THE ALLY CHALLENGE – AT A GLANCE
Held annually in Grand Blanc, Michigan and featuring legends of the game such as Bernhard Langer, Stewart Cink, Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, Ernie Els, Padraig Harrington, John Daly, Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen, David Toms, Darren Clarke, Fred Couples and Justin Leonard to name a few. The event, now in its eighth year, also benefits local charities throughout Genesee County and beyond. Since its inception in 2018, The Ally Challenge has donated nearly $8.4 million to support charity.
Dates: August 18–24, 2025
Venue: Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, Michigan
Website: www.theallychallenge.com
Past Champions
Stewart Cink (2024) 67-66-66 199 (-17)
Vijay Singh (2023) 66-68-68 202 (-14)
Steve Stricker (2022) 70-64-67 201 (-15)
Joe Durant (2021) 65-66-68 199 (-17)
Jim Furyk (2020) 68-66-68 202 (-14)
Jerry Kelly (2019) 67-65-68 200 (-16)
Paul Broadhurst (2018) 67-68-66 201 (-15)
Format: 54-hole stroke-play with no cut
Field and Size: 78 PGA TOUR Champions Professionals (including three event qualifiers)
Purse: $2,200,000
Winner’s Share: $330,000
Broadcast: Golf Channel
SATURDAY, August 23
The Ally Challenge Community Concert featuring Sam Hunt and Dustin Lynch: Gates open at 4 p.m.
Dustin Lynch 6:15 p.m.
Sam Hunt: 8:15 p.m.
Drone Show: Approximately 10 p.m. (following Sam Hunt performance)
WARWICK HILL GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB
Warwick Hills has been voted as one of the best-conditioned courses in the Midwest with some of the finest greens to putt. The course opened in June of 1957 and was home to the PGA TOUR’s Buick Open tournament for over 50 years. Designed by Joe Lee, one of the greatest golf course architects of his time and a direct descendant of Robert E. Lee, Mr. Joe Lee created/renovated more than 200 golf courses, including several with PGA TOUR pedigree.
Warwick Hills golf course has 18 holes and four sets of tees for each hole which can provide a unique and challenging game every time out. The course is a par 72 and Tiger Woods and Billy Mayfair jointly hold the course record of 61.
Born to host
Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club was the host site for the PGA TOUR’s Buick Open from 1958–2009*. Some of the greatest names in golf competed in the Buick Open at Warwick Hills. The list of winners includes the likes of Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk, Fred Couples, Hale Irwin, Tom Weiskopf, Julius Boros, Tony Lema and Billy Casper.
*No tournament was played at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club from 1970–1977
Past winners of the Buick Open will be well represented again this year for The Ally Challenge. Seven members of that fraternity will be competing at Warwick Hills, including Kenny Perry, Vijay Singh, Scott Verplank, Woody Austin, Billy Mayfair, Rocco Mediate, and Tom Pernice, Jr.
Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh are the only two players to win the Buick Open and The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren. Furyk won the Buick Open in 2003 and The Ally Challenge in 2020. Singh captured The Ally Challenge in 2023 and won the Buick Open three times (1997, 2004, 2005).
The playing field for The Ally Challenge includes an elite roster of 78 players, collectively representing 233 PGA TOUR Champions victories, including 38 senior major championship titles. The field also contains nine of the top-10 players in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, including defending champion Stewart Cink, and fellow major winners Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington, who boasts 11 PGA TOUR Champions victories.
Four past champions of The Ally Challenge will be competing in this year’s field, Paul Broadhurst (2018), Stewart Cink (2024), Joe Durant (2021), and Vijay Singh (2023). Winners of the Buick Open will also be well represented this year in Grand Blanc. Seven members of that esteemed fraternity will be competing at Warwick Hills, including Kenny Perry, Vijay Singh, Scott Verplank, Woody Austin, Billy Mayfair, Rocco Mediate, and Tom Pernice, Jr.
PARKING 101
The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren offers convenient parking solutions for fans attending the tournament. Public parking is available beginning Thursday, August 21 at Cook Elementary School, 4433 East Cook Road, Grand Blanc, MI 48439… and from Friday, August 22 through Sunday, August 24 at the Grand Blanc High School East Campus, 11920 S. Saginaw St., Grand Blanc, MI 48439. Both locations are located just miles from Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club and complimentary shuttles will run continuously during scheduled times. See below for the daily shuttle schedule.
Public parking on Thursday at Cook Elementary School is free.
The cost for public parking Friday – Sunday varies per day and all proceeds go to Grand Blanc High School.
