Japanese Company to Sponsor Disney Event
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL (AP) -- Funai Electric Co. will be the title sponsor of the PGA Tour event at Disney World, increasing the purse to $4 million next year. Funai, a Japanese maker of electronics, becomes the eighth company this year to join the PGA Tour as a title sponsor. The tournament will be called the Funai Classic at Walt Disney World Resort. Bob Burns won this year's event by two strokes over Tiger Woods.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL (AP) -- Funai Electric Co. will be the title sponsor of the PGA Tour event at Disney World, increasing the purse to $4 million next year. Funai, a Japanese maker of electronics, becomes the eighth company this year to join the PGA Tour as a title sponsor. The tournament will be called the Funai Classic at Walt Disney World Resort. Bob Burns won this year's event by two strokes over Tiger Woods.