Golf Week’s Beth Ann Nichols highlighted this fact in her recent article and also tweeted about the same on her social media page. The journalist wrote:
In response to her tweet, the former TOC champion, Jessica Korda, commented:
There is no locker room for female golfers competing in the Tournament of Champions, as reported by Golf Week. The outlet reached out to the Hilton Grand Vacations VP of Sports Marketing, Aaron Stewart, who released a statement saying:
The Tournament of Champions is a pro-am event featuring the winners of the last two years. It was pretty shocking to see the officials plan out a grand event but miss the small things.
Lake Nona officials also released a statement that read:
The statement continued:
According to Sports Illustrated, the officials installed 36 additional lockers on Wednesday after golfers and the media highlighted it.
Golfers complain about practice restrictions at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions
The HGV Tournament of Champions has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Golfers complained about the practice restrictions on the greens. In a memo received by the players, there was a note about the one-hour practice session.
However, after Matilda Castren inquired about the same, the officials explained that the memo was applied last Sunday. It said underneath in bold that the restrictions were valid until “Sunday, January 15.”
The VP of Sports Marketing said:
The Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions will take place from January 19 and continue until Sunday, January 22, at the Lake Nona Golf Course.
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