DETROIT - The Buick Scramble, now in its third decade as the world's largest amateur golf tournament, has announced its PGA Sectional Championship schedule for the 2005 season.
Beginning Tuesday, July 5, 2005, in Florida and concluding the first week of September in Michigan, a total of 103 of the 104 PGA Sectional Championships will take place across the United States in 40 PGA of America Sections. Two teams from each PGA Sectional Championship (one net, one gross) will advance to the Buick Scramble National Championships at Grande Lakes Resort in Orlando, Fla., Oct. 13-16, 2005.
The Buick Scramble Southwest PGA Sectional Championship was contested on May 23, 2005, at Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz., with Apache Stronghold Golf Club (net) in San Carlos, Ariz., and Ken McDonald Golf Course (gross) in Tempe, Ariz., becoming the first two teams to qualify for the Buick Scramble National Championships. Additional information on the Buick Scramble and tournament results throughout the summer are available by visiting www.buickscramble.com.
Tiger Woods returns as the Buick Scramble Honorary Chairman for a fourth season in 2005. Woods, 29, is scheduled to appear at the Buick Scramble National Championships, where he will present the winning trophies to the Buick Scramble National Champions at the awards ceremony at Grande Lakes on Oct. 16, 2005.
Four-person amateur teams will compete in more than 1,500 Buick Scramble Local Championships through mid-August. Winning teams advance with their respective PGA Professional to compete as "fivesomes" in one of the 104 Buick Scramble PGA Sectional Championships, with the hopes of advancing to the National Championships.
The Buick Scramble, with more than 75,000 participants annually, is sanctioned by The PGA of America. The Official Car of The PGA of America and the PGA Tour, Buick is title-sponsor of three Tour events, presenting sponsor of the PGA Club Professional Championship and serves as the official vehicle for the 2005 PGA and Senior PGA Championships.
Buick has an endorsement agreement with Tiger Woods, who signed a multi-year extension in 2004 to continue as a Buick spokesperson through the end of the decade. For additional information on the Buick Scramble, please contact the Buick Scramble hotline at (800) 582-1908, or visit www.buickscramble.com.
2005 BUICK SCRAMBLE PGA SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SITES
DATE LOCATION
5/23/2005 Palm Valley Golf Club, Goodyear, Ariz.
7/5/2005 Grasslands Golf & Country Club, Lakeland, Fla.
7/6/2005 Legacy Club at Alaqua Lake, Longwood, Fla.
7/7/2005 Bonita Bay Club, West Bonita Springs, Fla.
7/7/2005 PGA Golf Club, Port St. Lucie, Fla.
7/7/2005 Plantation Oaks Golf Club, Alachua, Fla.
7/20/2005 Killington Golf Course, Killington, Vt.
7/21/2005 Owl's Nest Golf Club, Campton, N.H.
7/25/2005 Wood Ranch Golf Club, Simi Valley, Calif.
7/25/2005 Tangle Ridge Golf Club, Grand Prairie, Texas
7/26/2005 Ballymeade Country Club, Teaticket, Mass.
7/26/2005 West Bend Country Club, West Bend, Wis.
7/27/2005 PGA of Southern California Beaumont, Calif.
7/27/2005 Cyprian Keyes Golf Club, Boylston, Mass.
7/27/2005 Oaks Golf Course, Cottage Grove, Wis.
7/28/2005 PGA of Southern California Beaumont, Calif.
7/28/2005 Eau Claire Golf & Country Club, Altonna, Wis.
8/1/2005 Lockhaven Country Club, Alton, Ill.
8/1/2005 Lake Forest Golf Club, Lake St. Louis, Mo.
8/1/2005 Penn Oaks Country Club (a.m.), West Chester, Pa.
8/1/2005 Penn Oaks Country Club (p.m.), West Chester, Pa.
8/2/2005 Prestwick Golf Course at Wedgewood, Woodbury, Minn.
8/2/2005 Oconomowoc Golf Club, Oconomowoc, Wis.
8/4/2005 Wynlakes Golf & Country Club, Montgomery, Ala.
8/4/2005 Salem Golf Club, N. Salem, N.Y.
8/4/2005 Elks Country Club, Columbus, Neb.
8/4/2005 Northwood Golf Club, Rhinelander, Wis.
8/5/2005 Chautauqua Golf Club, Chautauqua, N.Y.
8/8/2005 Beaver Hills Country Club, Cedar Falls, Iowa
8/8/2005 Finkbine Golf Club, Iowa City, Iowa
8/8/2005 Gibson Bay Golf Course, Richmond, Ky.
8/8/2005 Faribault Golf & Country Club, Faribault, Minn.
8/8/2005 Treyburn Country Club, Durham, N.C.
8/8/2005 Woodcrest Country Club (a.m.), Cherry Hill, N.J.
8/8/2005 Woodcrest Country Club (p.m.), Cherry Hill, N.J.
8/8/2005 Orchard Hills Country Club, Bryan, Ohio
8/8/2005 Quail Hollow Resort & Country Club, Concord, Ohio
8/8/2005 Rosemont Country Club, Akron, Ohio
8/8/2005 Trumbull Country Club, Warren, Ohio
8/8/2005 Houndslake Country Club, Aiken, S.C.
8/8/2005 Links at Kahite, Loudon, Tenn.
8/9/2005 Ridgewood Country Club, Danbury, Conn.
8/11/2005 New Mexico Tech Golf Course, Socorro, N.M.
8/12/2005 Danville Country Club, Danville, Ill.
8/12/2005 Center Pointe Country Club, Canandaigua, N.Y.
8/13/2005 Fox Bend Golf Course,Oswego, Ill.
8/15/2005 Maple Ridge Golf Club, Columbus, Ga.
8/15/2005 Wilmington Island Club, Savannah, Ga.
8/15/2005 Crumpin-Fox Golf Club, Benardston, Mass.
8/16/2005 Riverlands Golf & Country, La Place La.
8/17/2005 Riverdale Golf Club (a.m.), Brighton, Colo.
8/17/2005 Riverdale Golf Club (p.m.), Brighton, Colo.
8/17/2005 Whisper Creek Golf Club, Huntley, Ill.
8/17/2005 Larchmont Golf Course, Missoula, Mont.
8/19/2005 Prairie Bluff Golf Club, Lockport, Ill.
8/22/2005 North Ridge Country Club, Fair Oaks, Calif.
8/22/2005 Silver Creek Valley Country San Jose, Calif.
8/22/2005 Athens Country Club, Athens, Ga.
8/22/2005 Brookstone Golf & Country Club, Acworth, Ga.
8/22/2005 Tiffany Greens Golf Club, Kansas City, Mo.
8/22/2005 Oxbow Country Club, Oxbow, N.D.
8/22/2005 Town of Colonies Golf Course (a.m.), Schenectady, N.Y.
8/22/2005 Town of Colonies Golf Course (p.m.), Schenectady, N.Y.
8/22/2005 Forest Ridge Golf Club, Broken Arrow, Okla.
8/23/2005 Rivermont Golf & Country Club, Alpharetta, Ga.
8/23/2005 Eagle Ridge Golf Club, Lakewood, N.J.
8/23/2005 Fox Hill Golf & Country Club, Baiting Hollow, N.Y.
8/24/2005 Preserve at Grand View Lodge, Nisswa, Minn.
8/25/2005 Bartlett Hills Golf Club, Bartlett, Ill.
8/25/2005 Quail Valley Golf Course, Banks, Ore.
8/25/2005 Sunbrook Golf Club, St. George, Utah
8/25/2005 Williamsburg National Golf Club, Williamsburg, Va.
8/25/2005 Riverbend Golf Complex, Kent, Wash.
8/26/2005 Skenandoa Club, Clinton, N.Y.
8/27/2005 Old Orchard Golf Club, Richmond, Texas
8/29/2005 Blackhawk Country Club, Danville, Calif.
8/29/2005 Elkhorn Country Club, Stockton, Calif.
8/29/2005 Fountain Grove Club, Santa Rosa, Calif.
8/29/2005 Anderson Country Club, Anderson, Ind.
8/29/2005 Sand Creek Country Club, Chesterton, Ind.
8/29/2005 Moorhead Country Club, Moorhead, Minn.
8/29/2005 Lebanon Country Club (a.m.), Lebanon, Pa.
8/29/2005 Lebanon Country Club (p.m.), Lebanon, Pa.
8/29/2005 Treasure Lake Country Club, Du Bois, Pa.
8/29/2005 Prestwick Golf Club, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
8/30/2005 Legends of Indiana Golf Course,Franklin, Ind.
8/30/2005 Idaho Falls Country Club (a.m.), Idaho Falls, Iowa
8/30/2005 Idaho Falls Country Club (p.m.), Idaho Falls, Iowa
8/30/2005 Minnetonka Country Club, Excelsior, Minn.
8/30/2005 Rock Spring Club, West Orange, N.J.
8/30/2005 Treasure Lake Country Club, Du Bois, Pa.
8/30/2005 Avalon Golf Links Burlington, Wash.
8/31/2005 Musket Ridge Golf Club, Myersville, Md.
8/31/2005 Cabarrus Country Club, Concord, N.C.
8/31/2005 Old Hickory Golf Club, Woodbridge, Va.
9/1/2005 Pt. Jefferson Country Club, Pt. Jefferson, N.Y.
9/6/2005 Fortress, Frankenmuth, Mich.
9/6/2005 Grosse Ile Golf & Country Club, Grosse Ile, Mich.
9/6/2005 Manistee National Golf & Resort, Manistee, Mich.
9/6/2005 Walnut Hills Country Club, E. Lansing, Mich.
9/6/2005 Watermark Country Club, Grand Rapids, Mich.
9/6/2005 NCR Country Club (a.m.), Kettering, Ohio
9/6/2005 NCR Country Club (p.m.), Kettering, Ohio
9/9/2005 Patriot Hill Golf Club, Stony Point, N.Y.
