This golf tournament started in 1998 as the Omega Summer Golf Challenge. About three years later, the Omegas of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was joined by the Oak Ridge Chapter Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The purpose of the tournament was to support the fraternity and sorority's scholarship programs. The name was then changed to the Summer Golf Challenge. It has historically been held at the Oak Ridge Country Club and always the third Saturday in August. Several years later, the Oak Ridge Country Club Hoofers joined the group. The purpose changed slightly to also provide golf scholarship opportunities to young play who otherwise would not have an opportunity to learn the game.