2005 Tournament News

SPECTATORS CAN EXPECT THE NEW AND THE EVER-POPULAR DURING 25TH ANNIVERSARY BANK OF AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT WEEK, JUNE 20-26

May 30, 2005

CONCORD, Mass - New activities, as well as reprises of ever-popular attractions, will populate tournament week June 20-26 at the twenty-fifth anniversary Bank of America Championship, Nashawtuc Country Club, Concord, giving golf fans little time to pause except while waiting for the pros to putt.

Reading the following rundown of tournament week activities will reveal additions and changes like the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration and new championship trophy, free admission day for military personnel, split tees during championship play, Drive to $1 Billion Celebration, Cumberland Farms Family Fun Zone and Craig Stadler / Smith & Wollensky Charity Dinner, as well as the Kids Clinic and Celebrity Pro-Am being moved to Friday. Everything takes place at Nashawtuc Country Club unless otherwise noted:

Monday, June 20
- Champions Tour Open Qualifying, Shaker Hills Golf Club, Harvard
  - Professionals not pre-qualified for the tournament compete for two open positions to play in the tournament
Tuesday, June 21, 8:30 a.m., Nashawtuc gate opens
- NEPGA/Play Golf America Clinic
  - Participants take part in the PGA of America’s premier growth of the game initiative and receive a morning of game improvement instruction from some of New England’s top PGA professionals (www.nepga.com for details)
- High School Invitational
  - Foursomes from 18 high school teams play par-3 tournament with total of $5,000 awarded to top three schools and clinic and awards presentation by Champions Tour professionals
Wednesday, June 22, 6:30 a.m., Nashawtuc gate opens
- Championship Pro-Am, 8 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
  - Four separate competitions on Wednesday and Thursday of 28 groups consisting of four amateurs and one professional each compete in shotgun format for prizes
- Craig Stadler / Smith & Wollensky Charity Dinner
  - Dinner Wednesday evening at Smith & Wollensky in Boston featuring Craig Stadler and 11 other Champions Tour pros to raise money for The Genesis Fund and Disabled Sports USA

Thursday, June 23, 6:30 a.m., Nashawtuc gate opens at 6:30 a.m.
- Championship Pro-Am, 8 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
- Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Pro-Am, Sterling CC, 9 a.m.
  - Thirteen foursomes of amateurs and professionals over 60-years-old compete
- BJ's/Frito Lay Pro Challenge, 11 a.m.
  - Champions Tour pros and fans battle it out to see who has all the shots as they call bank shots, blind shots, wedge bounces and you name it –they can do it and definitely will try it
- Drive to $1 Billion Ceremonial "Drive," 1:30 p.m.
  - Ceremonial tee shot hit with a circa 1938 driver, the year of the first recorded PGA TOUR charity gift, with the driver serving as the TOUR’s Drive to a Billion torch while the PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour expect to hit $1 billion in total charitable giving over their history this year
- Cumberland Farms Family Fun Zone
  - Fun family area located by the eleventh fairway featuring complimentary golf games, face painting, coloring and cotton candy
Friday, June 24, 8 a.m., Nashawtuc gate opens
- Championship Round One, Split Tee Start, 10 a.m.-Noon
- Celebrity Pro-Am, Concord CC, 8 a.m.
  - Eighteen amateur groups will compete with local Boston sports celebrities in a Pro-Am shot-gun at Concord Country Club with celebrities including Steve DeOssie, Steve Grogan, Jay Miller, Brad Park, Rico Petrocelli, Don Sweeney and Luis Tiant
- Shriners Putting Challenge, Noon-5 p.m.
- Kids Clinic, 4:30 p.m.
- Cumberland Farms Family Fun Zone
Saturday, June 25, 7:30 a.m., Nashawtuc gate opens
- Championship Round Two, Split Tee Start, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
- Military Appreciation Day
  - All active duty military, guard and reserve receive free grounds admission to the tournament that day
- Drive to $1 Billion Celebration, 8-10 a.m.
  - Will feature several of the fans favorite Champions Tour pros
- Shriners Putting Challenge, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Twenty-fifth Anniversary Celebration Presented by Bank of America & Comcast, 4 p.m.
  - Following championship play, a twenty-fifth anniversary ceremony takes place on the eighteenth green featuring military color guards to introduce and salute past tournament champions, a video presentation commemorating the tournament's history and the unveiling of the new Concord minuteman Bank of America Championship trophy, followed by a dessert reception to meet and get autographs from tournament champions where kids will get a poster with caricatures of all the tournament's past winners drawn by Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Paul Szep
- Cumberland Farms Family Fun Zone
Sunday, June 26, 7:30 a.m., Nashawtuc gate opens
- Championship Final Round, Split Tee Start, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
- Shriners Hospitals Putting Contest, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Cumberland Farms Family Fun Zone

The twenty-fifth anniversary Bank of America Championship will feature some of the best golfers in the game. Early commitments to the field include some of the most popular and highest money winners on the Champions Tour. To-date, 15 of the top-20 money winners so far this season have committed.

Craig "The Walrus" Stadler will defend his 2004 Bank of America Championship win in a field that will include top-money winners Allen Doyle, Keith Fergus, Bruce Fleisher, Morris Hatalsky, Tom Jenkins, Wayne Levi, Mark McNulty, Don Pooley, Dana Quigley, Des Smyth, Jim Thorpe, Tom Wargo and D.A. Weibring and Mark Johnson and Mike Reid, who are playing in their first Champions Tour season. Fans also will see other popular players like Bruce Lietzke, Lanny Wadkins and Ben Crenshaw and Champions Tour rookies like Brad Bryant, Pat McGowan, Tom McKnight, Dan Pohl and Mike Sullivan.

For tickets to the twenty-fifth anniversary Bank of America Championship, the only New England stop on the Champions Tour, call the tournament office toll-free at 1-877-559-GOLF, e-mail tickets@bankofamericachampionship.com or visit www.bankofamericachampionship.com .
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	2005 Tournament News SPECTATORS CAN EXPECT THE NEW AND THE EVER-POPULAR DURING 25TH ANNIVERSARY BANK OF AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT WEEK, JUNE 20-26 May 30, 2005 CONCORD, Mass - New activities, as well as reprises of ever-popular attractions, will populate tournament week June 20-26 at the twenty-fifth anniversary Bank of America Championship, Nashawtuc Country Club, Concord, giving golf fans little time to pause except while waiting for the pros to putt. Reading the following rundown of tournament week activities will reveal additions and changes like the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration and new championship trophy, free admission day for military personnel, split tees during championship play, Drive to $1 Billion Celebration, Cumberland Farms Family Fun Zone and Craig Stadler / Smith & Wollensky Charity Dinner, as well as the Kids Clinic and Celebrity Pro-Am being moved to Friday. Everything takes place at Nashawtuc Country Club unless otherwise noted: Monday, June 20 Champions Tour Open Qualifying, Shaker Hills Golf Club, Harvard Professionals not pre-qualified for the tournament compete for two open positions to play in the tournament Tuesday, June 21, 8:30 a.m., Nashawtuc gate opens NEPGA/Play Golf America Clinic Participants take part in the PGA of America’s premier growth of the game initiative and receive a morning of game improvement instruction from some of New England’s top PGA professionals (www.nepga.com for details) High School Invitational Foursomes from 18 high school teams play par-3 tournament with total of $5,000 awarded to top three schools and clinic and awards presentation by Champions Tour professionals Wednesday, June 22, 6:30 a.m., Nashawtuc gate opens Championship Pro-Am, 8 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Four separate competitions on Wednesday and Thursday of 28 groups consisting of four amateurs and one professional each compete in shotgun format for prizes Craig Stadler / Smith & Wollensky Charity Dinner Dinner Wednesday evening at Smith & Wollensky in Boston featuring Craig Stadler and 11 other Champions Tour pros to raise money for The Genesis Fund and Disabled Sports USA Thursday, June 23, 6:30 a.m., Nashawtuc gate opens at 6:30 a.m. Championship Pro-Am, 8 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Pro-Am, Sterling CC, 9 a.m. Thirteen foursomes of amateurs and professionals over 60-years-old compete BJ's/Frito Lay Pro Challenge, 11 a.m. Champions Tour pros and fans battle it out to see who has all the shots as they call bank shots, blind shots, wedge bounces and you name it –they can do it and definitely will try it Drive to $1 Billion Ceremonial "Drive," 1:30 p.m. Ceremonial tee shot hit with a circa 1938 driver, the year of the first recorded PGA TOUR charity gift, with the driver serving as the TOUR’s Drive to a Billion torch while the PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour expect to hit $1 billion in total charitable giving over their history this year Cumberland Farms Family Fun Zone Fun family area located by the eleventh fairway featuring complimentary golf games, face painting, coloring and cotton candy Friday, June 24, 8 a.m., Nashawtuc gate opens Championship Round One, Split Tee Start, 10 a.m.-Noon Celebrity Pro-Am, Concord CC, 8 a.m. Eighteen amateur groups will compete with local Boston sports celebrities in a Pro-Am shot-gun at Concord Country Club with celebrities including Steve DeOssie, Steve Grogan, Jay Miller, Brad Park, Rico Petrocelli, Don Sweeney and Luis Tiant Shriners Putting Challenge, Noon-5 p.m. Kids Clinic, 4:30 p.m. Cumberland Farms Family Fun Zone Saturday, June 25, 7:30 a.m., Nashawtuc gate opens Championship Round Two, Split Tee Start, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Military Appreciation Day All active duty military, guard and reserve receive free grounds admission to the tournament that day Drive to $1 Billion Celebration, 8-10 a.m. Will feature several of the fans favorite Champions Tour pros Shriners Putting Challenge, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Twenty-fifth Anniversary Celebration Presented by Bank of America & Comcast, 4 p.m. Following championship play, a twenty-fifth anniversary ceremony takes place on the eighteenth green featuring military color guards to introduce and salute past tournament champions, a video presentation commemorating the tournament's history and the unveiling of the new Concord minuteman Bank of America Championship trophy, followed by a dessert reception to meet and get autographs from tournament champions where kids will get a poster with caricatures of all the tournament's past winners drawn by Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Paul Szep Cumberland Farms Family Fun Zone Sunday, June 26, 7:30 a.m., Nashawtuc gate opens Championship Final Round, Split Tee Start, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Shriners Hospitals Putting Contest, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Cumberland Farms Family Fun Zone The twenty-fifth anniversary Bank of America Championship will feature some of the best golfers in the game. Early commitments to the field include some of the most popular and highest money winners on the Champions Tour. To-date, 15 of the top-20 money winners so far this season have committed. Craig "The Walrus" Stadler will defend his 2004 Bank of America Championship win in a field that will include top-money winners Allen Doyle, Keith Fergus, Bruce Fleisher, Morris Hatalsky, Tom Jenkins, Wayne Levi, Mark McNulty, Don Pooley, Dana Quigley, Des Smyth, Jim Thorpe, Tom Wargo and D.A. Weibring and Mark Johnson and Mike Reid, who are playing in their first Champions Tour season. Fans also will see other popular players like Bruce Lietzke, Lanny Wadkins and Ben Crenshaw and Champions Tour rookies like Brad Bryant, Pat McGowan, Tom McKnight, Dan Pohl and Mike Sullivan. For tickets to the twenty-fifth anniversary Bank of America Championship, the only New England stop on the Champions Tour, call the tournament office toll-free at 1-877-559-GOLF, e-mail tickets@bankofamericachampionship.com or visit www.bankofamericachampionship.com . ####	SCHEDULE OF EVENTS COURSE MAP 25 GREATEST MOMENTS MERCHANDISE CONCESSIONS TOURNAMENT NEWS TASTES OF THE TOUR PAVILION NEWSLETTER SIGN UP CHARITY SUPPORT LODGING & RESTAURANTS TV SCHEDULE MEDIA CENTER DIRECTIONS & PARKING It's a hole lot of fun! Sign up for free updates on the Bank of America Championship
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