Notes: Regions Charity Classic

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• While the Champions Tour had last week off, not all of the players did. Bernhard Langer spent the week on the PGA TOUR and challenged at THE PLAYERS Championship before finishing in a tie for 15th. Fred Funk also competed at THE PLAYERS, but missed the cut.

• The Regions Charity Classic has always drawn a strong list of celebrities to its pro-am and this year is no exception. Expected to compete this week are Charles Barkley, Bobby Bowden, Jeff Fisher, Vince Gill, Joe Namath, Steve Spurrier and Joe Theismann, just to name a few.

• Since the Regions Charity Classic moved to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Ross Bridge in 2006, the event has known only one champion -- Brad Byrant. Bryant will return this week looking to claim his third consecutive Regions Charity Classic title. Only seven times in the history of the Champions Tour has a player won the same event three consecutive years or more.

• One more on Brad Byrant: When he won the Regions Charity Classic in 2006, he set a Champions Tour record that will be tough to break -- he hit 53 of 54 Greens in Regulation with his only miss by four inches.