More benevolence on the Champions Tour | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

Golf fans in the Houston area won’t have any excuses not to attend the Administaff Small Business Classic at The Woodlands CC this weekend. Following the lead of a couple of other Champions Tour tournaments in 2009, the Administaff is offering free admission and parking throughout the week.

According to the tour, The Allianz Championship and Dick’s Sporting Goods Open had single days on which spectators got in free. The Boeing Classic offered free admission for a donation of school supplies and the Walmart First Tee Open for bringing in canned foods.

At the 3M Championship in Minnesota, which was held about a month before the PGA Championship in the same market, free entry was a big hit, according to Hollis Cavner, whose company, Prolinks Sports, manages four senior events, including the Administaff. “It was the best tournament we ever had,” said Cavner, who got corporations to sponsor individual days …