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Local golf fans scored an ace Friday with the official confirmation that Windsor has been added to the 2018 PGA Canada Mackenzie Golf tour with a guarantee of a $100,000 charitable contribution to The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County.

The tournament is billed as The Windsor Championship and will be held July 2 to 8 at the Ambassador Golf Club.

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PGA Tour Canada president Jeff Monday credited the desire of players to return to Windsor and the positive response from potential sponsors for the tour’s three-year commitment to the city.

“We looked at our schedule and we tried to figure out what markets could have a positive impact, could sustain themselves,” Monday said.

“They had a tournament here under the old Canadian tour and we had a number of players say, ’Hey Windsor, really enjoyed being there,’ so we began to take a look again.

“Getting (former WFCU CEO) Marty (Komsa) involved and his connections and his initial reach out to people on getting involved was positive, so we took it to the next level.”