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BermudAir Fly-Past During Golf Championship

BermudAir Fly-Past During Golf Championship

BermudAir will conduct a ‘fly-past’ during the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at 1.00pm on Saturday [Nov 11], flying over the water along Port Royal Golf Course, with the closest points being the 15th & 16th holes, with the aircraft to fly approximately 500 feet above sea level. A spokesperson said, “BermudAir is excited to... Read more of this article

Eric West To Make His PGA Tour Debut

Eric West To Make His PGA Tour Debut

Bermuda’s first player on the golf course for the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championships is Eric West who tees off in the morning wave at 8:45am today [Nov 9] to make his PGA Tour debut. A spokesperson said, “The former Bermuda Open Champion & Head Golf Pro Port Royal – now top amateur player – is no stranger to playing with... Read more of this article

NBC Golf Channel To Broadcast Bermuda Event

NBC Golf Channel To Broadcast Bermuda Event

NBC Sports will broadcast the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championships on the Golf Channel, NBC Sports app and Peacock from Thursday until Sunday. A spokesperson said, “The PGA TOUR travels to Southampton, Bermuda, this week for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship from Port Royal Golf Course. The only official PGA TOUR event to be held in Bermuda,... Read more of this article

Swan Backs Protégé Betschart To Shine

Swan Backs Protégé Betschart To Shine

[Written by Stephen Wright] Kim Swan believes “cool customer” Oliver Betschart will not be fazed when he tees off in the first round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship at Port Royal Golf Course tomorrow [November 9]. Arguably the island’s greatest-ever golfer, Swan first coached Betschart as a five-year-old, chopping down an adult club... Read more of this article

Sims Looking Forward To Championships

Sims Looking Forward To Championships

[Written by Patrick Bean] Playing in honour of the late Brian Morris, Michael Sims hopes his fifth Butterfield Bermuda Championship is a charm. Golf is an individual sport, where one matches skill and wit against Mother Nature in a partially modified form, in competition with others. Bermuda’s Michael Sims will be one of many who, starting on Thursday,... Read more of this article

Golf: Butterfield Championship Tee Times

Golf: Butterfield Championship Tee Times

The 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship announced the first and second round groupings and starting times. Play will get underway on Thursday, November 9th, 2023 at 6:50 am on hole number 10, with Tommy Gainey, Kelly Kraft and Vince Whaley on the tee. At 6:55 a.m. on the number 1 tee box will see Jonas Blixt Hammaro, Jeff Overton and Kramer Hickok... Read more of this article

BTA, Butterfield Extend Sponsorship Of Golf

BTA, Butterfield Extend Sponsorship Of Golf

The PGA TOUR, Bermuda Tourism Authority and Butterfield today announced a multi-year extension as co-title sponsors of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. A spokesperson said, “The announcement was made from Port Royal Golf Course Wednesday ahead of the fifth annual Butterfield Bermuda Championship, which debuted in 2019 as the PGA TOUR’s... Read more of this article

Golfer Adam Scott On Upcoming PGA Event

Golfer Adam Scott On Upcoming PGA Event

[Written by Patrick Bean] Australian golfing legend Adam Scott is well aware of Father Time’s diminishing effect on an athlete’s ability to defeat the rising tide of a powerful, young group of challengers hungry to duplicate his success on the PGA Tour. Changed priorities and physical dynamics inherent with one’s maturation from care-free youngster... Read more of this article

Audio: CBS First Cut Podcast On Golf Event

Audio: CBS First Cut Podcast On Golf Event

The First Cut, a CBS podcast, has offered a preview of the upcoming Butterfield Bermuda Championship, which is set to be held from November 9 to November 12 at the Port Royal Golf Course. Hosted by Rick Gehman and Greg DuCharme, the podcast discusses the upcoming Butterfield Bermuda Championships, noting that it is a “really cool venue”... Read more of this article

15-Year-OId Golfer To Compete In PGA Event

15-Year-OId Golfer To Compete In PGA Event

[Written by Stephen Wright] Oliver Betschart was just seven years old when he hit his first hole-in-one, and this week the 15-year-old will become the youngest player to compete in a PGA Tour event since 2014 when he tees off in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. It happened on May 11, 2016, on the 148-yard, par 3, third hole at Port Royal Golf Course,... Read more of this article

Highlighting Port Royal As It Hosts PGA Tour

Highlighting Port Royal As It Hosts PGA Tour

[Written by Kim Swan & Jayson Jackson] Now celebrating 53 years, Port Royal Golf Course is on the threshold of hosting our 5th Butterfield Bermuda Championship on the PGA Tour and what an exciting experience it is for our Bermuda Government owned and operated public golf course. Clearly the vision of our forefathers to introduce Port Royal as a... Read more of this article

Golf Event Generated $17M Economic Impact

Golf Event Generated $17M Economic Impact

In advance of the 2023 event, the Bermuda Tourism Authority today released the 2022 PGA TOUR Butterfield Bermuda Championship economic impact report, saying that the “2022 event generated a total economic impact of $17 million, an increase of $5.1 million over the 2021 Championship, according to a report by KPMG Advisory Limited.” A BTA... Read more of this article