The PGA Korn Ferry professional golf tour returns to Oakridge Country Club in Farmington next week for the Utah Championship. This is the 33rd year of the tournament in Utah, with Oakridge hosting the past several years. The tournament runs Aug. 1-4, with the winner taking home $180,000 of the $1 million purse.

As always, tournament organizers have offered three local golfers exemptions. This year they go to Weber High graduate Connor Howe, Lone Peak High senior Kihei Akina and Arizona State University golfer Preston Summerhays, who is a native of Utah. His uncle Daniel Summerhays, past PGA tour veteran who is now back playing the Korn Ferry Tour, is expected to be among the pros teeing it up at Oakridge.

The Utah Championship began in 1990 and has produced a strong list of champions, including inaugural champ John Daly along with Master and British Open champ Zach Johnson. The tourney provides more than just professional golf – it raises money for the tournament’s charitable partners and contributes to the PGA TOUR’s unprecedented success in giving back to local charities. Utah Championship has donated more than $500,000 to various organizations throughout Utah, including the Tony Finau Foundation, Huntsman Cancer Institute, and For The Kids.

Tickets and tournament information can be found online at  UtahChampionship.com.