Web.com Golf Tour to Return to Chautauqua County in 2016

Professional golf is coming back to Peek n' Peak in Clymer. Kevin Sanvidge, Chief Executive Officer of the Chautauqua Region Economic Development Corporation, made the announcement at a news conference at the resort on Tuesday...

Kevin Sanvidge: web.com Tour coming to Peek n' Peak

The five-day tournament -- on the upper course -- will be known at the LECOM Health Challenge. LECOM is the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, headquartered in Erie, Pennsylvania. The PGA says they have a four-year agreement to present the tournament through 2019.  Bill Calfee, President of the web.com Tour, says his tour has become the pathway to the PGA...

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The total purse for the 2016 event is $600,000.  Calfee adds the web.com Tour returns all proceeds to the communities where it plays, so the tournament is expected to generate scholarships for LECOM students, as well as help for other charities.  A PGA official says web.com events often return over $5 million in economic benefits to the places where they are played. The PGA previously had an event at Peek n' Peak from 2002 to 2007, but left after a loss of sponsorship.