HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Korn Ferry Tour and the Huntsville Championship announced Wednesday a five-year partnership with HomeTown Lenders to serve as the event’s official title sponsor. The tournament will formally be renamed the HomeTown Lenders Championship. For the third consecutive year, the event will be played at The Ledges the week of April 24-30, 2023.

“We are thrilled to welcome HomeTown Lenders as a title sponsor on the Korn Ferry Tour,” said Korn Ferry Tour President Alex Baldwin. “Over the last two years, The Ledges has proven to be a phenomenal host for our players, fans, partners and staff. HomeTown Lenders is a staple in the city of Huntsville, and we are so excited to work alongside Billy Taylor and his team to put on a world-class golf tournament – and more importantly, to make a positive impact – in this community.”

Next year’s HomeTown Lenders Championship will mark the third playing of the event. The inaugural tournament took place in 2021. Paul Barjon was the first to claim victory in Huntsville after defeating Billy Kennerly and Mito Pereira in a three-hole, sudden-death playoff in the 2021 playing of the event. This past May, Australia’s Harrison Endycott joined Barjon as the only champions of the tournament, as he cruised to a five-stroke margin of victory for his first career Korn Ferry Tour title. Endycott went on to earn his first PGA TOUR card by finishing 21st on this year’s Korn Ferry Tour Regular Season Eligibility Points List.

The HomeTown Lenders Championship is a 72-hole tournament featuring 156 of the top players from around the world. The 2023 Korn Ferry Tour season will begin with The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay in January and conclude in October with the Korn Ferry Tour Championship presented by United Leasing & Finance, where 30 PGA TOUR cards will be awarded based on the points list. The full 2023 Korn Ferry Tour schedule will be released on October 4, 2022.

HomeTown Lenders is a tight-knit professional organization committed to providing the highest level of customer service through experienced loan consultants, who utilize the most innovative technologies available. The organization serves its partners by operating from the core belief that exceeding expectations is the only way to do business. HomeTown Lenders delivers this pledge of excellence through unsurpassed customer service, leading-edge technology, and expert assistance to provide the most innovative and creative mortgage financing solutions available.

“HomeTown Lenders is thrilled to partner with the Korn Ferry Tour and the PGA TOUR,” said HomeTown Lenders CEO Billy Taylor. “We have personally experienced the first-class tournaments hosted on the PGA TOUR and Korn Ferry Tour and the overwhelmingly positive community response. In kinship with the high standard set by the Korn Ferry Tour, HomeTown Lenders built our business around community involvement, both to provide best in business and as a way to give back to the communities we serve. We recognize the parallels with the Korn Ferry Tour and are eager to walk side by side in excellence as a business and as people. We see this as a great opportunity to say thank you and to continue building the relationships that we have to date.”

The Ledges, which originally opened in 2000 and was designed by Mike Hurdzan, is located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains with an elevation of 1,582 feet, the highest point in Huntsville. Hurdzan was named Designer of the Year in 2013 by Golf Magazine for his work at the course.

“The Ledges is excited to welcome HomeTown Lenders as the title sponsor of our Korn Ferry Tour Tournament,” said The Ledges COO Jim Ausley. “This title sponsorship exemplifies Knight Eady and the Korn Ferry Tour’s unwavering commitment to this tournament and the city of Huntsville. HomeTown Lenders’ support will continue to build on the tournament’s success, bringing more opportunities for people to enjoy a high level of professional golf being played on our course while highlighting the wonderful city of Huntsville. The Ledges is grateful to both Knight Eady and HomeTown Lenders for their positive impact on this event, and we look forward to an exciting year ahead.”

“We’ve been extremely grateful for the support of our sponsors, The Ledges and the Huntsville community for the past two years. Because of their commitment, we have created a strong foundation for this tournament,” said Knight Eady Executive Vice President for Development Chris Nix. “The addition of HomeTown Lenders as our title sponsor further solidifies the newly named HomeTown Lenders Championship as one of the flagship stops on the Korn Ferry Tour.”

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