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Wachovia Championship Offers Mulligan Ticket Program
Available for Sold-out Tournament May 1-7
CHARLOTTE N.C., April 21, 2006 – Tickets have sold out for the fourth Wachovia Championship May 1-7 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, but fans that missed out on buying tickets still have chance to see some of the PGA TOUR’s best compete for one of the largest purses on the PGA TOUR.
Wachovia Championship officials today announced they are offering a Mulligan ticket program again this year. In golf, a Mulligan is known as a “do over.” The Wachovia Championship’s Mulligan ticket program allows fans that purchased daily ground tickets but can’t spend the entire day at Quail Hollow to donate them back to the tournament for another patron to use for the remainder of the day. This is the only PGA TOUR event to offer this program.
The Mulligan tickets will then be sold for $10, with all the proceeds benefiting a local charity, which has not yet been determined.
The Mulligan tickets will be available for purchase starting at noon each day at the Will Call locations.
“We’re pleased to offer the Mulligan program once again at the Wachovia Championship,” says Kym Hougham, tournament director. “We think this will make this highly successful event even more accessible to fans, while benefiting a local charity at the same time.”
Mulligan tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis and only valid for the remainder of the day issued. All Mulligan tickets are ground access only. Supplies of tickets are limited. For more information, please call the ticket office at 800-945-0777.
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 million purse is one of the largest on the PGA TOUR and in three years the tournament has raised $4.2 million for charity. 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 nation’s largest diversified financial services companies, providing 13.4 million household and business relationships with a broad range of banking, asset management, wealth management and corporate and investment banking products and services. Wachovia operates as Wachovia Bank through 3,131 offices in 15 states from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas, and, until merger integration activity is completed, will continue to be known as Western Financial in California. Two core businesses operate under the Wachovia Securities brand name: retail brokerage in 49 states and six Latin American countries, and corporate and investment banking in selected industries nationwide. Globally, Wachovia serves clients through more than 40 international offices. Online banking is available at wachovia.com; online brokerage products and services at wachoviasec.com, and investment products and services at evergreeninvestments.com. Wachovia had assets of $520.8 billion, market capitalization of $82.3 billion and stockholders’ equity of $47.6 billion at December 31, 2005.