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Wachovia Championship Single Day Tickets on Sale Monday
Fourth-Year Sellout Anticipated; Ticket Sales Strong
CHARLOTTE N.C., February 24, 2006 – Remaining single day tickets go on sale Monday, Feb. 27 for the Wachovia Championship that returns to Charlotte May 1-7, 2006, at Quail Hollow Club.
Ticket options include a Practice Pack that consists of daily tickets for Monday’s pro-am along with Tuesday and Wednesday’s practice rounds for $25. Tickets for the first two rounds Thursday and Friday are $30 each and tickets for the final two rounds Saturday and Sunday are $40 each. The general public may purchase tickets by visiting www.wachoviachampionship.com or by calling (800) 945-0777.
To accommodate families, children ages 12 and under are free with a paid adult admission (one child per paying adult).
Weekly ticket books are also available and cost $130 each. The books include admission to all seven days of the tournament. With ticket books, the same person does not have to use the ticket each day, allowing family members, friends and business associates to share the cost of the event. Weekly ticket books may be purchased by visiting www.wachoviachampionship.com or by calling (800) 945-0777.
“Between our renewal option for previous ticket holders and our fall sales for those holiday shoppers, we are seeing another high demand for tickets this year,” said Tournament Director Kym Hougham. “We encourage fans desiring to see one of the strongest fields assembled on one of the game’s toughest golf courses, to act quickly. We expect to have our fourth straight sellout weeks before the tournament begins.”
Proceeds from the 2006 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. In 2005, the Wachovia Championship signed an agreement with the PGA TOUR to hold the event in Charlotte through the year 2010.
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About the Wachovia Championship
The Wachovia Championship is one of the largest, most prestigious sporting events in the Charlotte region. Now leading up to its fourth 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 three years, the national and international golf community has already recognized it as one of the top events on the PGA TOUR. The 2006 tournament will be held May 1-7. Sponsored by Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB), the tournament’s $6.0 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 Wachovia 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 banking operations from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas, and retail brokerage operations nationwide. Wachovia had assets of $520.8 billion, market capitalization of $82.3 billion and stockholders’ equity of $47.6 billion at December 31, 2005. Its four core businesses, the General Bank, Capital Management, Wealth Management, and the Corporate and Investment Bank, serve more than 13 million household and business relationships primarily through 3,131 offices in 15 states and Washington, D.C. Its full-service retail brokerage firm, Wachovia Securities, LLC, also serves clients through 719 offices in 49 states, Washington, D.C., and six Latin American countries. The Corporate and Investment Bank serves clients in selected industries nationwide. Global services are offered through 40 offices around the world. Online banking and brokerage products and services also are available through Wachovia.com.