Madison, Mississippi is the home of the Viking Classic and is scheduled in 2009 beginning October 27 and lasts through to November 1. One of the greatest parts of the Viking Classic is that many out there who really love golf have the opportunity to join in the fun as volunteers. This also gives those volunteers a chance to meet their favorite pro-golfers.

The Viking Classic is one of Mississippi's biggest sporting events of the year and is held at the luscious Annandale Golf Course. This year, the Century Club Charities organization is sponsoring a 'win a viking kitchen' during the Viking Classic. All proceeds benefit the Friends of Children' Hospital. What a great add for the best golf tournament in the south. The stand alone date that the Viking Classic earned from the PGA this year only adds to the prestige of this tournament.

The Annandale Golf course, designed by the one and only Jack Nicklaus, is a course that favors the Scottish golf courses. With rolling green fairways and greens growing bentgrass, a golf lover couldn't ask for more in Mississippi's first ever championship course. The Annandale Golf Club has been host to the Viking Classic for 37 years and the PGA 's best of the best shoots this course every year.

The southern hospitality guests receive at Annandale is unmatched and this kind of royal treatment only increases the awesome golfing experience at the Viking Classic. Even if you are only a spectator through out the whole event, you will feel as though you were right out there on the greens in the middle of the action.

The Annandale Golf course offers the Viking Classic champions a taste of the difficult while at the same time offering a break in the game with a few easier holes. One of the easiest at Annandale is surprisingly a par 5, hole #5, and is downhill. With a good tee off, the shot to the green can be in one iron shot. However, champions in the Viking Classic aren't always going to be given an easy break. While hole #7 is hard to drive, hole # 12 is more difficult for putting. The challenges in every game during the past Viking Classic championships at Annandale have always been varied and the winning champion can walk away feeling as though the win was a serious challenge.

The longest hole on the course is 579 yards, #11, and can make or break the start of the back nine if a golfer isn't careful of a creek and some tricky bunkers. There is no wonder the Viking Classic has been going strong for as long as it has and so many champions have walked off the 18th hole of the Annandale Golf Course. For those who are looking for an enjoyable way to experience golf with a touch of the kind of hospitality that can only come from the south, then your best bet is make plans to visit Madison, Mississippi for the Viking Classic.