Tiburón Golf Club is a golf club located in Naples, Florida . It has two courses, Gold and Black, both designed by Greg Norman , twice the winner of the Open Championship and formerly the top-ranked player in the world . From Australia , Norman's nickname on the PGA Tour was the " Great White Shark ", and tiburón is the Spanish word for shark .
7-764: The Gold Course hosts the annual QBE Shootout (formerly Franklin Templeton Shootout), originally the "Shark Shootout", an off-season golf event hosted by Norman that includes members of the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions . The tournament debuted in California in 1989 and moved to Tiburón in 2001. In 2023, the PGA Tour replaced the QBE Shootout with a new team event at Tiburon, the Grant Thornton Invitational, which
14-602: A Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary by Audubon International . In 2006, the club was the first to use customized Segway golf carts. The golf club is part of a gated golf community by the same name. The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples, is also located on the property. The club is also home to the Tiburón Golf Academy , which features private lessons, multi-day golf schools, junior camps, and clubfitting. Championship tees Source: Championship tees Source: This golf club or course-related article
21-512: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports venue in Florida is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . QBE Shootout The QBE Shootout was a team golf tournament that took place on the PGA Tour as an unofficial money event. It was originally played during the off-season. The event began in 1989, as the RMCC Invitational. It
28-793: Is a 16-team event featuring one PGA Tour and one LPGA Tour golfer on each team. Since 2013 , the Gold Course has also hosted the season-ending event of the LPGA Tour , the CME Group Tour Championship , held in November. The Black Course hosts the Chubb Classic , a Champions Tour Event held in February. The Gold Course opened 26 years ago in 1998 and the Black in 2001. Tiburón is designated as
35-504: The USA Network and CBS , with USA broadcasting the first round on a tape-delayed basis, and CBS handling the second round live – it was then a two-round tournament. Not all the country saw the final round live, as CBS's commitment to the NFL only allowed part of the country to see the round as it took place, with the rest of the U.S. seeing the event beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern Time . In 2007,
42-681: Was hosted by golfer Greg Norman . The tournament was soon renamed the Shark Shootout after Norman's nickname, and has had several names since (see Winners below ). The first eleven editions of the tournament were played at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California (1989–99). It was then played for one year at Doral Resort & Spa , on the Norman designed Great White Course, before moving to Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida in 2001, where it
49-456: Was played over the Norman designed Gold Course. In 2023, the PGA Tour replaced the QBE Shootout with the Grant Thornton Invitational, a 16-team event which features one male and one female pro golfer on each team. The Shootout was a 3-day, 54-hole stroke play event in which teams of two compete. The format since 2014 has been: The event was originally broadcast in the United States by
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