Final List Of Sponsor Exemptions For Golf Event
Tournament Officials released the full and final list of sponsor exemptions for the 2022 Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course, October 27-30.
A spokesperson said, “John Daly, James Nicholas, Akshay Bhatia, Caleb Surratt, Aaron Jarvis and Palmer Jackson were amongst those named to compete in the tournament in Bermuda this week.
“Nicholas, Bhatia, Surratt, Jarvis and Jackson will join previously announced sponsor exemptions Kim Swan, Michael Sims, Jarryd Dillas and Nick Jones. Swan, a Bermudian golf icon, was the first sponsor exemption granted this year. Sims, Dillas and Jones earned their berths through the local qualifier held October 4-5 at Port Royal Golf Course.
“Over 30 years ago, Daly burst into the golf world. As the ninth and final alternate of the 1991 PGA Championship, the 25-year-old rookie went out and won the golf tournament. He followed that up by winning the 1995 British Open in St. Andrews. One of the most famous athletes in professional sports, the two-time major champion has five PGA TOUR titles and one PGA Tour Champions title, the 2017 Insperity Invitational.
“Nicholas is a multi-talented athlete who was a three-time New York State High School Hockey Coaches Association All-State selection. He played golf collegiately at Yale, winning five NCAA events, including medallist honours at the 2019 Ivy League Championship, and was twice named Ivy League Player of the Year. He earned his status for the Korn Ferry Tour in 2020.
“Bhatia is a standout amateur who won ten junior titles and ascended into the top five of the World Amateur Golf Ranking before turning professional at 17. He was named 2018 AJGA Rolex Player of the Year and represented the U.S. in the 2019 Walker Cup, posting a 2-1-0 record in the U.S. victory. As a 19-year-old, he won the 2022 Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay.
“Surratt achieved the world ranking of #1 amateur earlier in 2022. He currently plays collegiately at the University of Tennessee. He won the Maui Jim Intercollegiate in his first career start for the Volunteers. Before college, Surratt won the 2021 Junior PGA Championship, the 2021 Western Junior Championship, the 2021 Bobby Chapman Invitational and the 2021 Terra Cotta Amateur.
“Jarvis has already achieved several milestones in his career. With his one-stroke victory in the 2022 Latin America Amateur Championship [LAAC], the 19-year-old became the first player from the Cayman Islands to claim an LAAC title, and as a result, became the first competitor from his home country to compete in the Masters. He is also the first Caymanian to make the cut at The Open. He currently attends University of Nevada Las Vegas [UNLV].
“Jackson, currently a senior at The University of Notre Dame, has posted six top-ten results this year. He was the Jones Cup Invitational Champion and competed in the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup.
“Saturday and Sunday tickets are 90% Sold Out. For tickets and more information on the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, visit butterfieldbdachampionship.com or email us at bcinfo@butterfieldbdachampionship.com
“General admission tickets are $35. Digicel Business Ocean Club tickets retail at $250 and can also be purchased online. The public is encouraged to act quickly.
“The Butterfield Bermuda Championship will implement the PGA Tour’s Junior Initiative this year. Youth 15 and under are admitted free to the tournament grounds with a ticketed adult [this does not include hospitality spaces].”
