JACKSON, Miss. – The sale of Sanderson Farms to Cargill and Continental Grain Co. was finalized in July, creating Wayne-Sanderson Farms in the process. The sale of the poultry farm, along with Jackson’s ongoing water crisis, creates some questions ahead of Thursday’s first round of the Sanderson Farms Championship, the second event of the PGA Tour 2022-23 schedule.
What happens this week looms large for the event’s future. Tournament executive director Steve Jent will welcome Wayne-Sanderson Farms’ new executives to Country Club of Jackson to see Mississippi’s lone PGA Tour event for the first time. The original contract with Sanderson Farms to sponsor the tournament runs through 2026.
