AT&T National PGA Tournament
AT&T National - Thursday July 2 - Sunday July 5, 2009
Congressional Country Club · Bethesda, MD
Purse: $6 million - Winning Share: $1,080,000
FedExCup Points: 25,000
The AT&T National PGA Tournament will return to Congressional Country Club this summer! The PGA tournament will kick off July 2-5, at the Congressional CC (Blue Course). It will be hosted by the one and only, Tiger Woods! This course has been in operation since 1924 and is located in Bethesda, Maryland. Congressional golf course is held in high regards to golfers world-wide. Tournaments held at this destination are a PGA tradition.
Congressional Country Club, will not host the AT&T National PGA Tournament will change venues in 2010 - 2011, because course improvements for the 2011 U.S. Open. The good news is the, AT&T National will return to Bethesda beginning in 2012. With that in mind and Tiger playing in the event this year, Congressional should have some great golf betting props.
Congressional, which opened in 1924, is par-72 course covering 7,173 yards. The course has played host to four majors - two U.S. Opens (1964 and 1997), one PGA Championship (1976) and the U.S. Senior Open (1995).
There are 2 courses featured at Congressional Country Club. You will find the Blue Course and the Gold Course. The world famous Blue Course is rated as one of the top 100 golf courses in the states. The Gold course is a bit shorter and has a lower difficulty level than the Blue Course.
2008 AT&T National Golf winner - Anthony Kim
The AT&T National was Kim's second victory this year (he also won the Wachovia the first weekend in April) and he's made a steady climb up the rankings.
Kim also joined some elite company. In the last 10 years, the only other players under 25 with multiple PGA Tour victories in the same season are Woods, Sergio Garcia and Adam Scott.
2009 AT&T National Golf Winner
When Roger Federer won Wimbledon on Sunday, though, there could be no such gloating from Camp Woods. The tennis master now leads his PGA Tour buddy by a score of 15-14 in overall major victories, leaving Tiger to simply text from the Congressional Country Club practice range prior to his final round: "Great job. Now it's my turn."
Though Woods insisted "my turn" was in reference to winning the AT&T National later in the afternoon, it could have served as a warning that the man still stuck -- if such a word even applies -- on 14 major titles is ready to once again match his buddy in that category.
As if that wasn't warning enough, there was the final result, too.
Some five hours after Federer vanquished Andy Roddick in an epic final match, Woods overcame a furious final-round flurry from Hunter Mahan to prevail at the AT&T.
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