Blake will be making his 500th PGA Tour start at the Tom Weiskopf-designed Black Desert Resort, which opened in June of 2023. The course, located in Ivins just outside of St. George, has already taken over the top spot on the Golfweek’s Best best public-access and private golf courses in Utah list.

Reed Hughes, 71, qualified for the Sanderson Farms Championship by winning a Gulf States PGA section event last year.

Reed Hughes became the oldest golfer since Gary Player to compete in a PGA Tour event as he teed it up at this week’s Sanderson Farms Championship. The 71-year-old earned his way into this week’s 132-man field after winning the Gulf States E-Z-GO Section Championship last year,

Having not played in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event in 12 years and in a PGA Tour tournament in 17 years, Reed Hughes didn’t have much in the way of expectations Thursday in the opening round of the Sanderson Farms Championship.