Principal Charity Classic
The Principal Charity Classic is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played at the Wakonda Club in Des Moines, Iowa.
The purse for the 2012 tournament was US$1,750,000 with $262,500 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 2001 as the Allianz Championship. That name is now being used by another tournament in Florida since 2007.
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