Press Releases
|
Wachovia Championship:
Luquire George Andrews: |
Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia, Peter Lonard, Stuart Appleby, Mike Weir Lead International Flavor at This Year's Wachovia Championship
A long list of impressive International players who will be competing in the Wachovia Championship next week.
CHARLOTTE N.C., April 28, 2005–Australia’s Adam Scott and World No.6, fresh off a win last week at the European Tour’s Johnnie Walker Classic, added his name to a long list of impressive International players who will be competing in the Wachovia Championship next week.
Spanish sensation Sergio Garcia and Canada’s only Masters Champion Mike Weir committed early this week to play in this year’s PGA TOUR event that returns to Charlotte May 2-8, at Quail Hollow Club.
Moreover, Peter Lonard, the Australian who captured his first TOUR victory at the MCI Heritage in Hilton Head and Australian Stuart Appleby, who won the Mercedes Championship to start the TOUR season, have added their names to the field of 156 players who will be competing for the $6 million purse in a few days.
The Wachovia Championship will have 37 International players representing 14 countries.
“The PGA TOUR is very international and it is exciting when players from Europe, Japan, Australia, South Africa and other parts of the world choose to come to Charlotte and compete at Quail Hollow Club, “ said Wachovia Championship Tournament Director Kym Hougham.
Zimbabwe’s Nick Price leads the group with 18 PGA TOUR victories and 24 International titles—including two PGA Championships and a British Open title. Appleby has won six TOUR titles and twice around the world while Garcia has five PGA TOUR titles and nine around the world. Mike Weir, the 2003 Masters champion and winner of seven PGA TOUR titles, returns to the Wachovia Championship for the third straight year.
Here is the current International roster for the Wachovia Championship:
AUSTRALIA - Steve Allan, Stuart Appleby, Robert Allenby, Gavin Coles, Paul Gow, Mark Hensby, Stephen Leaney, Peter Lonard, Geoff Ogilvy, Rod Pampling, John Senden, Adam Scott
CANADA - Glen Hnatiuk, Mike Weir
ENGLAND - Greg Owen, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose
FRANCE - Thomas Levet
GERMANY - Alex Cejka
IRELAND - Padraig Harrington
JAPAN - Ryuji Imada, Shigeki Maruyama, Hidemichi Tanaka
NEW ZEALAND - Michael Long, Craig Perks
PARAGUAY - Carlos Franco
SOUTH AFRICA - Tim Clark, Rory Sabbatini
SOUTH KOREA - Kevin Na, Charlie Wi
SPAIN - Sergio Garcia
SWEDEN - Daniel Chopra, Carl Petterson, Per-Ulrick Johansson, Jesper Parnevik, Fredrick Jacobsen
ZIMBABWE - Nick Price
Proceeds from the 2005 Wachovia Championship will benefit Teach For America, a national education foundation that provides a corps of outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors who commit to teach for two years in underserved urban and rural public schools.
The Wachovia Championship’s $6 million purse is one of the highest on the PGA TOUR, guaranteeing the winner in excess of $1 million. Recently, the Wachovia Championship signed an agreement with the PGA TOUR to hold the event in Charlotte through the year 2010.
###
About the Wachovia Championship
The Wachovia Championship is one of the largest, most prestigious sporting events in the Charlotte region. Now in its third year, the tournament is intended as an annual tradition that will bring customers, players and patrons back each year for an unforgettable golf experience. In a short two years, the national and international golf community has already recognized it as one of the top events on the PGA TOUR. The 2005 tournament will be held May 2-8. Sponsored by Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB), the tournament’s $6 million purse is one of the largest on the PGA TOUR. A combination of Quail Hollow Club, the spirit of the Charlotte area community and the support of Wachovia are several reasons the championship has and should continue to draw many of the world’s top golfers to Charlotte.
For more information, visit the tournament website, www.wachoviachampionship.com.
About Wachovia
Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) is one of the largest providers of financial services to retail, brokerage and corporate customers, with retail operations from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas, and retail brokerage operations nationwide. Wachovia had assets of $506.8 billion, market capitalization of $80.3 billion and stockholders' equity of $46.5 billion at March 31, 2005. Its four core businesses, the General Bank, Capital Management, Wealth Management, and the Corporate and Investment Bank, serve 13 million household and business relationships primarily through 3,277 offices in 15 states and Washington, D.C. Its full-service retail brokerage firm, Wachovia Securities, LLC, also serves clients through 693 offices in 49 states and five Latin American countries. Our Corporate and Investment Bank serves clients primarily in 10 key industry sectors nationwide. Global services are offered through 33 international offices. Online banking and brokerage products and services also are available through Wachovia.com.
Editor’s Note: For the tournament logo or course maps in JPG, EPS or PDF format, contact Nora Carr, Luquire George Andrews, 704-552-6565, ext. 145 or carr@lgapr.com, or visit www.wachoviachampionship.com to visit the online Media Center.