Tiger Woods Foundation to host D.C. PGA event; Ernie Els signs with Callaway Golf

The Tiger Woods Foundation will host the PGA Tour’s new event in Washington, D.C., to be held July 5-8. Woods and PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem are expected to announce more information about the tournament’s title sponsor and location at a press conference in early March …

Ernie Els has reportedly left Titleist and signed a new equipment deal with Callaway Golf. GolfDigest.com reported that Callaway officials have said it still isn’t a done deal, though Els’ profile is no longer on the Titleist Web site …

San Francisco’s Harding Park Golf Course will get the honor of hosting several upcoming prestigious events, including the Presidents Cup, according to a still loose agreement between the PGA Tour and the City of San Francisco. According to the agreement, which is still subject to approval, Harding Park will host the 2009 Presidents Cup, the Champions Tour’s Charles Schwab Cup Championship in 2010 and 2011 and other events …

At FloridaGolfGuide.com, Tim McDonald writes about Miami’s Biltmore Hotel, ‘a beautiful, old-world elegant hotel’ that has hosted golfing presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.