The Diamond Resorts Invitational is a pro-am golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions, played at Tranquilo Golf Club at Four Seasons in Orlando, Florida and benefits Florida Hospital for Children. The inaugural edition was in January 2016 and in 2017, the tournament was made a PGA Tour Champions Challenge Season event. The 2017 event featured a field of 30 PGA and LPGA professionals and 48 celebrity amateurs. The tournament is a no-cut 54-hole event, and uses the Modified Stableford scoring system. As of 2017, the tournament had raised more than $2.3 million for Florida Hospital for Children. The 2018 tournament will be held January 12-14.
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2013
In 2013, PGA Tour professional, Brian Gay, offered to lend his name to the inaugural Diamond Resorts-sponsored golf invitational in an effort to help raise money for Florida Hospital for Children. More than 300 golfers, celebrities and spectators attended the event. The tournament also hosted a celebrity-only golf tournament with a $40,000 purse. PGA Tour professional Nick O'Hern won the Professional Golf Division and retired NFL player Mark Rypien was the celebrity champion.
2014
In its second year, the Diamond Resorts Invitational was held at Isleworth Country Club in Windermere, Florida from December 11-14, 2014. More than 400 people participated in the weekend event, which included a celebrity/amateur golf tournament and private concert by country music artist Colt Ford. PGA Tour professional J. B. Holmes won the PGA Tour Division, shooting a 9-under 63. The celebrity champion was former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz, who defeated the President of Baseball Operations for the Atlanta Brave, John Hart, in a one-hole playoff.
2016
In 2016, the golf event was named Diamond Resorts Invitational benefiting Florida Hospital for Children and was nationally televised on the Golf Channel with an 81-person field, 54-hole celebrity tournament. It was held January 12-17, 2016 at The Golden Bear Club in Windermere, Florida and featured a Stableford scoring format with a $500,000 purse. After three days of play, former professional American tennis player, Mardy Fish, claimed victory. The celebrity lineup included Super Bowl MVPs Jerry Rice, Marcus Allen, Richard Dent and Mark Rypien; Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame pitcher of Greg Maddux, John Smoltz and Tom Glavine; ESPN college football expert and former NFL quarterback Danny Kanell; baseball legends Reggie Jackson, Roger Clemens and Gaylord Perry; and celebrity entertainers Larry The Cable Guy, Jake Owen and Colt Ford.
2017
In 2017, the tournament became a PGA Tour Champions Challenge Season event. It was held Jan. 13-15 at Tranquilo Golf Course at Four Seasons Resort Orlando. It had 27 PGA TOUR Champions players, three LPGA players and 48 other amateur celebrity players. The players were organized into threesomes of one professional and two celebrities, and competed side-by-side in a Modified Stableford scoring format for separate purses totaling $1.25 million. PGA Champions Tour player Woody Austin won the professional division and MLB pitcher Mark Mulder won the celebrity division.
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