2012 BOEING CLASSIC TO BE HELD AUGUST 20-26

Maintaining its position on the Champions Tour schedule, the region’s premier golf event will return to TPC Snoqualmie Ridge the final week of August in 2012

The Boeing Classic today announced that the 2012 tournament will be held August 20-26 at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, maintaining its position on the Champions Tour schedule during the final week of August. The complete 2012 Champions Tour schedule will be announced at a later date by TOUR officials.

The 2011 Boeing Classic was the most impressive to date, with record crowds, perfect weather, tremendous corporate support and a legendary Champion in Mark Calcavecchia. In true Boeing Classic form, a Champion was decided in a thrilling Playoff and 81,000 fans were on hand at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge throughout the week’s events to experience the region’s premier golf event.

Another highlight of 2011 Tournament Week was the announcement that The Boeing Company, Virginia Mason Medical Center and the Champions Tour agreed to extend the term of the Boeing Classic to include Boeing as the title sponsor of the event and TPC Snoqualmie Ridge as the continued host venue through 2014.

“(The Boeing Classic) offers just such a tremendous opportunity for exciting golf from the players' perspective but also from the spectators' perspective,” said Champions Tour President Mike Stevens. “The tournament staff has done a marvelous job of capturing those unique opportunities around the golf course that give the spectators a great vantage point of some exciting golf. The Boeing Classic is truly one of our best.”

The Boeing Classic is an Official Event on the PGA TOUR Champions Tour, which features the legends of golf 50 years of age or older. Mark Calcavecchia is the tournament’s defending Champion after a playoff victory at the 2011 Boeing Classic, which also featured record numbers of volunteers (1,018) and spectators (81,000) during Tournament Week. The winner of the 2010 Presidents Award honoring the best event on the Champions Tour, in the tournament’s seven-year history more than 3.2 million dollars has been raised for the Heart Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center, the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason and additional Greater Seattle Charities. The 2012 event will be played August 20-26 at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. For additional information, log on to www.BoeingClassic.com.

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