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Tiger Woods to Join Powerful Field
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CHARLOTTE N.C., April 26, 2007 – Tiger Woods added his name to the field today as 29 of the top 30 players in the world prepare to compete next week in the fifth Wachovia Championship, April 30-May 6 at Quail Hollow Club.
Woods, who has not played since the Masters, will make his third appearance at Quail Hollow Club. Woods finished tied for third in 2004 and tied for 11th in 2005.
This year, the world's No. 1 player must negotiate a field of competitors and a golf course that could be one of the strongest combinations so far on the 2007 PGA TOUR.
All of the current top ten players in the world will attend the sold out Wachovia Championship. Following Woods in the top ten is: Jim Furyk, Adam Scott, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Henrik Stenson, Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen, Geoff Ogilvy and Padraig Harrington.
Not competing is No. 13 Paul Casey, who is not a member of the PGA TOUR.
"In our first four years we have had all of these players compete in the Wachovia Championship at some time or other. But this year they will all be here at the same time," said Wachovia Championship Executive Director Kym Hougham. "We certainly are glad Tiger decided to join the group this year and I know the patrons will be excited to see this great field compete on one of the toughest golf courses on the PGA TOUR."
A majority of the 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.