The Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open is a golf tournament in the Fall Series of the PGA Tour. It is played annually in October in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament is held at the TPC at Summerlin and from 2008 will be hosted by recording star Justin Timberlake. The event has been known by other titles, which are shown in the Winners section below. In 2009, the purse will be $4,200,000, with a $756,000 first prize. In 2002, under a previous sponsor, the purse was $5,000,000 ($900,000 to champion), and has never been as high since. The tournament was founded in 1983. Until 2003, this tournament was played over five rounds over several other courses. Tiger Woods recorded his first PGA Tour win here in 1996. The tournament announced that the Shriners Hospitals for Children would take over the operations of the tournament, and that the Las Vegas Founders, a volunteer group, would no longer be involved with the event. Fry's Electronics, chief presenting sponsor in 2006 and 2007, also ended their association with this event, choosing to concentrate on a second tournament in Arizona that it was already sponsoring. On November 12, 2007, the PGA Tour announced that Timberlake would become host of the tournament, and also announced the event's new name. Timberlake, an avid golfer who plays to a 6 handicap, will play in the celebrity pro-am and host a benefit concert during the week of the tournament. This event became the first PGA Tour event in history to offer a total prize purse of more than $1 million. A tradition at the tournament is presenting the trophy to the champion while two showgirls are a part of the pomp and circumstance.
Past Winners Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open * 2009 Martin Laird * 2008 Marc Turnesa Frys.com Open benefiting Shriners Hospitals for Children * 2007 George McNeill Frys.com Open * 2006 Troy Matteson Michelin Championship at Las Vegas * 2005 Wes Short, Jr. * 2004 Andre Stolz Las Vegas Invitational * 2003 Stuart Appleby Invensys Classic at Las Vegas * 2002 Phil Tataurangi * 2001 Bob Estes * 2000 Billy Andrade Las Vegas Invitational * 1999 Jim Furyk * 1998 Jim Furyk * 1997 Bill Glasson * 1996 Tiger Woods * 1995 Jim Furyk * 1994 Bruce Lietzke * 1993 Davis Love III * 1992 John Cook * 1991 Andrew Magee * 1990 Bob Tway * 1989 Scott Hoch Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational * 1988 Gary Koch * 1987 Paul Azinger * 1986 Greg Norman * 1985 Curtis Strange * 1984 Denis Watson Panasonic Las Vegas Pro Celebrity Classic * 1983 Fuzzy Zoeller
