- October 5, 2026
It’s hard to predict what the economic impact the Constellation Furyk & Friends PGA Tour Champions event will have on Flagler County. But John Phillips, the president of the Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce has done a little research.
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan cited an annual impact of $8 million to the city when the tournament was held the past five years at Timuquana Country Club, Phillips said.
“Obviously until the event is actually here, it's hard to project what it looks like, but I think those numbers are probably fairly realistic,” Phillips said.
He said between 4,000 and 8,000 tourists each year spent at least one night in Jacksonville during tournament week with estimates between 700 and 900 hotel room nights each year.
“People are going to stay in the hotel (at Hammock Beach), and they'll be spending money there,” Phillips said. “There's going to be bed tax generated there. Everybody's got to eat a meal. People are being brought in to help work the event, and they've already spent a boatload of money building out the facility.”
Tournament Director Adam Renfroe said about 600 volunteers will be working the week-long tournament which begins Monday, Oct. 5, with the first of three pro-ams, and culminates with the main event Friday, Oct. 9, through Sunday, Oct. 11. About half of the volunteers worked the tournament at Timuquana and will be coming from Jacksonville. The remainder are local.
Corporate sponsors will be in town, and Renfroe expects about 6,000 to 8,000 spectators per day to attend the tournament, with ticket sales backing that up, he said. Many will be staying over.
I don’t think this is a one- or two-night stay for most people coming to town. I think this is a lengthy stay, and I think all of those things add up to some significant economic impact to our community. Not just at the Hammock Beach Golf Resort and Spa,
— JOHN PHILLIPS, Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce president
“You’ve got three days of competitive golf, multiple pro-ams leading up to it, plus the (Billy Currington) concert on Friday night, so I don’t think this is a one- or two-night stay for most people coming to town,” Phillips said. “I think this is a lengthy stay, and I think all of those things add up to some significant economic impact to our community. Not just at the Hammock Beach Golf Resort and Spa, but over at the Compass by Margaritaville and many other properties, including Airbnbs and VRBO properties and things like that.”
Then there are the people who watch on the Golf Channel and discover the beauty of the Jack Nicklaus Signature Design Ocean Course.
“It’s one of the best kept secrets around,” Phillips said. “It truly is a world class golf course. I think some of those people might be like, ‘Wow, we need to go to Palm Coast and play the Ocean Course at Hammock Beach,’ because it's going to look phenomenal on television.”
The tournament will have a strong field, Renfroe said, because there are only a couple of PGA Tour Champions events left before the playoffs, and players want to come support the work of Jim and Tabitha Furyk. Zach Johnson and Henrik Stenson turned 50 this year and will be in the Furyk & Friends field, along with Davis Love III, Stewart Cink, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Bernhard Langer, who actually won the Ginn Championship in 2008, the last time the Champions Tour was at Hammock Beach.
The Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation has donated about $1 million a year to local nonprofits when the tournament was in Jacksonville. This year it will also support Flagler and Volusia nonprofits.
“The Flagler County Education Foundation, the Lori Fund, which helps with veterans, and many many other very worthy nonprofit organizations in our community are going to benefit from this,” Phillips said.
The Constellation Furyk & Friends will be here for at least two years. The Furyks signed a five-year contract with Hammock Beach with the first two years guaranteed.
“It is going to be an absolutely fantastic event for our community, without a doubt,” Phillips said.
