The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge was an unofficial

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event held in November at the Rio Secco Golf Club in Henderson, Nevada. The tournament was a unique stroke play event, and, as the name suggests, pitted three teams, with three members per team, from the

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, the

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, and the Champions Tour (known as the Senior PGA Tour prior to 2001) against each other. The 2013 purse was $1 million. The challenge event was done in one day, over 18 holes, and is usually held on a Tuesday. It was preceded by an amateur tournament and a one-day pro-am tournament. The event was handicapped to provide all competitors a fair and equal chance of succeeding. The PGA Tour players played the course at its full length, while the Champions Tour players hit from tee positions that made the course shorter and the LPGA players from even shorter tee positions. The event supported the

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, a

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established by the founder of

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, the

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that sponsored the tournament. In 2013, the tournament raised a record $4.1 million, and, since it was founded in 1992, it raised more than $50 million overall for the charity.

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televised the event until 2009, showing the tournament tape-delayed on a weekend in December just before

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, with the first nine holes broadcast on Saturday, and the final nine holes on Sunday. Terry Gannon did the on-air play-by-play. From 2010 to 2013, the event aired on the

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Official website2006 Results
PGA Tour unofficial money events Former PGA Tour Champions events Former LPGA Tour events Team golf tournaments Golf in Las Vegas Sports in Henderson, Nevada Recurring sporting events established in 1992 History of women in Nevada

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