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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Naples, Florida |
| Established | 1989 |
| Course(s) | Tiburón Golf Club (Gold Course) |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,288 yards (6,664 m) |
| Tour | PGA Tour (unofficial event) |
| Format | Teamstroke play |
| Prize fund | US$3,600,000 |
| Month played | December |
| Final year | 2022 |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 179Harris English and Matt Kuchar (2020) |
| To par | −37as above |
| Final champion | |
 Tom Hoge andSahith Theegala | |
| Location map | |
TheQBE Shootout[1] was a teamgolf tournament that took place on thePGA Tour as an unofficial money event. It was originally played during the off-season.
The event began in 1989, as the RMCC Invitational. It was hosted by golferGreg Norman. The tournament was soon renamed theShark Shootout after Norman's nickname, and has had several names since (seeWinners below). The first eleven editions of the tournament were played atSherwood Country Club inThousand Oaks, California (1989–99). It was then played for one year atDoral Resort & Spa, on the Norman designed Great White Course, before moving toTiburón Golf Club inNaples, Florida in 2001, where it was played over the Norman designed Gold Course.[2]
In 2023, the PGA Tour replaced the QBE Shootout with the Grant Thornton Invitational, a 16-team event which features one male and one female pro golfer on each team.[3]
The Shootout was a 3-day, 54-holestroke play event in which teams of two compete. The format since 2014 has been:[4]
The event was originally broadcast in theUnited States by theUSA Network andCBS, with USA broadcasting the first round on a tape-delayed basis, and CBS handling the second round live – it was then a two-round tournament. Not all the country saw the final round live, as CBS's commitment to theNFL only allowed part of the country to see the round as it took place, with the rest of the U.S. seeing the event beginning at 4 p.m.Eastern Time.
In 2007, the event was moved to December, and was broadcast live by bothGolf Channel andNBC. It remained on these networks through 2013. In 2014, weekend coverage moved toFox, where Norman had become an analyst. The telecast served as a prelude to Fox's coverage of the2015 U.S. Open.[5] In 2017, weekend coverage returned to NBC.
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