Concerts, Napa hospitality, and top-level golf headline inaugural Fortinet Championship!

 The Fortinet Championship, a PGA TOUR golf event and three-night Concert Series, kicks off the 2021-2022 FedEx Cup regular season at Silverado Resort and Spa, Thursday through Sunday, September 16-19.

 

This multi-pronged event will provide fans with an authentic Napa experience, featuring wine country hospitality and cuisine from Chef Thomas Keller, a line-up of popular musicians, and 156 of the world’s best golfers competing for a $7 million purse.  Among the elite players who have participated in the past include 2020 champion Stewart Cink, Phil Mickelson, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Matt Kuchar, Justin Thomas, Webb Simpson, Cameron Champ, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Adam Scott, Hideki Matsuyama, and Paul Casey.

 

The Fortinet Championship Concert Series will be held on the Fortinet Stage at Silverado Resort and Spa immediately following completion of the tournament rounds on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Concerts will feature country music star Chase Rice on Thursday, Platinum-selling rock band BUSH on Friday, and Grammy Award winners’ Weezer on Saturday evening.

 

Daily tickets are now on sale and include admission to golf, the concert series, and access to other on-site, fan-friendly venues.

 

“Fortinet is excited to partner with the PGA TOUR as both organizations are committed to trust and creating exceptional experiences – ensuring players and customers are set up for success to overcome even the most trying conditions and challenges,” said John Maddison, EVP of Products and CMO at Fortinet. “This partnership will benefit our community, customers, and local nonprofit organizations.  We look forward to hosting the Fortinet Championship in Napa.”

 

Fortinet’s mission is to make possible a digital world that organizations can always trust by protecting edges, data and content, people, devices, and systems. Fortinet delivers the most innovative, highest-performing network security fabric to secure and simplify organizations’ IT infrastructures. Fortinet is a leading global provider of network security and SD-WAN, switching and wireless access, network access control, authentication, public and private cloud security, endpoint security, and AI-driven advanced threat protection solutions for carriers, data centers, enterprises, and distributed offices.

 

For more information on the Fortinet Championship, The Concert Series, or to buy tickets, visit www.fortinetchampionship.com.