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The Honda Classic is a PGA Tour golf tournament that is played each spring in Florida. It was founded in 1972 as the Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic. In 1981, American Motors Corporation (AMC) backed the tournament. Since 1982, American Honda Motor Company (Honda) has been the title sponsor. ==Tournament history== The event was originally played at the Inverrary Golf Club in Lauderhill, Florida.〔 In 1984, it moved to the TPC Eagle Trace in Coral Springs, Florida, where it stayed until 1991. From 1992 to 1995, the event was held at the Weston Hills Golf & Country Club in Weston, Florida. It then returned to Coral Springs, first at the TPC at Eagle Trace in 1996 and then at the TPC at Heron Bay from 1997 to 2002. In 2003, the event moved to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, first at the Country Club at Mirasol through 2006, then starting in 2007 at PGA National Golf Club's Champion Course. As of 2007, the tournament's main beneficiary is the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation, which is chaired by Barbara Nicklaus, wife of golfing legend Jack Nicklaus. IMG bought the tournament's management company in 2013.〔(Global firm IMG buys company that runs Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens )〕 ===Player participation=== Some celebrated golfers have won this tournament, including Jack Nicklaus in 1977 and 1978, the only consecutive winner in its history. However, the tournament had acquired a reputation for struggling to attract the top players as it moved from course to course in South Florida. Since 2007, The Honda Classic has seen a vastly improved player field, largely due to the decision to make PGA National the tournament's permanent home. The prize money is comparable to other PGA Tour events outside of the "big nine" (the majors, the World Golf Championships individual events, The Players Championship, and The Tour Championship). The total purse was $6.2 million in 2015, with a top prize of $1.116 million (this can be contrasted to the total purse in 1981 of $300,000 (the equivalent of only $ in dollars). The original winner's share of $52,000 made it one of the richest stops on tour, greater than for any of the four majors, and more than double that of the Masters, which had a first prize of $25,000 in 1972. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Honda Classic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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