FOR RELEASE: August 31, 2021
CONTACTS: Adam Renfroe, Tournament Director, [email protected]
Chris Reimer, President, CR PR Group, [email protected]
Transportation and Parking announced for Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS presented by Circle K
Circle K Caddie Water Taxi and rideshare listed as premier options
JACKSONVILLE, FL – Complimentary parking options for the Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS presented by Circle K were announced Tuesday for the inaugural PGA TOUR Champions event to be held at Timuquana Country Club, October 8-10.
“Through the support of our tournament partners, the City of Jacksonville and others, we’re able to provide many convenient parking options for our fans, free of charge,” Tournament Director Adam Renfroe said. “We are confident that, by providing various methods of transportation, we will be able to welcome fans from all over Northeast Florida.”
The highlight of the complimentary options is the Circle K Caddie, a water taxi that will provide fans the most unique arrival experience in golf. Made possible through the support of Circle K, fans will get to see downtown Jacksonville from the St. John’s River en route to the tournament. The Circle K Caddie will depart from the Winston Family YMCA, located in downtown Jacksonville, and will bring fans directly to the dock at Timuquana Country Club, Friday, October 8 – Sunday, October 10, every 30-45 minutes, starting at 8:30 am each morning. Parking to board the Circle K Caddie is located at 501 Jackson Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202 (gravel lot between Winston Family YMCA & Haskell Company) and will require a parking pass which fans can download for free at constellationfurykandfriends.com. Parking will also be available in the Haskell Company garages on Saturday and Sunday.
Fans are encouraged to use popular rideshare options like Uber and Lyft to arrive in style to the tournament. Rideshare will drop off at the Target located on Roosevelt Boulevard, where fans will grab a quick shuttle and be dropped off at the designated, exclusive Rideshare Entrance.
Other complimentary options include the below:
Fans attending The Furyk Foundation Concert presented by SRS Distribution will be able to park in Lot J, free of charge. Darius Rucker will headline The Furyk Foundation Concert, a salute to our service men and women that will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at Daily’s Place in downtown Jacksonville. Tickets are still available at constellationfurykandfriends.com/concert.
The following ticket offerings are available on the tournament website:
For important information surrounding health & safety, security, parking and other need-to-knows, visit constellationfurykandfriends.com/fan-info.
About Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS presented by Circle K – The event will feature an 81-player field competing for a $2 million purse. The no-cut event will include Pro-Ams on Monday, October 4, Wednesday, October 6, and Thursday, October 7, followed by three rounds of tournament play October 8-10. All three rounds of the Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS presented by Circle K will be broadcast live on Golf Channel, the exclusive cable provider of PGA TOUR Champions. More information on the event can be found online at www.ConstellationFurykAndFriends.com.
ABOUT THE JIM & TABITHA FURYK FOUNDATION
The Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation was created in 2010 to help children and families in need. This Jacksonville based non-profit partners with charities across North Florida to provide project specific funding and essential programing. The annual Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS presented by Circle K, created to raise charity dollars to support these partnerships, will bring the community together to increase awareness and funding for programs that support education, healthcare, nutrition and safety for at risk children and families. Programs created from the support of the Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation in the Jacksonville Community include: Hope for the Holidays which packs over 4,000 bags filled with a holiday meal for at risk families, Operation Shower which provides car seats, strollers and baby essentials to active military families, Blessings in a Backpack, which feeds thousands of food insecure children each week of the school year and Childcare specialists and services to provide medically complex children care through Wolfson’s and Community PedsCare. The Jim & Tabitha Furyk Foundation is dedicated to bringing our community together to improve the lives of the children and families who live on the First Coast through all these programs and many more.
ABOUT CONSTELLATION
Constellation is a leading competitive retail supplier of power, natural gas and energy products and services for homes and businesses across the continental United States. Constellation’s family of retail businesses serves approximately 2 million residential, public sector and business customers, including three-fourths of the Fortune 100. Baltimore-based Constellation is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy provider, with 2019 revenues of approximately $34 billion, and more than 31,000 megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and lowest-cost power generation fleets. Learn more at constellation.com or on Twitter at @ConstellationEG.