Players and caddies at the Honda Classic tournament wear purple ribbons to honour the late Tim Rosaforte, who died from Alzheimer’s Disease at 66, on January 11, 2022.
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During his career, Rosaforte “covered over 150 major championships, wrote three books, won over 40 writing awards and received the PGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism.”
Why does Honda Classic have purple ribbons?
The Honda Classic purple ribbons represent the memory of the late golf journalist Tim Rosaforte.
What does the yellow ribbon mean at the Honda Classic?
The Honda Classic yellow ribbon is a symbol of the “Play Yellow” campaign which is targeted at funding the treatment of childhood illnesses and disorders.
The aim of the campaign is to impact 10 million children “treated yearly at children’s hospitals in Florida.”
About The Honda Classic
The Honda Classic is a “professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour”, held in south Florida.
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The event began since 1972, and is usually the first events occuring in late winter in Florida after the “West Coast Swing.”
Photo Credit: Golf Coast Magazine
The event has been sponsored by American Honda Motor Company (Honda) since 1982, but before then the National Airlines, Gleason, and American Motors Corporation (AMC) have been previous sponsors.
Several players have won at the Honda Classic tournament, with Nicklaus being the only consecutive winner in 1977 and 1978.
Overtime, the event sponsors have made significant efforts to improve the player field, as they try to “make PGA National the tournament’s permanent home.”
As for its prize money, the Honda Classic tournament is not so different from the others. In 2017, the total prize money was $6.4 million.
The Honda Classic 2023 tournament will hold between Feb 23–26, 2023, at the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, with the winner receiving a prize money of $1,512,000, out of a total purse of $8.4 million.
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