Hoʻolaha ʻo LOCALiQ Series i ka hanana hopena ma Bahamas

Ua hoʻolaha ka PGA TOUR i ka Poalua i ka Moana Club Golf Golf ma Atlantis Paradise Island Pahama ʻo ia ka pūnaewele pūnaewele o ka LOCALiQ Series Championship, ka hanana hopena kau o ka LOCALiQ Series. ʻO ka hoʻokūkū, i hoʻolālā ʻia no ʻOkakopa 26-30, ʻo ia nō hoʻi ka hopena o kahi heihei helu Order of Merit hou — ka heihei i nā kūlana Bahamas Points-ʻo ia ka Bahamas Ministry of Tourism e kākoʻo nei.

I Iulai, ua hoʻolaha ka TOUR i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka LOCALiQ Series, kahi o ʻewalu mau hoʻokūkū no nā lālā o PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, ka Mackenzie Tour - PGA TOUR Canada a me PGA TOUR SeriesChina i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i kēia makahiki no ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19. Hoʻomaka ke kau i kēia pule ma Alpharetta, Ga., Me ka Alpharetta Classic.

Ma hope o nā hanana mua ʻehiku, e loaʻa i nā mea pāʻani kiʻekiʻe he 78 o ka heihei i nā Bahamas Points Standings ke kuleana e pāʻani i ka hanana hoʻopau kau 72-hole ma kekahi o nā papa hoʻolauleʻa nani loa o ka honua. ʻO ka mea lanakila o ka LOCALiQ Series Championship ma Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas i loaʻa i kahi mea kākoʻo i kahi hanana PGA TOUR e hoʻoholo ʻia, ʻoiai kēlā mau mea pāʻani e hoʻopau ana i ka mua a me ka lua ma ka Race to The Bahamas Point Standings e loaʻa pū ana i kahi kono PGA TOUR hoʻokūkū ma o he hoʻokuʻu hoʻokuʻu.

"Mahalo nui mākou i ka Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, ka mea i loaʻa ka ʻike like o ka LOCALiQ Series i loaʻa iā mākou a ʻapo i ka manaʻo e lawe i nā mea maikaʻi loa mai ka Series i nā Mokupuni no kēia hanana," wahi a Rob Ohno, ka PGA TOUR's Pelekikena Hope Pelekikena, Nā huakaʻi kūloko. “ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke mahalo nui aʻe.

"I hiki iā mākou ke pāʻani i kā mākou hanana hope loa i kahi waiwai kahi kupaianaha o ka Ocean Club Golf Course he mea kupaianaha maoli ia," hoʻomau ʻo Ohno. "E kūkulu ana kēlā me kēia pule o ka LOCALiQ Series a hiki i ka hopena hope loa i ka Bahamas, a hauʻoli nui mākou i ka hui pū ʻana me ka Atlantis Paradise Island no kēia hanana champion. ʻIke wau i kā mākou mau mea pāʻani e nānā i mua i kēia pule a hana i nā mea āpau e hiki ai iā lākou ke kūpono e pāʻani ma kēia papa kupaianaha.

ʻO ka mea lanakila PGA TOUR he ʻumikūmāono manawa a ʻo Tom Weiskopf i hoʻomaka i ka hoʻolālā a me ke kūkulu ʻana o ka papa i ka makahiki 1999, me ka wehe ʻana o ka Ocean Club Golf Course ma Ianuali 2001. Hoʻonohonoho mau ʻia nā paʻi kolepa i ka hoʻolālā par-72, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia me ka backdrop Caribbean Sea , ma ke ʻano he kahua hoʻoneʻe ma luna o 10 ma ʻAmelika Hema.

"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka PGA TOUR a me ka LOCALiQ Series i nā Mokupuni o The Bahamas," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Kuhina Hoʻokele Bahamas a me ka ʻĀpana Mokulele ʻo Ellison 'Tommy' Thompson. “ʻO ka Bahamas kahi paradaiso golfer. Me nā papa papa honua, e like me Atlantis Paradise ʻAilana Bahamas 'Ocean Club Golf Course, a me ke anilā a me nā ʻike like ʻole, ʻike mākou ʻo Bahamas ke wahi maikaʻi loa no ka hanana hopena kau. "

He moʻolelo ikaika ka PGA TOUR o nā hanana pili pili TOUR ma nā Mokupuni o The Bahamas. Ke kipa aku nei ʻo Korn Ferry Tour i Bahamas i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e mālama ana i nā hanana hoʻi i hope-ʻo ka Bahamas Great Exuma Classic ma Sandals Emerald Bay a me ka Bahamas Great Abaco Classic ma The Abaco Club-mai ka makahiki 2017. I Ianuali, ua lanakila ʻo Tommy Gainey i ka Bahamas Nui ʻO Exuma Classic a me PGA TOUR Latinoamérica alum ʻO Jared Wolfe i lanakila i ka Bahamas Great Abaco Classic. I ka makahiki 1986, ua mālama ka PGA TOUR i ka Bahamas Classic ma Paradise Island. I kēlā makahiki, ua lanakila ka lālā o ka Hale Holo Poʻomanaʻo o ka Honua a me ka PGA TOUR Champions legend Hale Irwin iā Donnie Hammond e ʻeono hahau. ʻEhā mau manawa ma waena o 1928 a me 1937, ua mālama ka PGA TOUR i ka Nassau Bahamas Open. ʻO nā mea lanakila ʻo Gene Sarazen (1928), Leo Mallory (1935), Willie MacFarlane (1936) a me Sam Snead (1937).

Hoʻokipa ʻo Tiger Woods i ka Hero World Challenge ma Albany Golf Couse mai ka makahiki 2015. Eia kekahi, ua paʻa ka LPGA i ka Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic ma ka Moana Club Golf Course mai ka makahiki 2013, me Brittany Linicome, he mea lanakila ma ka LPGA ʻewalu manawa, e hopu ana i ʻelua o ʻo kāna mau poʻo inoa i ka Bahamas, ma 2017 a me 2018. ʻO ka Hall Hall o Famer ʻo Michael Jordan kahi i hoʻokipa ai i kāna hanana kolepa kaulana lōʻihi no ke aloha ma ka Ocean Club.

E pili ana i ka LOCALiQ Series

Ua hoʻokumu ka PGA TOUR i ka LOCALiQ Series ma 2020 e hāʻawi i nā manawa pāʻani i nā lālā o PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, ka Mackenzie Tour - PGA TOUR Kanada a me PGA TOUR Series-Kina. ʻO ka LOCALiQ Series kahi ʻehiku hanana 54-hole i pāʻani ʻia ma ka Hikina Hema US (Georgia, Alabama a me Florida), me ka hoʻokūkū hope loa i mālama ʻia ma Atlantis Paradise Island Resort's Ocean Club Golf Course ma Bahamas. ʻO LOCALiQ, ka lima kūʻai aku a me ke kālepa ʻana o Gannett Co., Inc., a me ka Official Digital Marketing Services Firm o ka PGA TOUR, ua paʻa i nā kaiāulu i kāna pūnaewele a kōkua iā lākou e kūkulu i nā pilina me kā lākou mau ʻoihana kūloko.

Nā nūhou hou aʻe e pili ana i The Bahamas