The board of directors for Milwaukee Golf Charities Inc. voted Wednesday to dissolve the golf tournament.
The tournament, held at Brown Deer Park Golf Course, cannot continue because U.S. Bank decided earlier this year not to return as the tournament's title sponsor and no other corporate sponsor stepped up to take its place, tournament director Dan Croak said.
Thus, the PGA's 42-year run in Milwaukee is over, at least for 2010.
"We have been working with the PGA Tour since February to try to find a replacement for U.S. Bank as a title sponsor," Croak said. "To date, those efforts have not been successful."
The tournament has struggled for years with low attendance, largely because it could not attract the top golfers on the PGA Tour. Another problem for the tournament in recent years is that it was scheduled by the PGA Tour for the same weekend as the British Open, one of the four major tournaments of men's professional golf.
Earlier this year, Wisconsin golfers Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly said they were working on plans to save the tournament, with a new title sponsor, a new date and perhaps rotating to different Wisconsin golf courses. However, that effort has not succeeded.
The U.S. Bank Championship donated $520,000 to charity this year and has cleaned up all of its financial obligations, Croak said.
Milwaukee's PGA Tour stop is dissolved
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