<P> National Airlines was the sponsor in 1973 with Gleason and American Motors Corporation (AMC) backed it in 1981 . Since 1982, American Honda Motor Company (Honda) has been the title sponsor . </P> <P> Its predecessor, the National Airlines Open Invitational, ran for just three seasons (1969--71); all at the Country Club of Miami in Hialeah in late March . The Gleason tournament replaced it on the schedule a month earlier in 1972 at the Inverrary Country Club in Lauderhill, it was among the richest events on tour with an inaugural purse of $260,000 and a $52,000 winner's share . The regular event was not played in 1976, as Inverrary hosted the Tournament Players Championship in late February, won by Jack Nicklaus . Gleason's nine - year affiliation ended after 1980, but the event continued at Inverrary through 1983 . It moved to the TPC Eagle Trace in Coral Springs in 1984 for eight editions . </P> <P> From 1992 to 1995, the event was held at the Weston Hills Golf & Country Club in Weston . It then returned to Coral Springs, first at the TPC at Eagle Trace in 1996 and then at the TPC at Heron Bay from 1997 to 2002 . In 2003, the event moved to Palm Beach Gardens, first at the Country Club at Mirasol through 2006, then began its current run at PGA National Golf Club's Champion Course in 2007 . </P> <P> Since 2007, the tournament's main beneficiary is the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation, chaired by Barbara Nicklaus, wife of golf legend Jack Nicklaus . </P>

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