Target World Challenge
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The Target World Challenge is an offseason golf tournament hosted by Tiger Woods, which takes place each December at Sherwood Country Club, a course designed by Jack Nicklaus, in Thousand Oaks, California. In its first year, 1999, it was played at Grayhawk Golf Clu in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The sixteen man field is comprised of the defending champion, the top eleven available players from the Official World Golf Rankings, and four special invitees chosen by the Tiger Woods Foundation. It is not an official money tournament on any tour, but it is recognised as an unofficial money event by the PGA Tour.
The tournament was established as a charity fundraiser by Tiger Woods, and all the charitable funds raised go to charities with which he is associated. It is nonetheless an extremely lucrative event for the professionals who take part. In 2007 the prize fund was $5.75 million. This is similar to many official PGA Tour events, but they usually have fields of around one hundred fifty, as opposed to only sixteen. The first prize is $1.35 million, and last place is $170,000. Woods donates his prize money to the Tiger Woods Foundation.
In April 2008, the name was changed to the Chevron World Challenge.
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Target World Challenge presented by Countrywide
- 2007
Tiger Woods - 2006 Tiger Woods
- 2005
Luke Donald - 2004 Tiger Woods
Target World Challenge presented by Williams
- 2003 Davis Love III
- 2002
Padraig Harrington
Williams World Challenge
- 2001 Tiger Woods
- 2000 Davis Love III
- 1999 Tom Lehman
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