Accenture Match Play

One of the things that seems to plague our community is the lack of proactive vision, we instead tend to flail and react to circumstances that could have been avoided. The potential loss of Spring Training and TIF funding for Rio Nuevo come to mind. We would do well to recognize and appreciate what is truly valuable to our community instead of ending up in crisis management.

Accenture Match Play is tremendously beneficial to our community. Accenture brings the top 64 golfers in the World to Tucson for this tournament. You may not be a golfer, but you should appreciate the boost that we receive from this world class tournament. This year 1.5 million dollars will be raised from the tournament to benefit 150 local charities. Millions of dollars in revenue flow in to local hotels, restaurants and retail businesses from the corporate sponsors and visitors attending the tournament. And it is incalculable the benefit our community receives from the world wide TV coverage of Accenture Match Play. If a picture is worth a thousand words imagine the impression the millions of viewers have of Tucson as they see the majestic mountains, sweeping desert vegetation and city views from atop the Ritz-Carlton Golf course in Dove Mountain. We should show our appreciation to Accenture as the sponsor and Cottonwood Properties the developer of Ritz-Carlton in Dove Mountain. It would also be wonderful if our city and county elected officials recognized and applauded these folks for benefiting our community, instead of waiting until Accenture looks for another place to play.