Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open

WICHITA OPEN NEWS
The Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open will be kicking off our 17th hospitality with a night of "extreme" karaoke at Walt's Bar and Grill to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on Wednesday, May 26, at 7:30 pm.  Come join in on the fun and learn who you will be partying alongside at the 17th Hole!!  Exact tent locations will be on hand!

Brand new 17th Hole party t-shirts will also be for sale.

Raffle tickets will be available for purchase for a chance to win two all access passes for Thursday through Sunday that will get you into 17th and 18th corporate skyboxes, player dining, and gold parking.

Don Hall "the Voice of the Open" will emcee the event and special karaoke guests that promise to entertain
will be announced as we secure them.
 
PLAYER NEWS
Thirty-five of the current top 100 all-time money earners on the PGA Tour are Wichita alums. The top three all-time earners are Jim Furyk: $45,344,411, David Toms: $32,121,852, Stewart Cink: $28,544,995.

PGA TOUR
103 Wichita Open alums played in the Valero Texas Open with 50 making the cut.
The best finishes were: T3- Jimmie Walker, T6- Tim Petrovic, T6- Garth Mulroy, 8- Steve Flesch, T9- Spencer Levin, and T9- Ryan Palmer.

CHAMPIONS TOUR, NATIONWIDE TOUR ACTION RESUMES
  The Champions Tour will take a week off in preparation for the Senior PGA Championship, which will be held at Colorado Golf Club in Denver, Colorado.  The TPC Wakefield Plantation Course will play host to the Rex Hospital Open on the Nationwide Tour this week.
 
FED-EX POINTS LIST
Six of the top 12 are Wichita alumni including past champion, Ben Crane at #11.
               2          Jim Furyk
               7          Camilo Vilegas
        8          Steve Stricker
              10          Matt Kuchar
              11          Ben Crane
              12          Bill Haas