WEEKLY MEDIA UPDATE

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Contact: Scott McKinney, Director of Media Relations, The Boeing Championship at Sandestin (850) 496-1680

LANNY WADKINS JOINS TBC FIELD
Popular Champions Tour member and CBS Sports golf analyst Lanny Wadkins has officially committed to the 2007 Boeing Championship at Sandestin field. Wadkins, who ranks in the top thirty on the PGA TOUR's all-time money list with $7,608,600 in career earnings, is the brother of the 2006 Boeing Championship at Sandestin winner Bobby Wadkins. The 1977 PGA Championship winner will be making his first appearance in the Boeing Championship. A 21-time winner on the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour, Lanny Wadkins also served as captain of the 1995 U.S. Ryder Cup squad at Oak Hill Country Club.

2005 WINNER RANKS 5TH ON EARLY MONEY LIST
Jim Thorpe, the 2005 winner of the Blue Angels Classic, is off to a fast start in 2007, currently sitting in 5th on the Champions Tour money list after two events. Thorpe has won $151,168 this season. Hale Irwin leads the way with $302,672. Thorpe also sits in fifth position in the Charles Schwab Cup standings with 150 early season points, trailing Irwin who has fashioned 290 points to hold the early lead.

SPONSORSHIP RENEWALS TAKING PLACE
The staff of the Boeing Championship at Sandestin is presently working with past event sponsors to ensure their renewals for the 2007 event, which is scheduled for May 28-June 3 at the Raven Golf Club at Sandestin. Companies and individuals wishing to obtain sponsorship information for the 2007 event should contact the TBC office by calling (850) 837-2637 or by emailing scott@theboeingchampionship.com.

TICKETS FOR 2007 BOEING CHAMPIONSHIP AT SANDESTIN ON SALE
Ticket reservations for the 2007 Boeing Championship at Sandestin are available now by calling the tournament office at (850) 837-2637 or by visiting the tournament website www.theboeingchampionship.com. Tickets are $20 each per championship round or $50 for the championship weekend. Tickets for the two pro-am days, Wednesday and Thursday, are $10 each.

NEXT UP ON THE CHAMPIONS TOUR...
After spending the first two weeks of the 2007 season in Hawaii, the Champions Tour returns to the mainland next week (Feb. 5-11) for the Allianz Championship at the Old Course at Broken Sound Club in Boca Raton, Fla. The Allianz Championship is a new event this year on the Champions Tour.

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