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Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan Team Up In Wachovia Championship's Wednesday Pro-Am
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CHARLOTTE N.C., April 30, 2007- Two of the most recognized athletes in the world will share 18 holes of golf Wednesday at the Wachovia Championship Pro-Am. It will be the first time Tiger Woods, golf's No. 1 player and basketball legend Michael Jordan have played in an official competition together.
"Wachovia and the Wachovia Championship wanted to bring these two great athletes together to give the patrons at the Wachovia Championship an opportunity to see something special," said Dan Fleishman, director of sponsorships and alliances for Wachovia. "Certainly Michael and Tiger are good friends and have played a lot of personal golf together. But we are grateful they agreed to compete in the pro-am together this year."
The Wachovia Championship's Wednesday Pro-Am has a unique format on the PGA TOUR of two amateurs per TOUR professional, unlike the traditional four amateurs at other PGA TOUR stops.
The threesome will tee off at 7:30 a.m. off the first tee Wednesday morning.
"We are pleased to have this opportunity to enhance the patrons experience on Wednesday and this special threesome will only be the beginning of an extraordinary Pro-Am," said Executive Director of the Wachovia Championship, Kym Hougham. "These two gentlemen are two of the most well-known athletes in the world and to have them both here for one day playing in the same group is a special treat."
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.