which company was the first professional golf tourney title sponsor in North America?
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The Hershey Chocolate Co. was the first corporate sponsor of a PGA event in 1933.  This took place at the very originally named Hershey Country Club in Hershey, PA.  From what I gather, the HCC is actually a public course.  Green fees are between $80-100.
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Greetings ...\n\nThe Dow Jones Open Invitational was played only once - at the Upper Montclair CC (72-7,085) in Clifton, NJ on August 27-30 1970. \n\nThe winner was Bobby Nichols.\n\nThe Purse was $300,000 - the 1st Prize was $60,000. At the time, the average first prize was about $ 26,000. In today's money, the Dow Jones Open might be, say, a record $12 million event, with a record $2.16 million 1st prize.\n\nThanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Golf
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US Pro Mini-Golf Association
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I played for a few years at University of Texas - Pan Am.  It was funny and got to meet alot of great golfers.  Even played a couple of tournaments with Tiger Woods
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Here's all the players that made the cut, where they finished and the money that they made:\n\nYear Player Finish To Par Score Dollars \n1998 Stuart Appleby Win -10 70-63-69-72 = 274 360,000.00 \n1998 Scott Hoch 2 -9 69-68-68-70 = 275 216,000.00 \n1998 Mark O'Meara T-3 -6 68-70-71-69 = 278 90,200.00 \n1998 Brad Fabel T-3 -6 69-66-70-73 = 278 90,200.00 \n1998 Clark Dennis T-3 -6 70-65-70-73 = 278 90,200.00 \n1998 Tommy Tolles T-3 -6 70-68-66-74 = 278 90,200.00 \n1998 Fred Funk T-3 -6 64-66-71-77 = 278 90,200.00 \n1998 Steve Stricker T-8 -5 70-69-71-69 = 279 58,000.00 \n1998 Hal Sutton T-8 -5 69-69-69-72 = 279 58,000.00 \n1998 Craig Parry T-8 -5 67-66-76-70 = 279 58,000.00 \n1998 Blaine McCallister T-11 -4 70-71-70-69 = 280 48,000.00 \n1998 Steve Flesch T-11 -4 69-68-74-69 = 280 48,000.00 \n1998 Dudley Hart 13 -3 69-71-71-70 = 281 42,000.00 \n1998 John Adams T-14 -2 71-69-72-70 = 282 32,000.00 \n1998 Craig Barlow T-14 -2 71-71-73-67 = 282 32,000.00 \n1998 Willie Wood T-14 -2 73-66-70-73 = 282 32,000.00 \n1998 Ronnie Black T-14 -2 68-68-72-74 = 282 32,000.00 \n1998 Kenny Perry T-14 -2 70-68-74-70 = 282 32,000.00 \n1998 Larry Mize T-14 -2 75-67-72-68 = 282 32,000.00 \n1998 Chris DiMarco T-14 -2 68-65-70-79 = 282 32,000.00 \n1998 Loren Roberts T-21 -1 71-69-70-73 = 283 21,600.00 \n1998 Joe Durant T-21 -1 69-66-74-74 = 283 21,600.00 \n1998 Jay Don Blake T-21 -1 68-70-70-75 = 283 21,600.00 \n1998 Lee Janzen T-21 -1 71-64-79-69 = 283 21,600.00 \n1998 Jerry Kelly T-25 Even 69-72-72-71 = 284 13,718.18 \n1998 Barry Cheesman T-25 Even 72-70-70-72 = 284 13,718.18 \n1998 Jim McGovern T-25 Even 70-70-73-71 = 284 13,718.19 \n1998 Chris Perry T-25 Even 65-74-70-75 = 284 13,718.18 \n1998 Esteban Toledo T-25 Even 69-69-71-75 = 284 13,718.18 \n1998 Joe Ozaki T-25 Even 71-68-70-75 = 284 13,718.18 \n1998 Scott Simpson T-25 Even 71-68-70-75 = 284 13,718.18 \n1998 Justin Leonard T-25 Even 68-67-76-73 = 284 13,718.18 \n1998 Sandy Lyle T-25 Even 70-68-70-76 = 284 13,718.18 \n1998 Lee Porter T-25 Even 72-68-76-68 = 284 13,718.19 \n1998 Dan Forsman T-25 Even 68-69-70-77 = 284 13,718.18 \n1998 J.L. Lewis T-36 +1 67-74-73-71 = 285 9,216.67 \n1998 Brent Geiberger T-36 +1 69-69-73-74 = 285 9,216.66 \n1998 Trevor Dodds T-36 +1 69-70-74-72 = 285 9,216.66 \n1998 Bruce Fleisher T-36 +1 72-70-74-69 = 285 9,216.67 \n1998 Mike Springer T-36 +1 71-70-75-69 = 285 9,216.67 \n1998 Tommy Armour III T-36 +1 67-70-76-72 = 285 9,216.67 \n1998 Jay Haas T-42 +2 69-72-73-72 = 286 5,913.34 \n1998 Jonathan Kaye T-42 +2 70-71-72-73 = 286 5,913.33 \n1998 Joey Sindelar T-42 +2 71-71-71-73 = 286 5,913.33 \n1998 Lee Rinker T-42 +2 71-71-74-70 = 286 5,913.34 \n1998 Glen Hnatiuk T-42 +2 74-67-72-73 = 286 5,913.33 \n1998 P.H. Horgan III T-42 +2 74-68-72-72 = 286 5,913.33 \n1998 Franklin Langham T-42 +2 74-68-72-72 = 286 5,913.34 \n1998 Vijay Singh T-42 +2 70-72-75-69 = 286 5,913.34 \n1998 Mike Weir T-42 +2 67-69-73-77 = 286 5,913.33 \n1998 Michael Muehr T-42 +2 70-69-70-77 = 286 5,913.33 \n1998 Brad Elder T-42 +2 71-63-78-74 = 286 5,913.33 \n1998 Tom Pernice, Jr. T-42 +2 69-70-68-79 = 286 5,913.33 \n1998 Donnie Hammond T-54 +3 70-69-74-74 = 287 4,600.00 \n1998 Woody Austin T-54 +3 68-69-73-77 = 287 4,600.00 \n1998 Brett Quigley T-54 +3 68-69-73-77 = 287 4,600.00 \n1998 Jimmy Johnston T-57 +4 68-70-76-74 = 288 4,460.00 \n1998 Billy Ray Brown T-57 +4 69-73-76-70 = 288 4,460.00 \n1998 Dave Barr T-57 +4 70-68-77-73 = 288 4,460.00 \n1998 Kelly Gibson T-57 +4 71-68-70-79 = 288 4,460.00 \n1998 Tom Byrum T-61 +5 71-70-74-74 = 289 4,280.00 \n1998 Jesper Parnevik T-61 +5 69-71-75-74 = 289 4,280.00 \n1998 Joe Daley T-61 +5 72-70-72-75 = 289 4,280.00 \n1998 Mike Small T-61 +5 68-71-74-76 = 289 4,280.00 \n1998 Doug Barron T-61 +5 70-72-69-78 = 289 4,280.00 \n1998 Tom Lehman T-66 +6 71-66-77-76 = 290 4,120.00 \n1998 Scott Gump T-66 +6 73-69-71-77 = 290 4,120.00 \n1998 Brian Kamm T-66 +6 69-66-78-77 = 290 4,120.00 \n1998 Hugh Royer III 69 +7 71-70-76-74 = 291 4,040.00 \n1998 Bobby Wadkins T-7
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Try \n\nhttp://www.golfgalaxy.com
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Mercedes Championships - Stuart Appleby\nSony Open in Hawaii - David Toms\nBob Hope Chrysler Classic - Chad Campbell \nBuick Invitational - Tiger Woods \nFBR Open - J.B. Holmes \nAT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am - Arron Oberholser \nNissan Open - Rory Sabbatini\nWGC-Accenture Match Play Championship - Geoff Ogilvy\nChrysler Classic of Tucson - Kirk Triplett \nFord Championship at Doral - Tiger Woods \nThe Honda Classic - Luke Donald \nBay Hill - Rod Pampling \nTHE PLAYERS Championship - Stephen Ames
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Forget that first answer.  Try PGA Tour website.  http://www.pgatour.com/players/bio/238111
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Phil Mickelson was born in San Diego, California and raised in Arizona and San Diego. He began playing golf at a very young age and copied his father's right handed swing while standing facing him, thus acquiring a left-handed swing despite being right-handed. He graduated from San Diego's University HS in 1988, then attended Arizona State on a golf scholarship, from which he graduated in 1992. In 1990, he became the first left-hander to win the U.S. Amateur title. By 1991, he had won his first PGA Tour tournament at the Northern Telecom Open as an amateur, becoming the first to do so since Scott Verplank at the 1985 Western Open in Chicago.
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BNP Paribas has been a sponsor of the French Open for a number of years.  There are just fewer American companies willing to sponsor the event because the TV ratings do not justify the advertising rates.  Most American companies look at "return on investment" trying to maximize their publicity dollar.
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I work in a proshop, and the dunlop loco driver was the best selling driver for $150.  I have friends that bought it, and love it.John Daly used it.\n\n\nhttp://www.johndalysdiscountgolf.com/detail.aspx?ID=35
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Costco has a set of Jack Nicklaus designed ones called Golden Bears. They are really good and can be used all the way through to pretty intermediate play. IT's under 300 for a full set, which allows you to learn, but it's definitely no Callaway.
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I know he went to college in Houston TX.  He was hot in the early 90's when he won a couple tournaments in a row.  One being the LA Open.  Thanks to him the Lyns Black Cat irons became top sellers.  You can see his profile www.pgatour.com
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Mickelson  $5 billion\nhttp://www.destinies.com/pdf/Simply_One_Of_The_Best%20In_The_Game.pdf\n\nTiger $1 billion\nhttp://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/gd200602top502.html
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Two associations use PGA\nThe PGA Tour - You see on TV\nThe the guys who run golf courses belong to the PGA \nProfessional Golfers Association \n\nThey use to be the same thing but split in the 70's \nThe PGA for club pro's has control over the Ryder Cup and The Major Golf Tournament The PGA Championship . \n\nThe PGA for club pro's requires several years of schools and testing to become a member\nww.pga.com or www.pgalinks.com
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Greetings ...\n\n18 Professional Majors and 2 Amateur Majors\n\n1959 and 1961 US Amateur\n1962-1967-1972-1980 US Open\n1963-1965-1966-1972-1975-1986 Masters\n1963-1971-1973-1975-1980 PGA Championship\n1966-1970-1978 British Open\n\nNicklaus also won some prestigious professional titles which not considered major championships. They are --\n\n1974-1976-1978 Players Championship\n1967-1968 Western Open\n1976 World Series of Golf\n\nOne prestigious professional title to elude Nicklaus during his PGA Tour career was the Canadian Open, in which he was a runner-up several times. For many years, the Canadian Open was held at Glen Abbey Golf Club, a Nicklaus-designed course.\n\nThanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Sport
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Top Competitors  \n•  Fountain Powerboat Industries, Inc. (FPB)  \n•  Genmar Holdings, Inc.  \n•  Sea Fox Boat Company, Inc.