New Nationwide Tour Stop at Troy Burne Golf Club in Hudson, WI, July 5-11, 2004

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Tom Lehman and the PGA TOUR today announced a three-year commitment to a new Nationwide Tour stop at Troy Burne Golf Club, beginning the week of July 5, 2004. The Nationwide Tour develops golf's rising stars. Fifty-seven percent of current PGA TOUR players, including Lehman, are Nationwide Tour alumni. All tournament proceeds will go to charity.

"The Scholarship America Showdown gives golf fans many reasons to be excited," Lehman said. "It offers an intimate glimpse of the next generation of great golfers and will allow people to say 'I saw him when...'" Lehman also noted that every good swing and pure putt a Nationwide Tour player makes is important because it is one step closer to a dream spot on the PGA TOUR.

Troy Burne will provide a challenging and picturesque venue for the Scholarship America Showdown. Located just over the Wisconsin border in Hudson, it is sculpted out of 420 acres of rolling St. Croix Valley hills and features more than 120 bunkers protecting bent grass fairways and stadium greens. Burne, the Scottish term for creek, is fitting as water comes into play on eight holes.

"The Nationwide Tour is excited to bring this tournament to the Upper Midwest," said Bill Oakley, PGA TOUR director of Tournament Business Affairs. "We recognize the passion for golf in this area and believe we'll be able to foster it with world class golf in the coming years."

Fun Events With A Cause
Scholarship America and the Children's Cancer Research Fund (CCRF) will share proceeds from the Showdown equally. Minnesota-based Scholarship America is the nation's largest nonprofit, private sector scholarship and educational support organization. CCRF is a leading non-profit organization committed to funding innovative and progressive research in pursuit of a world free of childhood cancer. Lehman's previous charity tournaments have raised more than $4.7 million for CCRF.

"Scholarship America is proud to partner with Tom Lehman in the Showdown," said Dr. William C. Nelsen, president of Scholarship America. "The event will provide fans a unique golf experience and, most importantly, help aspiring students realize their educational dreams."

Lehman is looking forward to working with Scholarship America while strengthening his tie to golf and charity. "Giving back is at the heart of the PGA and Nationwide Tours," said Lehman. "Scholarship America could not be a better partner in making that happen."

Nationwide Tour
Owned and operated by the PGA TOUR, the Nationwide Tour consists of 30 events played in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Prize money in 2003 is nearly $15 million and the top 20 money winners at season's end qualify for the PGA TOUR in 2004. This is the first year of a five-year contract calling for Nationwide, one of the world's largest insurance and financial services providers, to serve as the Tour's umbrella sponsor. To date, alums of this Tour have won 133 PGA TOUR titles, including major championships this year by Jim Furyk and Shaun Micheel.

About Scholarship America

Scholarship America has distributed more than $911.5 million to nearly 850,000 students through it scholarship and educational support programs since its founding in 1958. In 2003, Scholarship America will surpass the $1 billion mark in its history of scholarship distribution. Scholarship America carries out its mission to expand access to educational opportunities and encourage academic achievement through its Dollars for Scholars, Scholarship Management ServicesSM, and ScholarShop programs. For the sixth year in a row, SmartMoney, the Wall Street Journal's magazine of personal finance, has ranked Scholarship America as one of the 17 most efficient non-profits in the country. Worth Magazine has also named Scholarship America as one of America's 100 best charities for 2001/2002. For more information about Scholarship America, please visit www.scholarshipamerica.org.