PORTLAND, Ore. -- The JELD-WEN Tradition presented by Umpqua Bank increased the tournament purse $100,000 to a total of $2.5 million. This is due in large part to the JELD-WEN Tradition Foundation's commitment to make this tournament one of the most prestigious events on the Tour.

"Our entire board of directors, along with JELD-WEN, Inc., share a vision of making the JELD-WEN Tradition the premier event on the Champions Tour," said Henry Hewitt, chairman of the JELD-WEN Tradition Foundation Board of Directors. "Increasing the purse is one of the many steps we are taking to further that vision."

The JELD-WEN Tradition champion will receive $375,000; in 2004 champion Craig Stadler received $345,000.

"The Champions Tour applauds the news that the JELD-WEN Tradition is increasing its purse for this year's championship to $2.5 million," said Champions Tour president Rick George. "The JELD-WEN Tradition now shares billing with the Ford Senior Players Championship and the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship as having the second largest purse on the 2005 Champions Tour schedule. This is a significant statement about the prestige the JELD-WEN Tradition carries as one of our major championships."

The JELD-WEN Tradition presented by Umpqua Bank returns to The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club, August 22 - 28, 2005.

About JELD-WEN, Inc.
Based in Klamath Falls, Ore., JELD-WEN is the world's leading manufacturer of reliable windows and doors. In 1960, JELD-WEN began as a small Oregon millwork plant and has since grown into a company with more than 150 divisions and 20,000 employees in nearly 20 countries worldwide. JELD-WEN is the official window, door and millwork provider of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour.

About the Champions Tour
The Champions Tour is a tax-exempt membership organization of professional golfers age 50 and older. Conceived in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, it started with just four events and purses totaling $475,000. The Champions Tour now has 28 official events offering a minimum of $50.3 million in prize money in 2005 and its highest average purse ever of $1.8 million. The Tour has an additional lineup of Challenge/unofficial money events played in February, November and December. In October 2002, the PGA TOUR announced a rebranding of its three Tours (PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour) to more closely align them as part of one brand under the PGA TOUR umbrella. It was at this time the Senior PGA Tour was renamed the Champions Tour. Through 2004, the three Tours of the PGA TOUR and their tournaments had generated more than $910 million for charity since the first recorded donation was made in 1938, with more than $89 million raised in 2004. The commissioner of the PGA TOUR is Tim Finchem. Rick George is president of the Champions Tour. TOUR headquarters is in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. The web site address is PGATOUR.COM.

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