The Wendy's Champions Skins Game was an unofficial
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
tournament on the
Champions Tour
PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, open to golfers age 50 and over, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour.
History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, f ...
. It was played annually in January/February in
Maui, Hawaii
Maui (; Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ) is the second largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2). It is the List of islands of the United States by area, 17th-largest in the United States. Maui is one of ...
at Kaanapali Golf Resort (Royal Kaanapali Golf Course).
Wendy's
Wendy's International, LLC, is an American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas (businessman), Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. Its headquarters moved to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006. As of D ...
was the main sponsor of the tournament. Before that, from 2001 through 2007, it was played at the Wailea Golf Club in Maui on their Gold Course.
The tournament was founded in 1988 as the Senior Skins Game. It was played in a
skins game
A skins game is a type of scoring for various sports. It has its origins in golf but has been adapted for disc golf, curling and bowling.
Golf
In golf, a skins event has players compete for prize money on each individual hole.
Skins Game, PG ...
format where each hole, and the money or "skin" associated with it, was won by one player only if they win that hole outright. If no player won the hole, the "skin" carried over to the next hole. From 1988 to 2005, it was played as an individual event with four players (five in 1991). Beginning in 2006, it was played as an alternate-shot two-man team event with four teams.
The tournament was discontinued in December 2011.
The
purse for the final tournament in 2011 was US$770,000.
Winners
;Team event (2006–2011)
;Individual event (1988–2005)
References
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External links
PGATOUR.com tournament site
Former PGA Tour Champions events
Golf tournaments in Hawaii
Sports in Maui
Recurring sporting events established in 1988
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2011
1988 establishments in Hawaii
2011 disestablishments in Hawaii