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Field includes nine of the top-10 in the Charles Schwab Cup and nine past winners of the Buick Open

 

GRAND BLANC, Mich. – Tournament Officials announced today the final field for the fourth playing of The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc, Mich. This elite roster of 82* players collectively represent 254 PGA TOUR Champions victories, including 53 senior major championship titles from 24 different players. The field¾arguably the best of the season¾also contains nine World Golf Hall of Fame members and nine of the top-10 players in the Charles Schwab Cup ranking, including 2021 U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Steve Stricker.

Past winners of the Buick Open will be well represented again this year for The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren. Nine members of that esteemed fraternity will be competing at Warwick Hills, including Woody Austin, Fred Couples, Jim Furyk (2020 The Ally Challenge champion), Billy Mayfair, Rocco Mediate, Tom Pernice, Jr., Kenny Perry, Vijay Singh and Scott Verplank.

 

2021 FIELD OF COMPETITORS AS OF FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2021 AT 6:45 P.M.

 

Allen, Michael

Allenby, Robert

Ames, Stephen

Andrade, Billy

Austin, Woody

Barron, Doug

Beckman, Cameron

Bertsch, Shane

Bowman, George +

Broadhurst, Paul

Browne, Olin

Byrum, Tom

Choi, K.J.

Clarke, Darren

Couples, Fred

Daly, John

Dawson, Marco

Day, Glen

DiMarco, Chris

Dodd, Stephen

Duke, Ken

Dunlap, Scott

Durant, Joe

Els, Ernie

Estes, Bob

Flesch, Steve

Frost, David

Funk, Fred

Furyk, Jim

Goosen, Retief

Goydos, Paul

Haas, Jay

Hebert, Scott +

Herron, Tim

Huston, John

Janzen, Lee

Jobe, Brandt

Jones, Kent

Jones, Steve

Karlsson, Robert

Kelly, Jerry

Langer, Bernhard

Leaney, Stephen

Lehman, Tom

Love III, Davis

Maggert, Jeff

Mayfair, Billy

McKenzie, David

Mediate, Rocco

Micheel, Shaun

Montgomerie, Colin

O'Meara, Mark

Olazábal, José María

Pampling, Rod

Parel, Scott

Parnevik, Jesper

Pavin, Corey

Pernice Jr., Tom

Perry, Kenny

Petrovic, Tim

Pride, Dicky

Quigley, Brett

Roberts, Loren

Sauers, Gene

Senden, John

Short, Jr., Wes

Sindelar, Joey

Singh, Vijay

Sluman, Jeff

Stricker, Steve

Sutherland, Kevin

Tanigawa, Ken

Toms, David

Triplett, Kirk

Verplank, Scott

Waldorf, Duffy

Weir, Mike

 

4 Event Qualifiers(4)

1 Top-10 frm PrevEv

82 Players in Field

 

Alternates

Gillis, Tom

Brooks, Mark

Mize, Larry

Pate, Steve

Forsman, Dan

McCallister, Blaine

Cochran, Russ

Armour III, Tommy

Hart, Dudley

Toledo, Esteban

Franco, Carlos

Wood, Willie

Quinn, Fran

Smith, Jerry

Gilbert III, Gibby

 

* - Open Qualifier / + - Sponsor Exemption

 

 

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AND BROADCAST TIMES (Note: Schedule times and events subject to change)

 

FRIDAY, August 27

• Gates open at 9 a.m.
• Opening Ceremony 9:50 a.m. (estimated)
• First Round Official Tournament Competition: 10:15 a.m. start (estimated)
• Family Fun Night: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m., located in the Fan Zone and Hole No. 17

 Daily Activities

• Fan Zone presented by C&L Ward: 9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m., located next to Hole No. 17 green
• Kids Zone: 9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m., located in the Fan Zone
• Birdie Time is Miller Time on 17
• Ally Deck at 17: Open all day
• Miller Lite Beer Garden: located on Hole No. 17 and open all day
• Dow VETDen: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., located on Hole No. 18
• Live Music on the lawn presented by Faygo/Absopure (Open to the Public): 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Broadcast
Golf Channel: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

 

SATURDAY, August 28

• Gates open at 7 a.m.
• Second Round Official Tournament Competition: 7:20 a.m. start (estimated)
• Celebrity Shootout – featuring Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Tom Izzo and Jeff Blashill: 3 p.m. start (estimated) on the 10^th tee following final tournament grouping
• The Ally Challenge Community Concert – Headlined by Little Big Town: Gates open at 5 p.m.
• Fireworks Display: Immediately following Community Concert

 Daily Activities

• Fan Zone presented by C&L Ward: 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., located next to Hole No. 17 green
• Kids Zone: 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., located in the Fan Zone
• Birdie Time is Miller Time on 17
• Ally Deck at 17: Open all day
• Miller Lite Beer Garden: located on Hole No. 17 and open all day
• Dow VETDen: 7 a.m. – 5 p.m., located on Hole No. 18
• Live Music on the lawn presented by Faygo/Absopure (Open to the Public): 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Broadcast
Golf Channel: 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

 

SUNDAY, August 29

• Gates open at 8:30 a.m.
• Pancake Breakfast: 8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
• Final Round Official Tournament Competition: 9:45 a.m. start (estimated)
• Awards Ceremony: Following Play of Final Round

Daily Activities

• Fan Zone presented by C&L Ward: 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., located next to Hole No. 17 green
• Kids Zone: 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., located in the Fan Zone
• Birdie Time is Miller Time on 17
• Ally Deck at 17: Open all day
• Miller Lite Beer Garden: located on Hole No. 17 and open all day
• Dow VETDen: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., located on Hole No. 18
• Live Music on the lawn presented by Faygo/Absopure (Open to the Public): 12 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Broadcast
Golf Channel: 2 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

 

The Ally Challenge will be one of the premier Regular Season events on the PGA TOUR Champions in 2021, which will give way to the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs¾a season-ending, three-tournament series used to determine the TOUR’s season-long champion. Due to the circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, PGA TOUR Champions has combined its tournaments in 2020 and 2021 to form one season, and the next Charles Schwab Cup champion will be crowned Nov. 11-14, 2021 at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Phoenix Country Club.

All three rounds of The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren will be broadcast on Golf Channel.

For more information about The Ally Challenge, please visit theallychallenge.com. For the latest Ally Challenge news and updates on social media, follow the tournament on Twitter and Instagram at @AllyChallenge and on Facebook at Facebook.com/AllyChallenge.

*The 2021 field for The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren includes four event qualifiers. The qualifying tournament will be held on Tuesday, August 24, at Flint Golf Club. The final spot in the field will be determined at the conclusion of the Boeing Classic this Sunday, August 22.

 

 

 

About The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren

The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren is an official event on the PGA TOUR Champions, and is owned and operated by Tournaments for Charity, a Michigan non-profit corporation. This 54-hole stroke play golf tournament features 78 PGA TOUR Champions professionals competing for a $2 million purse at historic Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The event is designed to showcase the best golf on the PGA TOUR Champions for the enjoyment of spectators and to benefit local charities in the greater Flint area. All three official rounds will be televised internationally on the Golf Channel.

For more information about The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren, please visit theallychallenge.com. For the latest Ally Challenge news and updates on social media, follow the tournament on Twitter and Instagram at @AllyChallenge and on Facebook at Facebook.com/AllyChallenge.

 

About Ally Financial

Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) is a digital financial services company committed to its promise to "Do It Right" for its consumer, commercial and corporate customers. Ally is composed of an industry-leading independent auto finance and insurance operation, an award-winning digital direct bank (Ally Bank, Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender, which offers mortgage lending, point-of-sale personal lending, and a variety of deposit and other banking products), a corporate finance business for equity sponsors and middle-market companies, and securities brokerage and investment advisory services. A relentless ally for all things money, Ally helps people save well and earn well, so they can spend for what matters. For more information, please visit www.ally.com and follow @allyfinancial.

For more information and disclosures about Ally, visit https://www.ally.com/#disclosures.

For further images and news on Ally, please visit http://media.ally.com.

 

About McLaren Health Care

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $6 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 15 hospitals in Michigan and Ohio, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 490-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 588,000 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 51 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.  McLaren has 28,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 90,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.  Learn more at www.mclaren.org.

 

About HNS Sports Group

HNS Sports Group is a Dublin, Ohio-based LLC founded in 2000. The company offers over 125-plus years of collective experience and is committed to providing professional, efficient and effective client representation in the categories of sponsorship consultation, event management, hospitality management, sales representation and tournament operations within the golf market. To learn more about HNS Sports Group, visit www.hnssports.com.

 

Media Contact

Thomas P. Sprouse          

Director of Communications,         

The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren     

E-Mail: tsprouse@hnssports.com  

Office: 614-889-6791      

Mobile: 614-519-1873

 

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