# Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge

The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge was an unofficial golf event held in November at the Rio Secco Golf Club in Henderson, Nevada at Reflection Bay Golf Club. The tournament was a unique stroke play event, and, as the name suggests, pitted three teams, with three members per team, from the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, and the Champions Tour (known as the Senior PGA Tour prior to 2001) against each other. The 2013 purse was $1 million.
The challenge event was done in one day, over 18 holes, and is usually held on a Tuesday. It was preceded by an amateur tournament and a one-day pro-am tournament. The event was handicapped to provide all competitors a fair and equal chance of succeeding. The PGA Tour players played the course at its full length, while the Champions Tour players hit from tee positions that made the course shorter and the LPGA players from even shorter tee positions.
The event supported the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a charity established by the founder of Wendy's, the fast food restaurant that sponsored the tournament. In 2013, the tournament raised a record $4.1 million, and, since it was founded in 1992, it raised more than $50 million overall for the charity.
ABC televised the event until 2009, showing the tournament tape-delayed on a weekend in December just before Christmas, with the first nine holes broadcast on Saturday, and the final nine holes on Sunday. Terry Gannon did the on-air play-by-play. From 2010 to 2013, the event aired on the Golf Channel.

## Winners

| Year | Winning tour | Players representing winning tour | Other teams | Other teams |
| 2013 | LPGA | Natalie Gulbis, Cristie Kerr, Stacy Lewis | Champions: Fred Funk, Bernhard Langer, Kenny Perry | PGA: Jason Day, Billy Horschel, Boo Weekley |
| 2012 | PGA | Jason Day, Davis Love III, Nick Watney | LPGA: Natalie Gulbis, Cristie Kerr, Stacy Lewis | Champions: Fred Funk, Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman |
| 2011 | Champions | Mark Calcavecchia, Jay Haas, Kenny Perry | LPGA: Paula Creamer, Natalie Gulbis, Cristie Kerr | PGA: Jonathan Byrd, Boo Weekley, Gary Woodland |
| 2010 | PGA | Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, Boo Weekley | Champions: Bernhard Langer, Kenny Perry, Nick Price | LPGA: Natalie Gulbis, Cristie Kerr, Suzann Pettersen |
| 2009 | LPGA | Natalie Gulbis, Cristie Kerr, Suzann Pettersen | Champions: Fred Funk, Jay Haas, Nick Price | PGA: Stewart Cink, Fred Couples, Bubba Watson |
| 2008 | Champions | Fred Funk, Jay Haas, Nick Price | LPGA: Helen Alfredsson, Natalie Gulbis, Cristie Kerr | PGA: Stewart Cink, Rocco Mediate, Kenny Perry |
| 2007 | LPGA | Natalie Gulbis, Cristie Kerr, Morgan Pressel | Champions: Fred Funk, Jay Haas, Nick Price | PGA: Chris DiMarco, Camilo Villegas, Bubba Watson |
| 2006 | PGA | Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson, Scott Verplank | Champions: Jay Haas, Tom Kite, Craig Stadler | LPGA: Natalie Gulbis, Juli Inkster, Cristie Kerr |
| 2005 | Champions | Jay Haas, Hale Irwin, Craig Stadler | LPGA: Grace Park, Lorena Ochoa, Cristie Kerr | PGA: Mark Calcavecchia, Fred Couples, John Daly |
| 2004 | LPGA | Grace Park, Juli Inkster, Cristie Kerr | Champions: Peter Jacobsen, Tom Kite, Craig Stadler | PGA: Jay Haas, Fred Couples, John Daly |
| 2003 | PGA | Mark Calcavecchia, Peter Jacobsen, John Daly | LPGA: Grace Park, Juli Inkster, Rachel Teske | Champions: Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Craig Stadler |
| 2002 | PGA | Rich Beem, John Daly, Jim Furyk | LPGA: Juli Inkster, Laura Diaz, Karrie Webb | Senior: Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Gary McCord |
| 2001 | LPGA | Dottie Pepper, Annika Sörenstam, Karrie Webb | Senior: Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller | PGA: Mark Calcavecchia, John Daly, Fred Couples |
| 2000 | PGA | Notah Begay III, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson | LPGA: Karrie Webb, Juli Inkster, Dottie Pepper | Senior: Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Tom Watson |
| 1999 | Senior PGA | Hale Irwin, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson | LPGA: Karrie Webb, Juli Inkster, Dottie Pepper | PGA: Lee Janzen, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard |
| 1998 | Senior PGA | Hale Irwin, Gil Morgan, Larry Nelson | LPGA: Annika Sörenstam, Donna Andrews, Se Ri Pak | PGA: Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Justin Leonard |
| 1997 | PGA | Fred Couples, Tom Lehman, Phil Mickelson | Senior: Johnny Miller, Larry Nelson, Jack Nicklaus | LPGA: Nancy Lopez, Annika Sörenstam, Karrie Webb |
| 1996 | PGA | Fred Couples, Davis Love III, Payne Stewart | Senior: Jim Colbert, Raymond Floyd, Hale Irwin | LPGA: Laura Davies, Patty Sheehan, Annika Sörenstam |
| 1995 | Senior PGA | Raymond Floyd, Hale Irwin, Jack Nicklaus | LPGA: Laura Davies, Dottie Mochrie, Kelly Robbins | PGA: John Daly, Peter Jacobsen, Lee Janzen |
| 1994 | PGA | Paul Azinger, Fred Couples, Greg Norman | Senior: Raymond Floyd, Jack Nicklaus, Dave Stockton | LPGA: Laura Davies, Nancy Lopez, Patty Sheehan |
| 1993 | Senior PGA | Raymond Floyd, Jack Nicklaus, Chi-Chi Rodríguez | LPGA: Nancy Lopez, Lauri Merten, Patty Sheehan | PGA: Paul Azinger, Lee Janzen, Greg Norman |
| 1992 | LPGA | Nancy Lopez, Dottie Mochrie, Patty Sheehan | Senior: Larry Laoretti, Jack Nicklaus, Chi-Chi Rodríguez | PGA: Fred Couples, Raymond Floyd, Tom Kite |

### Summary

| Tour | Wins |
| PGA Tour | 9 |
| Champions Tour | 7 |
| LPGA Tour | 6 |