A 2-year extension for BMW Championship, but site a question

Posted December 17, 2009 10:00 pm

By Mike Spellman

The BMW Championship is going to be around a little longer after BMW officials announced Thursday a two-year extension of their partnership with the PGA Tour and the Western Golf Association.

But whether it will return to Cog Hill either of those years is still in question.

"We don't have a site (determined) after 2012," said Vince Pellegrino, WGA vice president of tournaments. "The first step was securing a sponsor. The second step we're working on is securing a site."

The original partnership agreement of six years was forged in 2007 with the creation of the BMW Championship - the third leg in the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedExCup. That tournament will now run through 2014 under the new agreement.

The tournament will again be played at Cog Hill next year and in 2011. It will move to Crooked Stick in Indiana in 2012 when the Ryder Cup comes to Medinah.

"The attendance was great and the golf course was tremendous," Pellegrino said of the 2009 BMW. "This extension says a lot about BMW's commitment to golf and the Evans Scholars Foundation."

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