NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A new event will bring legends of golf to the Natural State starting next fall.
Professional golfers will participate in a new PGA TOUR Champions tournament coming to Little Rock in 2024. Tour officials said the first Simmons Bank Championship will be played at the Pleasant Valley Country Club Oct. 21-27, 2024.
Simmons Bank CEO George Makris Jr., PGA TOUR Champions President Miller Brady and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders were a part of announcing the five-year agreement at the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Thursday morning.
“Simmons Bank has had a long passion for golf and a long passion for their community. They sponsored the Simmons Bank Open on the Korn Ferry Tour which is in Nashville, and they wanted to add to their portfolio,” Brady said. “But they wanted to add to their portfolio here in their hometown of Little Rock.”