WICHITA, Kansas – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, a longtime partner and supporter of community activities and health initiatives throughout the state, will become the title sponsor of Wichita’s premier professional golf event on the Korn Ferry Tour, as announced today by tournament officials. Renamed the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas […]
At the conclusion of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance on Sunday, 25 Korn players received their 2023 PGA TOUR cards. They joined 25 other professionals who received their cards at the conclusion of the regular Korn Ferry Tour season. Of the 50 new graduates: Forty have played in past […]
Sam Stevens joined his father and grandfather as a PGA TOUR professional after carding a top finish in a season-ending qualifying event this past weekend in Newburgh, Ind. The 26-year old Wichita golfer competed against a field of 100 professional golfers at the United Leasing Korn Ferry Tour Championship. The Top 25 finishers earned the […]
WICHITA, Kansas – The Wichita Open Benefitting KU Wichita Pediatrics has been on the Korn Ferry Tour schedule since its establishment in 1990 and was played for the 33rd time this week, but this historic event had never seen anything like the victorious week Norman Xiong capped off Sunday evening. Xiong, who began the week […]
Eleven community and business leaders have decided to support the Wichita Open and the youth of Wichita by becoming Wichita Open Ambassadors since the conclusion of the 2021 event. Their involvement cements a milestone never achieved before – 50 Wichita Open Ambassadors. “This now makes 11 new ambassadors since the end of our 2021 tournament […]
Wichita Open has most-ever Ambassadors in its History! Phoenix Home Care & Hospice and Commerce Bank are Wichita Open Ambassadors. With their addition, the Wichita Open has the most ambassadors since the inception of the Wichita Open Ambassador program in 2013. “Commerce Bank is excited to expand our relationship with the Wichita Open […]
“The Wichita Open gets bigger and better every year”, said Roy Turner, Tournament Director. Turner added, “Welcome and thank you to Fee Insurance and Keystone Solid Surfaces for joining our exclusive Ambassador group. The commitment of our Ambassadors makes the he Wichita Open unique on the PGA TOUR. The Ambassadors represent a community that supports […]
WICHITA, KS. – Harry Hall gave his dad quite the early birthday present Sunday. Hall’s father will celebrate his birthday Monday, but the two can bask in the radiance of his son’s first Korn Ferry Tour victory on Father’s Day. Making his 22nd career start, Hall held off late charges by several players and won […]
The Korn Ferry Tour has announced it will significantly increase its purses over the next two seasons. The Wichita Open purse will increase from $600,000 to $750,000 in 2022. In 2023, the purse will be $1 Million. When founded in 1990 as the Ben Hogan Tour (1990-92), the Korn Ferry Tour featured a total purse of $3 […]
Southwestern Electrical is a Wichita Open Ambassador. With their addition, the Wichita Open has the most ambassadors since the inception of the Wichita Open Ambassador program in 2013. “Southwestern Electrical has supported our event since our arrival at Crestview in 2001,” said Roy Turner, Tournament Director. We are honored that they have chosen to step […]
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