Representatives from the PGA Tour
announced that starting on October 13, 2008,
Justin Timberlake will become the 14th celebrity host for a PGA Tour stop. The week-long Las Vegas event will be renamed the "Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open." JT -- who is an avid golfer -- is scheduled to compete in the celebrity Pro-Am and perform a concert during tournament week. Past celebrity PGA Tour hosts have included
Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope and
Frank Sinatra.
Timberlake told
PEOPLE that he "couldn't be more excited" about his plans to make the event "unique and memorable." The four-time Grammy winner previously participated in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and said, "Raising money to better children's lives while playing golf? I can't think of a better way to pass the time."
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