Nationwide event going to PGA headquarters

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Jeff Overton walks to the green on the 17th hole at the TPC Sawgrass course during a practice round for The Players Championship golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) The Nationwide Tour is coming to PGA Tour headquarters next year with a new tournament that will be played on the secondary course at the TPC Sawgrass.

The Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open will be played in October 2010 with a purse of $600,000. It will be held at The Dye's Valley Course, part of a complex that includes the more famous Stadium Course where The Players Championship is played.

Tour officials said Wednesday the date - either the second or third week of October - will be announced once the entire Nationwide Tour schedule is released.

All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to nonprofit organizations in town.

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