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buick open highlights in QUAIL HEIGHTS.Pernice said he could not identify the new sponsor, but confirmed that this buick open will be the last.
Is in the field for the tournament, which starts thursday at warwick hills golf club in grand blanc, mich.
The decision also raises questions about the buick invitational, which is held early in the season at torrey pines golf course in san diego and has been sponsored by the automaker since 1992.
The sponsorship contracts for both tournaments run through 2010, golfweek reported.
The troubled automaker, which emerged from chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on july 10, has been cutting back on professional sports sponsorships for the past year to conserve marketing dollars.
Earlier this month the company placed longtime product development chief bob lutz in charge of marketing, and he has said the company will focus its advertising more on products.
The company is selling or phasing out its pontiac, saturn, saab and hummer brands and will concentrate on selling chevrolet, cadillac, buick and gmc.
The centuryold automaker has been cutting back on everything from professional baseball to nascar in the past year.
Gm is watching every dollar it spends, and sponsoring pga tour events is not cheap.
The automaker already has cut costs at the open, ending a tradition of paying for dealers to travel to michigan for the tournament and wining and dining select guests in lavish hospitality tents.
Loss of the tournament would be a big blow to the flint area, which has seen wealth and people drained away by the decline of gm, once its largest employer.
Information from the associated press was used in this report.