tours of International Federation of PGA Tours at that time. Invitations were issued to all players placed amongst the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR). Also invited were players who had, during the calendar year preceding the event, captured at least one tournament title on a sanctioning tour, or had finished the preceding season amongst

176-487: The 53rd season of the PGA Tour , the main professional golf tour in the United States. The following table lists official events during the 1968 season. The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. WGC-HSBC Champions The WGC-HSBC Champions

198-571: The European Tour Final Series from 2013 to 2015. The current qualification categories are as follows: From 2009 to 2012 the WGC-HSBC Champions was an unofficial money event on the PGA Tour , meaning that prize money did not count towards the PGA Tour money list or Fed-Ex Cup points standings. Since 2010, victories have counted as official wins for PGA Tour members, and as such Phil Mickelson 's victory in 2009

220-531: The PGA Tour schedule for that week, as it had been moved to the end of October with a scheduled finish on November 1. However, the tournament was canceled on October 31, due to unplayable conditions at the Annandale Golf Club. The event was not rescheduled. The 2010 event was again held opposite the Ryder Cup. This would be the tournament's last fall edition, as it would move into the regular season

242-708: The PGA Tour). It later became part of the Fall Series , a group of events held after The Tour Championship , before returning to its former status as an alternate event in 2011. In either case, the leading players in men's professional golf rarely participate. Until 1994, it was played opposite the Masters Tournament and then opposite The Open Championship in the mid-1990s. More recently, it played opposite various World Golf Championships and The Tour Championship. From 2007 to 2010, it generally played opposite

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264-721: The WGC calendar along with the WGC-Dell Match Play , the WGC-Mexico Championship , and the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational events, all in North America. The field consists primarily of players who have won the top rated tournaments since the previous WGC-HSBC tournament, supplemented by other leading players in the world rankings and money lists of the major tours. The WGC-HSBC Champions had

286-474: The championship tees. Fought's layout incorporates classic Donald Ross flavor – parkland style routing with smallish, tricky greens – which range in size from 5,000 to 8,500 square feet (460 to 790 m). The tournament was founded as the Magnolia Classic in 1968 and retained that title through 1985, with notable winners including Roger Maltbie , Craig Stadler , and Payne Stewart . Since 1986,

308-455: The current seasons Order of Merit. Six players from China are selected while any player ranked in the world top 50 is also given an entry. If the field size is less than 78, further entries are selected from winners of additional tournaments not already considered, players ranked outside the world top 50, and the players further down the Order of Merit lists. The tournament was the second event of

330-578: The developmental Tournament Players Series . From 2007 to 2010, it was part of the Fall Series. Because the FedEx Cup season championship was already determined by that time, elite players generally passed on Fall Series events; most players in the tournament were trying to either make the Top 125 on the money list and retain their tour cards, or earn a quick two-year exemption by winning. The 2007 event

352-532: The following year. In 2013, the title sponsor changed to Sanderson Farms. The tournament was not held in the 2013–14 season because of the new PGA Tour wraparound season; the 2014 tournament, part of the 2014–15 season, moved to late October and was played opposite the WGC-HSBC Champions in China . As an alternate event, the winner did not receive an invitation to the Masters Tournament , but did earn

374-645: The highest prize money in East Asia. Originally in 2005, it was US$ 5 million, and grew to $ 7 million when it obtained WGC status in 2009, $ 8.5 million in 2013 and in 2019, the prize money was $ 10.25 million. Only the CIMB Classic , CJ Cup , Zozo Championship and BMW Masters have had similar purses in the region. Originally, the event was sanctioned by four —the European , the Asian , and Sunshine Tours and

396-572: The major team events involving PGA Tour players, namely the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup . In 2011, it returned to the PGA Tour regular season opposite the British Open in July. It has been an official money event on the PGA Tour since 1994 . Prior to that, it was a satellite event with the money counting but the wins counting as unofficial, except from 1983 to 1985, when it was instead part of

418-791: The top twenty in the European Tour's Race to Dubai (the Order of Merit standings through 2008) or amongst the top five in the Order of Merit standings of any of the other three sanctioning tours. Players who had finished first in the Order of Merit standings in any of three developmental tours —the Von Nida and Challenge Tours and the winter swing of the Sunshine Tour—were also invited. Finally, starting berths were also reserved for eight Chinese amateur and professional players to be selected by tournament organizers and sponsors, whether by qualifying tournament or not. The event became

440-491: The tournament has had several different names under title sponsorship agreements with Deposit Guaranty (1986–1998), Farm Bureau (1999–2006), Viking (2007–2011) and Sanderson Farms (since 2013); in 2012, it was without a title sponsor and named the True South Classic . In the past, this tournament was generally played opposite of a major or limited field tournament (officially termed an "alternate event" by

462-764: Was a professional golf tournament , held annually in China. Inaugurated in 2005, the first seven editions were played at the Sheshan Golf Club in Shanghai , then moved to the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen for a single year in 2012 . It returned to Sheshan Golf Club in 2013 . Since 2009 , it was a World Golf Championship event. Played in November, it was the fourth tournament on

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484-535: Was played in the same week as the Presidents Cup ; most of the top Tour players played in that event instead of the Viking Classic. The situation was similar in 2008, with the tournament being scheduled opposite the Ryder Cup . The 2009 purse was due to be $ 3,700,000, with $ 666,000 going to the winner. That year's event was also to be the first in the tournament's recent history to be the sole event on

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