The closest the PGA Tour comes to the Grand Strand

The closest the PGA Tour comes to the Grand Strand

Both The Heritage tournament in Hilton Head Island and Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, N.C., have been amassing player commitments, even though their player registration deadlines are at least 10 days away.The two events are the closest the PGA Tour comes to the Grand Strand - each about a four-hour drive away.It could conceivably be the final opportunity for golfers to play a PGA Tour event at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, which has hosted an event since 1969, because the tournament is without a title sponsor both this year Woods Is More Relaxed Now and moving forward. Tournament organizers have been in dire search of a new title sponsor for more than a year, since longtime title sponsor Verizon announced it was diminishing its role with the event. It's possible that the tour would take the tournament away and move it to another location if a title sponsor isn't found by the fall.Both Sergio Garcia and Mike Weir played The Heritage last year for the first time since at least 2002, and said their decision was at least in part to help show support for the tournament and its importance to the tour.Prior commitments to the 2011 Heritage include defending champion and reigning FedEx Cup champion Jim Furyk, reigning U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland, world No. 10 Matt Kuchar, five-time Heritage winner Davis Love III, fellow former Heritage winners Stewart Cink, Boo Weekley and 1997 British Open champion Justin Leonard, two-time major winner John Daly, Clemson alum Jonathan Byrd, 2010 U.S. Open winner Lucas Glover, former Masters winners Trevor Immelman and Zach Johnson, and 2011 tournament winners Johnson Wagner and Mark Wilson.