Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge

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The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge is an unofficial golf event held every November at the Lake Las Vegas Resort in Henderson, Nevada. The tournament is a unique stroke play event, and, as the name suggests, pits three-member teams from the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, and Champions Tour (known as the Senior PGA Tour prior to 2001) against each other for a purse of $900,000.

The event takes one day to complete, and is usually held on a Tuesday. It supports the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a charity established by the founder of Wendy's, the fastfood restaurant that sponsors the tournament. In 2005 the tournament raised a record $3.8 million, and, since it was founded in 1992, it has raised more than $21 million overall for adoption.

ABC's Wide World of Sports broadcasts the event, but tape-delays it until a weekend in December just before Christmas, and spreads it out over two days, with the first nine holes broadcast on Saturday, and the final nine holes on Sunday. ABC's Terry Gannon does the on-air play-by-play.

The event is handicapped to level the playing field. The PGA players play the course at its full length, while the Champions players hit from tees that make the course shorter and the LPGA players from shorter tees still.

[edit] Winners

Year	Winning Tour	Players representing winning Tour	Other teams
2007	LPGA	Natalie Gulbis, Cristie Kerr, Morgan Pressel	Champions: Fred Funk, Jay Haas, Nick Price	PGA: Chris DiMarco, Camilo Villegas, Bubba Watson
2006	PGA	Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson, Scott Verplank	Champions: Jay Haas, Tom Kite, Craig Stadler	LPGA: Natalie Gulbis, Juli Inkster, Cristie Kerr
2005	Champions	Jay Haas, Hale Irwin, Craig Stadler	LPGA: Grace Park, Lorena Ochoa, Cristie Kerr	PGA: Mark Calcavecchia, Fred Couples, John Daly
2004	LPGA	Grace Park, Juli Inkster, Cristie Kerr	Champions: Peter Jacobsen, Tom Kite, Craig Stadler	PGA: Jay Haas, Fred Couples, John Daly
2003	PGA	Mark Calcavecchia, Peter Jacobsen, John Daly	LPGA: Grace Park, Juli Inkster, Rachel Teske	Champions: Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Craig Stadler
2002	PGA	Rich Beem, John Daly, Jim Furyk	LPGA: Juli Inkster, Laura Diaz, Karrie Webb	Senior:
2001	LPGA	Dottie Pepper, Annika Sörenstam, Karrie Webb	Senior: Jack Nicklaus, Fuzzy Zoeller, Tom Kite	PGA: Mark Calcavecchia , John Daly, Fred Couples
2000	PGA	Notah Begay III, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson	LPGA: Karrie Webb, Juli Inkster, Dottie Pepper	Senior: Tom Watson, Hale Irwin, Tom Kite
1999	Senior PGA	Hale Irwin, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson	LPGA: Annika Sorenstam, Donna Andrews, Se Ri Pak	PGA: Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Justin Leonard
1998	Senior PGA	Hale Irwin, Gil Morgan, Larry Nelson
1997	PGA	Fred Couples, Tom Lehman, Phil Mickelson
1996	PGA	Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Payne Stewart
1995	Senior PGA	Raymond Floyd, Hale Irwin, Jack Nicklaus
1994	PGA	Paul Azinger, Fred Couples, Greg Norman
1993	Senior PGA	Raymond Floyd, Jack Nicklaus, Chi Chi Rodriguez
1992	LPGA	Nancy Lopez, Dottie Pepper, Patty Sheehan