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The Encompass Championship℠ brings a unique Pro-Am format to North Shore Country Club and the greater Chicago area. The tournament will feature a special Pro-Am format during the first two rounds of competition on Friday and Saturday pairing all 81 Champions Tour professionals with celebrities and amateurs. Sunday’s final round will see Champions Tour professionals competing for the individual title and the $1.8 million dollar purse. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit local charities.

The tournament will attract some of the most recognized names in golf, including World Golf Hall of Fame members Ben Crenshaw, Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Bernhard Langer, Nick Price and Tom Watson.  Ryder Cup co-captain Jeff Sluman and Chip Beck, who both live in the Chicago area, are also expected to compete along with Fred Couples, John Cook, Fred Funk, Jay Haas, Tom Lehman, Corey Pavin and Kenny Perry. And by tournament time major champions Vijay Singh and Steve Elkington, as well as fan favorite Rocco Mediate, will be eligible to compete on the Champions Tour.

North Shore Country Club, designed by the legendary British firm Colt, MacKenzie and Allison, opened in 1924 and has hosted the 1933 U.S. Open Championship as well as the 1939 and 1983 U.S. Amateur Championship and the 2011 Western Amateur Championship.  The classic design of North Shore Country Club will offer a stern test for the professional and amateur contestants alike and is very fan friendly affording many great opportunities to see all these great players in action.

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Encompass Championship Announcement

The Encompass Championship was formally announced at a press conference on August 20, 2012. Check out this video to learn more about the tournament.

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  • About the Champions Tour

    Collectively, the Champions Tour has the most recognizable and accomplished players in the game with many of its 30 members of the World Golf Hall of Fame competing regularly in its events and numerous other major championship winners among its members. The Champions Tour is a membership organization of professional golfers age 50 and older. Conceived in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, it started with just four events and purses totaling $475,000. Points earned in 26 official Charles Schwab Cup events in 2013 will determine the Charles Schwab Cup champion, the season-long competition designed to recognize the Champions Tour’s leading player. The Champions Tour's primary purpose is to provide financial opportunities for its players, entertain and inspire its fans, deliver substantial value to its partners, create outlets for volunteers to give back, protect the integrity of the game and generate significant charitable and economic impact in communities in which it plays. In 2012, tournaments on all five Tours (PGA TOUR, Champions Tour, Web.com Tour, PGA TOUR Latinoamerica, PGA TOUR Canada) generated more than $122 million for local charitable organizations, bringing the TOUR’s all-time total of charitable contributions to more than $1.8 billion. The Commissioner of the PGA TOUR is Tim Finchem. Mike Stevens is President of the Champions Tour. The PGA TOUR’s website is pgatour.com, the No. 1 site in golf, and the organization is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Follow the Champions Tour at Facebook.com/Champions Tour and on Twitter @ChampionsTour.

Tournament Schedule

  • MONDAY Pro practice rounds, 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
    Gates closed to the General Public
  • TUESDAY Pro practice rounds, 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
    Admission gates open 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  • WEDNESDAY Pro-Am starting times, 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
    Admission gates open 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  • THURSDAY Pro-Am starting times, 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
    Admission gates open 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  • FRIDAY First Round starting times 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
    Admission gates open 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  • SATURDAY Second Round starting times 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
    Admission gates open 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  • SUNDAY Final Round starting times 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
    Admission gates open 6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
    Trophy Presentation on 18 green