Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Frys.com Open was first staged in 2007 as the Fry's Electronics Open at Grayhawk Golf Club's Raptor Course in Scottsdale, Arizona. It adopted its current name in 2008, and moved to CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California in 2010. Since its inception, the purse has been US$5 million. The event was a PGA Tour Fall Series golf tournament through 2012. Starting in October 2013, when the PGA Tour changed its "year" to begin in October, rather than January, the tournament became the opening event of the PGA Tour season, and FedEx Cup points were awarded to players. In October 2014 the tournament will move to Silverado Country Club in Napa, California. Tournament organizers have a long term goal to stage the event at The Institute Golf Course in Morgan Hill, California when facilities are completed. The inaugural event was won by Canadian Mike Weir by one stroke over Mark Hensby. In 2008 the event was won by Cameron Beckman on the second playoff hole, when he parred it and Kevin Sutherland bogeyed it. In 2009, Troy Matteson set a PGA Tour 36-hole record by shooting 61-61=122 in the second and third rounds, and then won the tournament in a three-man playoff against Rickie Fowler and Jamie Lovemark. Other notable players who have participated in the tournament include Ernie Els, David Duval, and Tiger Woods. Woods committed to play in the 2011 tournament as a condition for being selected by Fred Couples as one of two captain's pick for the United States team in the 2011 Presidents Cup, which took place in mid-November 2011.. }
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- Frys.com_Open abstract "The Frys.com Open was first staged in 2007 as the Fry's Electronics Open at Grayhawk Golf Club's Raptor Course in Scottsdale, Arizona. It adopted its current name in 2008, and moved to CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California in 2010. Since its inception, the purse has been US$5 million. The event was a PGA Tour Fall Series golf tournament through 2012. Starting in October 2013, when the PGA Tour changed its "year" to begin in October, rather than January, the tournament became the opening event of the PGA Tour season, and FedEx Cup points were awarded to players. In October 2014 the tournament will move to Silverado Country Club in Napa, California. Tournament organizers have a long term goal to stage the event at The Institute Golf Course in Morgan Hill, California when facilities are completed. The inaugural event was won by Canadian Mike Weir by one stroke over Mark Hensby. In 2008 the event was won by Cameron Beckman on the second playoff hole, when he parred it and Kevin Sutherland bogeyed it. In 2009, Troy Matteson set a PGA Tour 36-hole record by shooting 61-61=122 in the second and third rounds, and then won the tournament in a three-man playoff against Rickie Fowler and Jamie Lovemark. Other notable players who have participated in the tournament include Ernie Els, David Duval, and Tiger Woods. Woods committed to play in the 2011 tournament as a condition for being selected by Fred Couples as one of two captain's pick for the United States team in the 2011 Presidents Cup, which took place in mid-November 2011.".