Golf News for Monday, January 8, 2007 | Sponsorship

AT&T extends contract of Champions Tour event to 2008

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- AT&T has agreed to extend its sponsorship with the PGA Tour for the 2008 Champions Tour AT&T Champions Classic, Brian Fitzgerald, Tournament Chairman, announced today.

The host site for the 2008 event has not yet been finalized. The event has been played at Valencia Country Club since 2001 with the upcoming AT&T Champions Classic slated for March 12-18 at the challenging Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed course, located north of Los Angeles in the Santa Clarita Valley.

“We are pleased to start the New Year by making this announcement as AT&T continues to enjoy a great relationship with the PGA Tour and especially this Champions Tour event in the Los Angeles market,” Fitzgerald said. “We continue to build this event off a strong foundation that has been established over the last few years, and AT&T takes great pride in bringing this event to the many golf fans in the area, as well as to a nationally-televised audience. Our hope is to have the host site details finalized in the very near future.”

Tickets for this year’s 54-hole stroke-play event are available to purchase online at www.attchampionsclassic.com with a variety of ticket packages available or by calling 661-260-1897. Tom Kite is the defending champion and tournament play for the 2007 event is scheduled to start on Friday, March 16.

About AT&T
AT&T Inc. is one of the world's largest telecommunications holding companies and is the largest in the United States. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T companies are recognized as the leading worldwide providers of IP-based communications services to business and as leading U.S. providers of high speed DSL Internet, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. AT&T Inc. holds a 60 percent ownership interest in Cingular Wireless, which is the No. 1 U.S. wireless services provider with 58.7 million wireless customers. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and AT&T products and services is available at http://www.att.com.

Contact: Dennis Bickmeier dbickmeier@hotmail.com

714-488-0112 media@attclassic.com

The AT&T Champions Classic Tournament Headquarters is located at 27441 Tourney Road, Suite 180, Santa Clarita, CA 91335. 661-260-1897 (phone), 661-260-2379 (fax)



 
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