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Field Set for 2008 Wachovia Championship
15 of the Top 20 Players in the World Coming to Charlotte
CHARLOTTE N.C., April 25, 2008—The field for the sixth edition of the Wachovia Championship is in place with 15 of the top 20 players in the world committed to next week's PGA TOUR event at Quail Hollow Club.
Players had until 5:00 p.m. today (Friday) to express their intentions to compete in the Wachovia Championship. Players can withdraw at anytime leading up to the competition rounds beginning Thursday.
Here are a few notes regarding this year's field:
- Phil Mickelson, the World's No. 2 ranked player heads a list of seven players in the top ten on the World Golf Rankings that include Steve Stricker (4), Geoff Ogilvy (5), Jim Furyk (6), Vijay Singh (8), Justin Rose (9), Adam Scott (10).
- Forty winners of PGA TOUR events within the last two calendar years will be playing at Quail Hollow Club, including three of the last three champions on this year's schedule-Charlotte's Johnson Wagner (Shell Houston Open), Trevor Immelman (Masters) and Boo Weekly (Verizon Heritage Classic).
- Thirty-one of the eligible top 50 players in the World Golf Rankings are scheduled to play. There are eight international players currently in that top 50 ranking who are not eligible to play in a PGA TOUR event because they are not members of the PGA TOUR.
- All of the last three Masters Champions are in the field-2006 Phil Mickelson, 2007 Zach Johnson and 2008 Trevor Immelman.
- There will be 16 major championship winners in the field, including Masters Champion Fred Couples, who has not played in the Wachovia Championship since the 2003 inaugural year.
- There will be 17 players in the field who played collegiate golf in the ACC, including Davis Love III, a graduate of the University of North Carolina.
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 sixth 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 five years, the national and international golf community has already recognized it as one of the top events on the PGA TOUR. The 2008 tournament will be held April 28-May 4. Sponsored by Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB), the tournament's $6.4 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, with assets of $808.9 billion and market capitalization of $53.8 billion at March 31, 2008. Wachovia provides a broad range of retail banking and brokerage, asset and wealth management, and corporate and investment banking products and services to customers through 3,300 retail financial centers in 21 states from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas and California, and nationwide retail brokerage, mortgage lending and auto finance businesses. Globally, clients are served in selected corporate and institutional sectors and through more than 40 international offices. Our retail brokerage operations under the Wachovia Securities brand name manage more than $1.1 trillion in client assets through 18,600 registered representatives in 1,500 offices nationwide.