This is a great old event that is about to get much better, ... I think the tour is starting to realize what we have to offer, and that we are very serious and committed to being a serious player on the PGA tour schedule.

This is a great old event that is about to get much better. I think the tour is starting to realize what we have to offer, and that we are very serious and committed to being a serious player on the PGA tour schedule.

This is a great statement of how important the event is to the community. It's a statement of how important it is to us and how much a part of our history this tournament is.

I feel better than I did when I was walking around Quail Hollow at the Wachovia Championship in May, but I don't think we're out of the woods.

I think our field is going to be stronger, top to bottom. I can't tell you how much stronger.

I have to give credit to Justin Conrad and the leadership of the Greensboro Jaycees where we could set this up and succeed. The Greensboro Jaycees' board of directors really came through in a big way.

I honestly don't know if we would have even had a tournament if we would have been placed after the Tour Championship.

I'm not sure we would have taken it. I just don't think our board was willing to accept that. We might not have had a tour event. That's how serious we were about this. We did everything possible to keep this golf tournament, and then some.

In creating those sponsorship levels it really has helped make the tournament more viable. It puts a major emphasis on some of our corporate sponsors.

I'm not going to say (ticket sales) won't be affected because, of course, they will. But the important thing is for Davis to get healthy and, if that means not competing in Greensboro, then that's what needs to be done.