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Wachovia Championship:
Lee Patterson
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November 13, 2008
Wachovia Championship Tickets on Sale Monday
CHARLOTTE, NC—Tickets for the 2009 edition of the Wachovia Championship are on sale starting Monday, November 17 with prices remaining the same as the previous year.
The Wachovia Championship is not only one of the premier events in the North Carolina region, but also in the world. Over a span of six years, Quail Hollow Club has welcomed all of the world's top 25 players and in 2007 the Wachovia Championship was one of only nine tournaments around the globe where all of the top-10 players in the world gathered to compete.
Last year 22-year-old Anthony Kim began his rise to star power by winning the Wachovia Championship in record fashion for his first PGA TOUR title. Past champions also include David Toms, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods.
Ticket options include a Practice Pack that consists of daily tickets for Monday's Pro-Am along with Tuesday's practice round and Wednesday's Pro-Am 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.
Once again, 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 27–May 3 PGA TOUR event.
Patrons can purchase tickets by visiting www.wachoviachampionship.com or by calling (800) 945-0777.
The Wachovia Championship is again offering several Premium Ticket options this year:
The Ultimate Access package includes access to the Clubhouse, Event Lawn, 17th green Executive Club, 8th green Champions Club, 16th green Overlook Club, 3rd green Dining Chalet and Grounds along with spectacular amenities and merchandise.
Another option is The Overlook Club, which was very popular in 2008. The Overlook Club provides access to a lakeside setting on the 16th green with panoramic views of three greens—14, 16 and 17. Included in this package are many upscale additions. For more information on both, please visit the championship website.
Due to the large volume of renewal purchases by past patrons, a limited number of traditional Premium Tickets remain. These include Champions Club, Executive Club and Event Lawn packages.
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.
A majority of the proceeds from the 2009 Wachovia Championship will benefit Teach For America, a national 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 six years, the Wachovia Championship has donated over $9.4 million to charities.
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 seventh year, the tournament is intended as an annual tradition that will bring, players and patrons back each year for an unforgettable golf experience. The national and international golf community has recognized it as one of the top events on the PGA TOUR. The 2009 tournament will be held April 28-May 4. A combination of Quail Hollow Club, the spirit of the Charlotte area community 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 $764.4 billion and market capitalization of $7.6 billion at September 30, 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 $1.0 trillion in client assets through 14,600 financial advisors in 1,500 offices nationwide. Online banking is available at wachovia.com; online brokerage products and services at wachoviasec.com; and investment products
and services at evergreeninvestments.com.
About Teach For America
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. This year, more than 5,000 corps members are teaching in over 1,000 schools in 26 regions across the country, and more than 12,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education for the fundamental changes necessary to ensure educational excellence and equity. For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org.
Editor's Note: The Wachovia Championship Graphics Package is no longer available publicly on our Web site and will require a password. Please contact Media Director Lee Patterson for access at (704) 553-4790 or leep@wcgolf.org.
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