RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF. – Bringing together a foursome of golf’s popular personalities and fan favorites boasting prominent PGA TOUR resumes, The Galleri® Classic Presented by Spotlight 29 Casino announced the inclusion of two-time major champion John Daly, Notah Begay III, Boo Weekley and Billy Andrade within its third-annual event from March 26-30 on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club.
The Galleri Classic, named after title sponsor GRAIL’s multi-cancer early detection test, will feature 78 PGA TOUR Champions golf professionals, including World Golf Hall of Fame members, playing 54 holes (three rounds) of stroke play for a $2.2 million purse. The Galleri Classic’s ticket and Pro-Am offerings are available at the tournament’s official website, www.TheGalleriClassic.com.
“The Galleri Classic Presented by Spotlight 29 Casino is delighted to host the return of John Daly, Notah Begay III, Boo Weekley and Billy Andrade, all recognizable fan favorites in golf who also exemplify the friendly, approachable vibe that PGA TOUR Champions shares with tournament patrons,” said Michelle DeLancy, tournament director of The Galleri Classic. “These golfers have cultivated their fan followings in manners unique from each other.”
Five-time PGA TOUR winner Daly first gained notoriety with fans with his unprecedented driving distance and he won the 1991 PGA Championship out of nowhere. Daly won his first major championship and PGA TOUR title as the ninth (and final) alternate and without playing a practice round. The improbable victory was the catalyst to his 1991 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year season.
In 1995, Daly became the youngest active player on the PGA TOUR to bag two major championships, and the fourth American since World War II to win two majors before his 30th birthday, when he captured The Open Championship at St. Andrews. Daly holds one PGA TOUR Champions victory.
A four-time PGA TOUR champion, Begay will begin his third PGA TOUR Champions season at The Galleri Classic. A three-time NCAA All-American and teammate of Tiger Woods at Stanford University, Begay balances his tournament schedule with his broadcast contributions to GOLF Channel’s and NBC Sports’ golf telecasts as an analyst.
Weekley is a second-year PGA TOUR Champions golfer who won three PGA TOUR titles and played on the 2008 United States Ryder Cup team. The Floridian seeks his first PGA TOUR Champions crown in his return to The Galleri Classic.
Andrade holds four PGA TOUR and three PGA TOUR Champions wins. His 13th-place finish at last year’s Galleri Classic was his second-best result of 2024, and the New Englander was runner-up at last month’s Chubb Classic. In 2022, Andrade became the most recent PGA TOUR Champions golfer to receive the PGA TOUR’s Payne Stewart Award, presented annually to a TOUR golfer who best exemplifies Stewart’s values of character, charity and sportsmanship.
This foursome joins a field that recently received commitments from The Galleri Classic’s first two champions, 2023 winner David Toms and 2024 winner Retief Goosen, 2023 and 2024 runner-up Steven Alker, GRAIL ambassador Steve Stricker, World Golf Hall of Famers and past World No. 1s Bernhard Langer (PGA TOUR Champions’ all-time wins leader), Fred Couples, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh, event newcomer Stewart Cink, and 14-time PGA TOUR Champions winner Miguel Angel Jimenez.
The Galleri Classic continues its partnership with six cancer-related, non-profit beneficiary organizations tied into the Coachella Valley – American Cancer Society, The Desert Cancer Foundation, Eisenhower Health, Hanson House, Pendleton Foundation and Shay’s Warriors Life After Cancer.
The Galleri Classic features daily and weekly grounds tickets (from March 26-30) for $30 and $65, respectively, and clubhouse tickets (only for competition rounds March 28-30) for $75 per day and $150 for the week. Tickets can only be secured online at www.TheGalleriClassic.com.
The Galleri Classic offers free daily grounds tickets to youths 15 and under and U.S. military members. Each youth will receive a daily grounds ticket (from March 27-30) when accompanied by a ticketed adult. Veterans, active, reserve, and retired military personnel are eligible for free daily grounds tickets for themselves and up to two guests when a valid military ID is shown upon entry at the tournament’s admissions gate.
The Champions Club on 18 provides The Galleri Classic’s highest class of spectator experience and hospitality as the all-inclusive ticket option features food and full bar service. The Champions Club offers patrons an exclusive, covered, open-air venue next to the iconic 18th green and Poppie’s Pond, with an up-close view of the 10th tee. Day-specific Champions Club tickets (good only during competition rounds March 28-30) can be secured for $350 per day, or Weekly Champions Club tickets (good March 28-30) are available for $1,050.
Limited availability remains for spots in The Galleri Classic’s two-day pro-am on March 26-27. The Galleri Classic Pro-Am provides an unrivaled opportunity for golf enthusiasts to go inside the ropes for a bucket-list experience of playing the Dinah Shore Tournament Course alongside legendary golfers. Amateurs interested in playing in the Pro-Am can find more information and register at www.TheGalleriClassic.com/pro-am.
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About GRAIL, Inc.
GRAIL, Inc. is a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. GRAIL is focused on alleviating the global burden of cancer by using the power of next-generation sequencing, population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art machine learning, software, and automation to detect and identify multiple deadly cancer types in earlier stages. GRAIL’s targeted methylation-based platform can support the continuum of care for screening and precision oncology, including multi-cancer early detection in symptomatic patients, risk stratification, minimal residual disease detection, biomarker subtyping, treatment and recurrence monitoring. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom.
For more information, visit grail.com.
About Galleri®
The Galleri multi-cancer early detection test is a proactive tool to screen for cancer. With a simple blood draw, the Galleri test can identify DNA shed by cancer cells, which can act as a unique “fingerprint” of cancer, to help screen for some of the deadliest cancers that don’t have recommended screening today, such as pancreatic, esophageal, ovarian, liver, and others.* The Galleri test can be used to screen for cancer before a person becomes symptomatic, when cancer may be more easily treated and potentially curable. The Galleri test can indicate the origin of the cancer, giving healthcare providers a roadmap of where to explore further. The Galleri test requires a prescription from a licensed healthcare provider and should be used in addition to recommended cancer screenings such as mammography, colonoscopy, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, or cervical cancer screening. The Galleri test is recommended for adults with an elevated risk for cancer, such as those aged 50 or older.
For more information, visit galleri.com.
Sensitivity in study participants with – Pancreas cancer: 83.7% overall (61.9% stage I, 60.0% stage II, 85.7% stage III, 95.9% stage IV). Esophagus cancer 85.0% overall (12.5% stage I, 64.7% stage II, 94.7% stage III, 100% stage IV). Ovary cancer: 83.1% overall (50.0% stage I, 80.0% stage II, 87.1% stage III, 94.7% stage IV). Liver/bile duct cancer: 93.5% overall (100% stage I, 70.0% stage II, 100% stage III, 100% stage IV).
About Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians and Business Enterprises
Spotlight 29 Casino, Tortoise Rock Casino, Shelee’s Travel Center, Red Falcon and 29 Brews are wholly owned business operations of the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians, a Chemehuevi people whose traditional territory includes parts of California, Utah, Arizona, and Southern Nevada. In 1867, a Clan of Chemehuevi settled at the Oasis of Mara. The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians are their descendants. Today, the Tribe’s lands consist of one Reservation separated by the Joshua Tree National Park over two counties from Coachella, CA to Twentynine Palms, CA. The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians will continue to focus on providing opportunities of growth and prosperity for the Tribe’s future generations. For more information about the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians, its culture, heritage, and traditions, visit 29palmstribe.org.
About PGA TOUR Champions
PGA TOUR Champions is a membership organization of professional golfers age 50 and older, including 35 members of the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Tour’s mission is to provide financial opportunities for its players, entertain and inspire its fans, deliver substantial value to its partners, create outlets for volunteers to give back and generate significant charitable and economic impact in tournament communities. Follow PGA TOUR Champions online at PGATOUR.com, on Facebook, on X (formerly Twitter – @ChampionsTour), on Instagram (@pgatourchampions) and on TikTok (pgatourchampions).
All events are televised in the United States on Golf Channel, the exclusive cable-television partner of PGA TOUR Champions. Internationally, PGA TOUR Champions coverage is available in more than 170 countries and territories via 22 media partners.
