The En-Joie Golf Course is gearing up for this year’s Dick’s Open and Monday, we found out some of the big names participating in this year’s contest.
Last year’s champ Loren Roberts joined tournament officials to announce the field of players. Roberts, Tom Watson and Horseheads Native Joey Sindilar will be among the fan favorites on the course later next month. One new event added to the Dick’s Open week is the Caddie Tournament the Monday after things wraps up. Organizers were looking for a way to pay tribute to the late Alex Alexander, who founded the tournament, and they thought this tournament would be a perfect fit.
“Alex, our founder, was someone who really humanized the caddies and how they were treated back in the 70’s. We thought it was the right thing to do to honor Alex and to encompass the caddies who he thought were an iatrical part of the champion’s tour, of the PGA tour, of golf in general,” said John Karedes, tourney director.
Tickets are now on sale for Dick’s Open. The PGA tour event runs June 24th through the 26th.