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The INTERNATIONAL
| Justin Rose and Other "Young Guns" to Shoot It Out at The INTERNATIONAL |
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July 26, 2004
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. -- England's 24-year-old Justin Rose tops the list of "young
guns" scheduled to compete at Castle Pines Golf Club in the 2004 INTERNATIONAL,
Aug. 2-8, it was announced today.
"There is a growing number
of outstanding young players threatening to dominate the PGA TOUR today and
Justin Rose is one of the best," said Executive Director Larry O. Thiel.
"With Justin and so many other dynamic young players competing at Castle Pines,
we are certain to see some exciting golf."
Rose grabbed the first round
lead at The Masters earlier this year with an impressive 5-under-par 67. He has earned $787,531 on the PGA TOUR this year
and is currently 60th on
the TOUR money list. His best finish came at the Memorial Tournament, where he tied for fourth.
Rounding out the
list of young guns competing for The
INTERNATIONAL trophy are Aaron Baddeley (23), Charles Howell III (25), Zach
Johnson (28), Aaron Oberholser (29), Geoff Ogilvy (27), Rory Sabbatini (28) and
Heath Slocum (30). This group of young golfers can claim 19 career
victories between them and over $8 million in earnings in 2004.
In
addition to those fine young golfers, Notah Begay III, Chad Campbell, Harrison
Frazar, Matt Gogel, Jonathan Kaye, Pat Perez, Craig Perks and Carl Pettersson
will appear in this year's tournament.
To purchase tickets to The
INTERNATIONAL, call 888-755-1986, or visit www.golfintl.com.
Media inquiries
should be directed to Jonna Busack at 303-814-6287 or via e-mail at jbusack@golfintl.com.
Presenting Sponsors of The INTERNATIONAL are CIBER, First Data, Great-West
Healthcare and StorageTek and ADT Security Services. Contributing Sponsors
are Qwest and Coors.
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