Caves Valley counting down days until PGA Tour returns to Baltimore

Caves Valley counting down days until PGA Tour returns to Baltimore

ARE COMING BACK TO OUR AREA.WETHE PGA TOUR IS MAKING ITS WAYTO OWINGS MILLS.

THATWE FIND WMAR-2 NEWS SHAWNSTEPNER WITH MORE.After almost six decades ofwaiting, eleven more monthswill feel like flash.

SteveFader, Caves Valley Golf ClubChairman: Very excited aboutit and itquickly.

Igreat.

The PGA Tour is comingback to the Baltimore area.Caves Valley Golf Club set tohost next yearChampionship, the first Tourevent in our area since thEastern Open Invitational atMount Pleasant Municipal GolfClub in 1962.

Tiger, Rory,Phil among those heading ourway.

I kind of liken this toalmost having the Preaknessfor four straight days.

Weget a chance to showBaltimore, frankly, in itsmost favorable light.

TheWestern Golf Associationselected Caves Valley to hostback in February.

Currentlythe course is undergoing workto a few holes to make sureits up to Tour standards.Every fairway must beflawless.

Every greenpristine.

Plenty will be atstake.

The BMW is the secondof three FedEx Cup Playoffevents.

70 golfers take part30 advance.

I doget many opportunities to seethe top 70 players in theworld up close and personaNo one skips a BMWChampionship.

So, the top 70will be here.

Not only willthis course host the bestgolfers in the world, andan absolute treat for anylocal sports fan, the event imassive when it comes toimpact it will have on thlocal economy.

Fader: Tens ofmillions of dollars in adirect spend.

This will be aneconomic driver for tournamentweek here.

Even more so if thepandemic has passed.

Theexpectation and hope is bytournament time, fans will beable to travel and attend.Fader: What will the world belike next August?

I donknow.

I feel very confident,however, that we will be backhere, that fans will be back.We want to see it happen.Marucci: If it does happenweto be here during thechampionship, which will giveBaltimoreans and opportunitto have a great experience.The tournament is scheduledfor August 26th through the29th of 2021.

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