CONCORD, Mass. -- Several major league baseball legends will take to the course alongside Champions Tour pros in the 26th annual Bank of America Championship at Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord, June 5-11. The competition will be called "Swing with the Legends."

The Bank of America Championship is the only place in New England where golf fans can enjoy the competitive spirit and fan friendly environment of Champions Tour golf and, this year, also can get the chance to see some of the top names in baseball's history tee it up with Champions Tour players and even meet and get their autographs.

"Swing with the Legends," a tournament within a tournament, is a new partnership between the Bank of America Championship and the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association to showcase 12 of baseball's greatest legends in a Champions Tour professional golf tournament.

On Friday, June 9, each of the 12 baseball legends will join four amateurs for a pro-am at The International Golf Club in Bolton, only 15 minutes from Nashawtuc, where the first championship round will have begun. The International is the home of The Pines course, the "world's longest golf course," according to the Guinness Book of World Records, and The Oaks course, one of Golf Digest's Top 10 Best New Private Courses in America.

Following the Friday pro-am, the baseball legends will return to Nashawtuc for a meet-and-greet autograph session with fans, which will take place in the Fan Pavilion by the 17th green.

On Saturday, June 10, the 12 baseball legends will compete alongside Champions Tour pros at Nashawtuc during the Bank of America Championship's second championship round. Each will take his place with two Champions Tour pros in one of the last 12 groups to tee off that day. The top six baseball legends at the end of play Saturday will move to the final championship round on Sunday, June 11.

On Sunday, the six baseball legends will play as two threesomes randomly placed among the Champions Tour threesomes teeing off that day. The winning baseball legend will be honored during ceremonies on the 18th green at the end of play alongside the 2006 Bank of America Championship winner.

The "Swing with the Legends" tournament within a tournament will be featured internationally on television on The Golf Channel, and approximately the last two hours of play during each championship round of the Bank of America championship will be carried live on The Golf Channel.

The Bank of America Championship consistently draws some of the best players on the Champions Tour. Early player commitments to this year's tournament include defending champion Mark McNulty, 2005 Champions Tour Player of the Year Dana Quigley and 2003 Bank of America Championship winner Allen Doyle.

The tournament also has a long history of generosity toward local charitable organizations. Since 1984, the Bank of America Championship has donated more than $4 million to more than 40 charitable organizations in eastern Massachusetts, with a focus on those in the Assabet Valley region or that benefit the area. These have included Emerson Hospital, the Boys & Girls Club of Assabet Valley, the Concord-Carlisle and Lincoln-Sudbury booster clubs, The Genesis Fund and The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care.

Golf fans can get up-to-date information about the 26th annual Bank of America Championship and buy tickets online by visiting www.bankofamericachampionship.com. Tickets also are available by calling toll-free 1-877-559-GOLF.