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Just Bring Your Game
Palm Beach County Sports Commission
2195 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33406 – (561) 233-3180 Fax: (561) 233-3125 www.PalmBeachSports.com where 72 players qualify for the three‐tournament series to determine the season‐long champion. This PGA TOUR Champions tournament has been contested in Boca Raton since 2007, and 2021 was the first with TimberTech as title sponsor.
The TimberTech Championship is one of the premier events on the PGA TOUR Champions’ schedule, which presents the top senior golfers on the globe. The field consists of 54 professional golfers, competing in 54‐hole stroke play for a total purse of $2 million. Managed by Pro Links Sports, the annual tournament yearly has attracted 31 of the top 34 professionals on the money list.
The Golf Channel provides live television coverage of this 3‐day tournament. Over 1.5 million viewers tuned in for this event, which provided 19 hours of coverage in 2022. This broadcast was internationally distributed to 84 countries, reaching 340 million potential households.
Over the last thirteen years, more than $2.4 million dollars has been donated to local charities from the Boca Raton Championship. The Boca Raton Champions Golf Charities (BRCGC) serves as the operational and financial oversight group for the event as well as for the distribution of all charitable funds, as all net tournament proceeds benefit Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
Such ancillary events typically include a Women’s Day event, which showcases women’s golf fashion, provides exercises to play better golf and a Clinic & Pro‐Am with LGPA legend and eight‐time “Player of the Year” Annika Sorenstam; two days of Pro‐Am play pairing participants with PGA pros; and a variety of other entertainment. The festivities surrounding the golf tournament will return in 2023.
Over its 16‐year history in Palm Beach County, this PGA TOUR Champions event has become one of the most desirable stops for the players of the PGA TOUR Champions. During the last event in 2022, this tournament welcomed the likes of Kirk Triplett, Bernhard Langer, and Miguel Jimenez.

Attendance: This PGA TOUR Champions event typically draws an attendance that ranges between 60,000 to 70,000 spectators over its duration.
PGA TOUR Champion’s History in Palm Beach County: Palm Beach County has been home to the PGA TOUR Champions for the past 16 years. In 2020, the event was renamed the TimberTech Championship. In 2019, the event was called the Oasis Championship and for its first 12 years in The Palm Beaches, it was the Allianz Championship. The Allianz Championship was originally held in Des Moines, Iowa for six (6) years, prior to its relocation to The Palm Beaches in 2007.