The tournament tees off for the 52nd time on Thursday with a new director, a basketball star in the pro-am, and big-name musicians.
The John Deere Classic tees off for the 52nd time on Thursday with a new tournament director, a pro-am with a celebrity participant whose fame comes in basketball, a pair of weekend post-round concerts featuring high-profile entertainers and a new contract with the PGA Tour that will assure the tournament stays in the Quad Cities for at least three more years. The prize money is also higher, up to $7.4 million -- a $300,000 increase.
"This is such a great community. I've said it for several years, even before winning," Poston said."It just feels like home.The new tournament director is Andrew Lehman, who replaced the retired Clair Peterson. by signing up you agree to our terms of service Figuring to be Poston's top challengers are Cameron Young , Russell Henley , Denny McCarthy , Sepp Straka , Chris Kirk , Nick Taylor and Seamus Power . Poston is No. 62 in a year that saw him tie for 34th at April's Masters and then miss five of his last seven cuts. He took the last two weeks off to prepare for his JDC title defense.
U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson is also back for his 21st consecutive playing in the JDC and he'll also be paired with Clark in the pro-am.The most intriguing of the 156 starters is another past champion. Michael Kim won his first PGA Tour title in the 2018 JDC and set the tournament scoring record of 27 under par in the process. Then his game went sour, as he missed 19 of 20 cuts the following year.
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