2020 PNC Championship Pre-Tournament Notes the Ritz
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2020 PNC Championship Pre-Tournament Notes The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Grande Lakes December 19-20, 2020 Par/Yards: 36-36—72/6,853 Purse: $1,085,000 ($200,000/1st) Things to know • 82-time PGA TOUR winner and 15-time major champion Tiger Woods makes tournament debut alongside son, Charlie • Competing with father and coach, Mike, World No. 3 Justin Thomas makes tournament debut • Two-time Masters Tournament winner Bubba Watson makes tournament debut with his father-in-law, Wayne Ball • Bernhard Langer, who won the 2020 event with his son, Jason, returns with his daughter, Jackie Langer John; the father-daughter pair played together in the event in 2016 • At 81 years old, Lee Trevino extends streak of PNC Championship starts to a perfect 23 • A member of each of the 20 teams holds at least one major championship or PLAYERS Championship title; the field has combined for 67 major championship titles 2019 PNC Championship Final Leaderboard Team Langer -24 (120) – won in three-team playoff Team Goosen -24 (120) Team Lehman -24 (120) Team Duval -21 (123) Team Daly -20 (124) Full Field for 2020 PNC Father Son Challenge (20 teams) Mark Calcavecchia/Eric (son) Matt Kuchar/Cameron (son) Vijay Singh/Qass (son) John Daly/Little John (son) Bernhard Langer/Jackie (daughter) Annika Sorenstam/Tom (father) David Duval/Brady (stepson) Tom Lehman/Thomas (son) Justin Thomas/Mike (father) Jim Furyk/Tanner (son) Greg Norman/Greg, Jr. (son) Lee Trevino/Daniel (son) Padraig Harrington/Paddy (son) Mark O’Meara/Shaun (son) Bubba Watson/Wayne (father-in-law) Lee Janzen/Connor (son) Gary Player/James (grandson) Tiger Woods/Charlie (son) Tom Kite/David (son) Nick Price/Greg (son) 2020 PNC Championship team notes Tiger Woods (Charlie/Son) • Tiger Woods, 44, makes debut in the 2020 PNC Championship alongside 11-year-old son, Charlie • Charlie Woods will be the youngest to compete in PNC Championship history; Stefan Langer (12/2002), Javier Ballesteros (12/2002) and Thomas Lehman (12/2007) • Winner of 82 PGA TOUR titles (includes 15 major championship victories) • Most recent TOUR victory came at the 2019 ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP Justin Thomas (Mike/Father) • World No. 3 makes debut in the PNC Championship, playing alongside father, Mike • Among 13 PGA TOUR victories is the 2017 PGA Championship Bubba Watson (Wayne Ball/Father-in-law) • 2012, 2014 Masters Tournament winner makes PNC Championship debut, playing with father-in-law, Wayne Ball • Most recent of 12 PGA TOUR victories came at the 2018 Travelers Championship Bernhard Langer (Jackie/Daughter) • Langer’s son, Jason, unable to compete due to injury after duo won the title in 2020 in a playoff; Jackie will compete for the first time since 2016 • Won the 2014 and 2019 editions with son, Jason; won in 2005 and 2006 with son, Stefan • Seeks a record-tying fifth PNC Championship title (Raymond Floyd) • Winner of three PGA TOUR events, including the Masters Tournament in 1985 and 1993; owns 41 PGA TOUR Champions titles Lee Trevino (Daniel/Son) • 81-year-old is the only player to compete in every PNC Championship, dating to 1995 (22) • Amassed 29 victories on both the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions • Winner of two U.S. Opens, two PGA Championships and two Open Championship titles .