The Summit Club has chance to shine during CJ Cup

When the PGA Tour announced its 2021-2022 docket past week, it wasn’t shocking that the relocated CJ Cup erstwhile again landed successful Las Vegas. What was a astonishment was the venue: The Summit Club.

The PGA Tour is trusting 1 of its high-profile tournaments to a comparatively caller people that has ne'er hosted thing adjacent to an lawsuit of this nature, fto unsocial 1 that has lone 2 months to hole for it. But officials astatine The Summit Club aren’t worried.

“Like the PGA (Tour), we recognize the urgency successful making things hap arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable truthful we tin present a top-quality lawsuit for the players and the fans,” said Michael Abbott, wide manager and vice-president of operations astatine The Summit Club. “It’s a abbreviated runway, but it’s not intolerable acknowledgment to the wealthiness of acquisition we person among our squad and the PGA.”

The tourney volition beryllium held October 11-17 and diagnostic a constricted tract of 78 players successful a no-cut format. It volition beryllium played the week pursuing the yearly Shriners Children’s Open astatine TPC Summerlin.

Normally staged successful South Korea, the CJ Cup is being played successful Las Vegas for the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth due to the fact that of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“We had to marque a hard determination for the wellness and information of the players and fans,” said Wookho Keyong, vice president of CJ Cheiljedang Corp., rubric sponsors of the event. “Considering the circumstances, we believed it was a logical determination to big the lawsuit successful the United States.”

When it came clip to prime a venue, The Summit Club jumped astatine the chance.

“When the accidental arose to big this event, our president and founder, Michael S. Meldman, was excited to reciprocate the attraction and generosity that the Tour and players person shown our properties implicit the years,” Abbott said.

The PGA Tour volition tally the tourney and trust heavy connected Abbott and his team.

“As a venue, our squad understands the value of being the on-the-ground experts to reply questions for the PGA squad and expect their needs,” Abbott said. “We’ll beryllium moving manus successful manus with the PGA Tour before, during and aft the event.”

Officials astatine the Shriners Children’s Open are thrilled astatine the arrangement.

“With 2 weeks of back-to-back PGA Tour play featuring the biggest names successful the game, it volition besides showcase immoderate of the finest title courses successful the world,” said Patrick Lindsey, enforcement manager of the Shriners event. “This is conscionable different illustration of however Las Vegas is becoming a hub for large sporting events.”

Montgomery connected track

Taylor Montgomery played his last 4 holes successful 4-under Sunday to decorativeness successful a necktie for 2nd astatine the Korn Ferry Tour’s Utah Championship. The effect moved the Las Vegas nonmigratory conscionable wrong the people needed to unafraid his PGA Tour paper for adjacent season.

Montgomery stands 24th connected the play points database with 1 regular-season lawsuit remaining. The apical 25 players aft this week’s Pinnacle Bank Championship successful Omaha, Nebraska, gain their PGA Tour cards.

Should Montgomery neglect to bent connected to a top-25 spot, he’ll inactive person a accidental astatine getting his PGA Tour privileges. The apical 75 players suffice for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals — on with 75 players from the PGA Tour successful information of losing their presumption — with different 25 playing cards available.

State Match Play

Hazen Newman, a 2019 Arbor View High School postgraduate and existent subordinate astatine Oklahoma State, won the Nevada State Match Play Championship astatine South Shore Country Club.

Newman dominated Andrew Hawk 8 and 7 successful the title match, giving him the rubric successful the 32-player field.

In the semifinals, Newman bushed Joseph Fortunate 4 and 2, portion Hawk needed 20 holes to oust William White.

Big Win for Hack

Jhared Hack, who broke the people grounds astatine Las Vegas Golf Club successful precocious July with a 57, continued his blistery play past week by winning the prestigious Arizona Open successful Gold Canyon.

Hack changeable a last circular 63 astatine Superstition Mountain to decorativeness astatine 15-under 195 for a three-shot victory. He earned $23,000 for the victory.

Greg Robertson is simply a freelance newsman who covers play for the Review-Journal. He tin beryllium reached astatine robertsongt@gmail.com .