our partners

We couldn't offer this unique event without the support of our partners.

Our presenting sponsor, Callaway Golf, continues to be very generous in their support of our event.

Here's a little history from their website:

Just build a better product and tell the truth about it—the philosophy of Ely Callaway became the ethos of an organization. From Hickory Stick heritage to the birth of Big Bertha. From tiny clubmaker to world's largest club manufacturer. From forward tees to back, amateur to pro, and clubs to putters to golf balls and beyond. From the beginning, Callaway Golf has stood for Demonstrably Superior and Pleasingly Different products that help every golfer become a better golfer.

GOLF MAGAZINE reaches more golfers in more ways than any other golf media company. Its assets have a combined audience of more than 13 million golfers. Each month, nearly six million people read the magazine, more than any other golf publication. GOLF MAGAZINE also publishes official magazines for the U.S. Open, PGA TOUR, Champions TOUR, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and hosts the #1 web-site for reaching golfers, GOLFONLINE.COM

Our Associate Sponsor, ConocoPhillips, continues to be very generous in their support of our event.

Conoco, Phillips 66 and 76 Quality PROclean® Gasolines help to maximize your car's performance, reduce hesitation, improve acceleration, making your car more responsive. Quality PROclean Gasolines contain a detergent additive package that helps to clean your car's engine and intake valves as you drive. Conoco, Phillips 66 and 76 Quality PROclean® Gasolines are recognized as a “Top Tier” by BMW, General Motors, Honda, and Toyota. “Top Tier” status is a program that identifies gasoline retailers who provide a higher level of detergency than is currently required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Quality PROclean® Gasolines exceed national standards.. So fill-up today, you can rely on Conoco, Phillips 66 and 76 Quality PROclean® Gasolines!

Treasure Island "TI" offers contemporary elegance with a high-energy atmosphere featuring AAA Four Diamond award winning service. Deluxe rooms feature the ultra comfortable Elite Sensational pillow top beds, floor to ceiling windows, marble bathrooms, flat screen TV, in-room safes, and available high-speed internet access. Indulge in the pleasures of WET - The Spa and Salon at TI with complete exercise facilities, and relax by the heated outdoor pool. Enjoy a selection of eight restaurants from casual to gourmet as well as the dynamic nightlife found at four very different bars, lounges and nightclubs. The multi-award winning Cirque du Soleil performs Mystère voted nine times as the best production show in Las Vegas. Connected by tram to The Mirage and pedestrian bridge to the Fashion Show Mall, TI offers one of the best values in the heart of the Strip. For more details, visit http://www.treasureisland.com.

In the undisturbed beauty of the Southern Nevada desert, true golf perfection has finally been achieved. An exciting departure from the monotony of typical resort courses, The Las Vegas Paiute offers three astonishing layouts that transcend convention to create a desert golf experience that is positively extraordinary. The championship courses - Snow Mountain, Sun Mountain, and The WOLF - the only pure Dye designs in all of Nevada - supply golfers with 360-degree, world's edge views from high atop a 3,000-foot elevation. Railroad tie-lined bunkers, daunting water hazards, sweeping slope changes, and compelling yardages present a welcomed challenge, while multiple tee options and wide rye grass fairways ensure a truly enjoyable round for all skill levels. Each one a shining example of breathtaking desert golf highlighted by majestic mountain backdrops and indigenous desert landscape, The Paiute's 54 spectacular holes bring to life a dramatic golf adventure that players will not soon forget.

ESPN and the late Jim Valvano created The V Foundation in 1993. Valvano, the legendary NC State basketball coach and ESPN broadcaster, won the hearts of sports fans across the country when his underdog NC State Wolfpack captured the NCAA Basketball Championship in an upset win in 1983.

Ten years later, he inspired millions more with his memorable speech at the inaugural ESPY Awards. A gravely ill Valvano entertained, amused and captured the imagination of a worldwide audience. He announced the creation of The V Foundation for Cancer Research and proclaimed “Don’t Give Up. . .Don’t Ever Give Up!” as the motto in the fight against the disease that ultimately claimed him at the age of 47 after a brief and very public 10-month battle.

Since then, the Foundation that was conceived by a small group of Jim's friends and collegues has grown to include donors and volunteers nationwide. Since 1993, The V Foundation has raised more than $45 million and awarded more than 220 research grants.

Perhaps most impressive of all is that today The V Foundation still operates with a small staff, a nationwide volunteer network, and an all-volunteer Board of Directors and Scientific Review Committee, assuring that over the past five years an average of 83 cents of every dollar raised is available to fund cancer research.

ESPN Golf Schools Presented by American Express provides the finest available golf instruction at premier golf courses and facilities nationwide, featuring three-day resort schools and one-day touring schools for adults and for juniors of all skill levels. Private instruction and personalized corporate events also available at select resort destinations throughout the country. To find a school near you log onto espngolfschools.com