The Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation, Constellation and PGA TOUR Champions announced a new event set to debut in Jacksonville in 2021. Through a multiyear agreement, the Constellation Furyk & Friends tournament will be held at Timuquana Country Club the week of Oct. 4 through Oct. 10.
A resident of Northeast Florida for more than two decades, Jim Furyk, together with his wife, Tabitha, launched the foundation in 2010 to bring awareness and funding to charities throughout the region. Furyk, who will turn 50 on May 12, will serve as the tournament’s official host.
“We are beyond excited for this opportunity to bring the Constellation Furyk & Friends to the city of Jacksonville,” said Jim and Tabitha Furyk. “We look forward to continuing to offer music, food and fun along the fairways of Timuquana Country Club all to support local charities in our community.”
The inaugural Constellation Furyk & Friends will feature a 78-player field competing for a $2 million purse. The no-cut event will include Pro-Ams on Wednesday, Oct. 6, and Thursday, Oct. 7, followed by three rounds of tournament play Oct. 8 through 10. Tournament week will feature the foundation’s tradition of bringing in top chefs, personalities for the Celebrity Golf Classic, and musical acts for the Furyk & Friends Concert to create one of golf’s most unique events. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation, with Constellation contributing $500,000 each year to the event’s overall charitable efforts.
As part of the announcement, Constellation pledged to contribute $100,000 to the foundation in 2020 in support of Jim and Tabitha’s efforts to help children and families in need across North Florida.
The announcement marks the second partnership between Constellation and PGA TOUR Champions, as the Baltimore-based energy company served as the title sponsor of the SENIOR PLAYERS Championship from 2007 through 2018.
“Constellation is thrilled to build off of its 20-year partnership with Jim and Tabitha Furyk through our shared value of giving back to the community in a meaningful way,” said Mark Huston, president of Constellation’s National Retail Business. “We look forward to rejoining PGA TOUR Champions with Constellation Furyk & Friends in 2021 and furthering our efforts to connect with consumers and promote sustainability through golf.”
In addition to his 17 career PGA TOUR titles, Furyk represented the United States on seven Presidents Cup teams and nine Ryder Cup teams, highlighted by his 2018 captaincy in Paris. The former University of Arizona golfer, who notched a major championship title at the 2003 U.S. Open, became the first player in TOUR history to post 58 when he did so in the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship. To date, he is the only player in history with two sub-60 rounds in TOUR-sanctioned events (59, 2013 BMW Championship).
“We are excited to partner with Jim, Tabitha and our friends at Constellation to bring this exciting new tournament to Jacksonville,” said PGA TOUR Champions President Miller Brady. “The Furyks have been tremendous leaders in this community for so long, and I know Jim will be a great ambassador for this event like the players before him who have hosted tournaments in order to give back.”
Timuquana Country Club is a 1923 Donald Ross design and has hosted a number of national, state and local tournaments, including the 2002 United States Senior Amateur Championship. The course, which sits on the banks of the St. Johns River, was the home club for 13-time PGA TOUR winner David Duval, who will turn 50 in 2021.
All three rounds of the Constellation Furyk & Friends will be broadcast live on Golf Channel, the exclusive cable provider of PGA TOUR Champions.
For more information on the event, fans can follow the Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation on Twitter (@FurykFoundation) or online at JimAndTabithaFurykFoundation.com.
ABOUT THE JIM & TABITHA FURYK FOUNDATION
The Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation was created in 2010 to help children and families in need. This Jacksonville based nonprofit organization partners with children's charities across North Florida including Wolfson’s Children Hospital, Blessings in a Backpack and Community PedsCare to provide project specific funding and programs. The annual Furyk & Friends Concert & Celebrity Golf Classic brings the community together to raise necessary funds and awareness for programs that support education, healthcare, nutrition and safety for at risk children. Funds from this event have enabled the Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation to offer support in many ways including: the creation of Hope for the Holidays which packs over 4,000 bags filled with a holiday meal for at risk families in December, providing car seats and strollers to active military families in need at Operation Shower, feeding thousands of food insecure children each week of the school year through Blessings in a Backpack and providing childcare specialists and services to medically complex children cared for by Wolfson’s and Community PedsCare. The Foundation is dedicated to bringing our community together to improve the lives of the children and families who live on the First Coast.