Will anyone care about Innisbrook this week?

Will anyone care about Innisbrook this week?

This will be the 11th Transitions Championship, with the first one being played in 2000. The tournament was formally called the Tampa Bay Classic and then changed in 2003 to the Chrysler Championship. They dropped out in 2006 and PODS took over sponsorship and got a added boast with the advent of the FedEx Cup series and the transfer of the Players Championship to May. So in 2007, just six months after the close of the 2006 event the tournament moved into it's new March date sky sports golf news. but that didn't last long as they were gone after the 2008 event. Unfortunely because of a change of management at PODS, they dropped out after the 2008 event. But the power of the PGA Tour shined through as Transitions Lens, an opitical lens manufacturing company, who's headquarters are in the Tampa Bay area came to the rescue with a four year deal and are in their second year as sponsor. The 2001 event wasn't played because of the 9/11 tragedy. When the tournament first started in 2000, it was the first time that a full PGA Tour event was held in the area since the St. Petersburg Open, which was held between 1930 and 1964. The course was the home of the mix-event JCPenney Classic, which ended in 1999. The Copperhead course was designed by Larry Packard and opened in 1974. It was restored in 1999, two years after it was purchased by Westin Inc, The goal of the restoration project was to regain the shot values and still challenge today's longer-hitting PGA Tour players when Innisbrook hosts PGA Tour events Sean Foley Talked about News of Tiger Woods. The plan involved refurbishing all 18 greens, restructuring many of the bunkers, removing some trees around the greens to improve air movement and sunlight, and clearing out undergrowth between fairways. The length of the golf course is the most visible change from 7,087 to 7,230 yards by the addition of tournament tees on five holes. A reported $500,000 was spent and the course re-opened just in time for the 1999 JCPenney Classic.