The Timuquana Country Club will end its partnership with the Constellation Furyk & Friends PGA Tour Champions event at the end of its five-year contract in 2025.
In a letter to the club membership obtained by the Florida Times-Union on Monday, club president Mike Oates cited the results of a survey which indicated a slight majority of the total members responding to a survey were supportive of hosting the tournament beyond 2025. The total responses from club members showed 53.6 percent were in favor of continuing to host the tournament, but only 49.6 percent of the founders and life members were in favor.
More than a third of the membership as a whole was against hosting the tournament past 2025 (36.7 percent of the total responses, 39.5 percent of the founders/life members) and in both cases, around 10 percent of the responses were neutral.
The club drew 534 total responses from more than 1,100 members. Oates said in the letter that it was enough to give the Board of Governors “an accurate picture of the overall membership’s view of the event.”
“While a slight majority of the members favor extension, a significant percentage oppose it,” Oates wrote in the letter. “Hosting the Furyk & Friends tournament has provided material benefits to the club and great enjoyment to our members. However, the board believes that the growing difference of opinions among members regarding the issue of extension makes it clear that, at the conclusion of our initial five-year commitment, it will be time for us to allow this event to move to another venue.”
Furyk & Friends tournament director Adam Renfroe said they were informed about the Timuquana Board of Governors’ decision on Nov. 22.
“We’re disappointed at the decision but we have two years left on our term,” Renfroe said. “Timuquana has been a great partner from the beginning and they will be great partners and help us succeed in our final two years. I have no doubt the Jacksonville community will rally around the tournament while it’s still at Timuquana.”
The tournament in its current form is an outgrowth of a two-day event at the Sawgrass Country Club from 2011-2020. The tournament could return there but Renfroe pointed out that there are numerous options on the First Coast.
“It’s our intention to keep the tournament in Northeast Florida for many years to come,” Renfroe said. “We have not determined what our priority list would be and who we would approach. There are a lot of…
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