The Simmons Bank Championship, coming to Pleasant Valley Country Club later this year, now has Stephens Inc. onboard as a presenting sponsor.
The PGA Champions event stop will start on Oct. 21 and conclude on Oct. 27. The Champions Tour is for players 50 and over and the event is the second round of the annual Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs. The field will be 54 players and competing for $2.3 million in prize money.
Stephens’s roots in golf are well known with company co-founder Jack Stephens a former chairman at Augusta National, while sone Warren Stephens helped start First Tee, the youth golf program, as well as building Alotian, the world-class golf course in rural west Little Rock.
There’s more, of course, but enough for now.
"We are delighted to be able to partner with Stephens in establishing the Simmons Bank Championship," said George Makris, Jr., Simmons Bank's executive chairman.
This will be the second professional golf stop in Arkansas as the LPGA Tour has an event in northwest Arkansas. There’s also been other professional golf stops in Fort Smith, Hot Springs and El Dorado but none are currently going.
"We have a deep respect for the game,” said Warren Stephens, “and it will be wonderful to welcome players for whom we have cheered throughout our lives to Little Rock and watch them compete at Pleasant Valley Country Club. These types of events only help develop our state and its economy, and we are happy to continue to lend our support to them."
The partnership is for five years and the event will be known as the Simmons Bank Championship presented by Stephens through 2028.
For more information visit simmonsbankchampionship.com.
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Simmons Bank, Stephens Inc. partner on PGA event in Little Rock
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The Simmons Bank Championship, coming to Pleasant Valley Country Club later this year, now has Stephens Inc. onboard as a presenting sponsor.
The PGA Champions event stop will start on Oct. 21 and conclude on Oct. 27. The Champions Tour is for players 50 and over and the event is the second round of the annual Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs. The field will be 54 players and competing for $2.3 million in prize money.
Stephens’s roots in golf are well known with company co-founder Jack Stephens a former chairman at Augusta National, while sone Warren Stephens helped start First Tee, the youth golf program, as well as building Alotian, the world-class golf course in rural west Little Rock.
There’s more, of course, but enough for now.
"We are delighted to be able to partner with Stephens in establishing the Simmons Bank Championship," said George Makris, Jr., Simmons Bank's executive chairman.
This will be the second professional golf stop in Arkansas as the LPGA Tour has an event in northwest Arkansas. There’s also been other professional golf stops in Fort Smith, Hot Springs and El Dorado but none are currently going.
"We have a deep respect for the game,” said Warren Stephens, “and it will be wonderful to welcome players for whom we have cheered throughout our lives to Little Rock and watch them compete at Pleasant Valley Country Club. These types of events only help develop our state and its economy, and we are happy to continue to lend our support to them."
The partnership is for five years and the event will be known as the Simmons Bank Championship presented by Stephens through 2028.
For more information visit simmonsbankchampionship.com.