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Wachovia Championship Tickets on Sale Monday
Fifth-Year Sellout Anticipated
CHARLOTTE N.C., November 10, 2006 – Tickets for the 2007 edition of the Wachovia
Championship will go on sale Monday, November 13 for one of North Carolina’s premier sports events.
For the first time, the cost of parking at authorized lots and shuttle service to and from Quail
Hollow Club are included in the ticket price for the April 30-May 6 PGA TOUR event.
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 $40 each and tickets for the final two rounds Saturday and Sunday are $50 each. Weekly books are also available for $140.
Due to the large volume of renewal purchases by past patrons, a limited number of Premium
Tickets which consist of Champions Club, Event Lawn and Executive Club packages do exist but are expected to be sold out soon.
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 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.
Proceeds from the 2007 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. In four years, the Wachovia Championship has donated $5.7 million to charities.
The Wachovia Championship’s $6.3 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.
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 fifth 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 four years, the national and international golf community has already recognized it as one of the top events on the PGA TOUR. The 2007 tournament will be held April 30-May 6. Sponsored by Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB), the tournament’s $6.3 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 nation’s largest diversified financial services
companies, providing a broad range of retail banking and brokerage, asset and wealth
management, and corporate and investment banking products and services. Including the
Golden West merger, which closed on October 1, 2006, Wachovia has retail and commercial
banking operations in 21 states with 3,400 retail banking offices from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas and California. In addition, two core businesses operate under the Wachovia Securities brand name: retail brokerage with 737 offices in 49 states and in Latin America, and corporate and investment banking in selected industries nationwide. Other nationwide businesses include mortgage lending in 39 states and auto finance covering 46 states. 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. At September 30, 2006, Wachovia had assets of $559.9 billion and market capitalization of $88.2 billion. On the same date, based on pro forma data, Wachovia’s combined assets were approximately $700 billion and combined market capitalization was $107 billion.