Turning Stone wants earlier date for PGA event

VERONA, N.Y. (AP) — Oneida Indian Nation chief executive Ray Halbritter wants a new date for the Turning Stone Resort Championship, which has been dogged by bad weather since it was shifted to October. Halbritter says he’s in talks with the PGA about switching to July or August. The inaugural Turning Stone Resort Championship in 2007 was played in idyllic late-summer conditions in early September, but last year the PGA made the event the first tournament of the Fall Series in early October and it has suffered. Last year, the second round was delayed by rain and a brief hail shower. This year, which ended with a playoff Monday morning, it rained for a week before the tournament began and on all but one day of play. Temperatures the first day never reached 50 degrees.