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By Brent Kelley, About.com Guide to Golf since 2002

This Week: AT&T Classic

Monday May 12, 2008
Is this the final year of the PGA Tour AT&T Classic? The tournament has been played since 1967, but is in danger of disappearing. One thing is certain: AT&T will not be back as title sponsor. The telecom giant announced not too long ago that it was opting out of its sponsorship deal following this year's tournament.

So the PGA Tour has been scrambling to find a new title sponsor for this Atlanta tournament. Something it is also doing for its Tampa, Fla., tournament, what has been called the Pods Championship. Tour commissioner Tim Finchem recently let slip that a new sponsor is in the works for the Tampa event, but it doesn't appear there's been much luck so far with the Atlanta event.

If the AT&T Classic disappears altogether, it's likely that the Tour would move the Texas Open into this slot on the schedule, and group the four Texas tournaments together.

But before the AT&T Classic is given up for dead, there's at least one more tournament to play. And that happens beginning Thursday. Check out our AT&T Classic profile for the list of past champions plus tourney trivia and more info.

Comments

May 19, 2008 at 2:11 pm
(1) Sam says:

Since the Classic moved to Sugarloaf there has been nothing but problems. Poor attendance (except the year Tiger showed up), weather issues (Oh why oh why the March dates?), and lack of effective promotion. It is a second tier event but always entertaining and fun. Hope it doesn’t go away like the Seniors and the LPGA stops.

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