*Pro-Am spots are only available for purchase in conjunction with hospitality packages.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Golf is the only sport where you can play in a Pro-Am event alongside a PGA TOUR professional golfer. The BMW Championship offers you that chance on the newly redesigned, prestigious Bellerive Country Club championship course in the Chick Evans Memorial Pro-Am. Each group will be compromised of three amateurs and one of the top 52 PGA TOUR professionals, truly a memory of a lifetime. The excitement begins at the Pairings Draw Party Tuesday evening where the teams are randomly selected and matched with their professional in a festive atmosphere of anticipation.

 If you've ever played at Bellerive, you've never played this course. Experience the new layout that was crafted by master architect Rees Jones in 2006. He accepted the challenge to update the Bellerive course and raise the course's competitive bar to meet today's playing abilities and advancing technologies. Mike Tucker, head PGA Professional sums it up nicely, "Rees Jones did a fine job to keep what his father created in tact, and just adding some of his own ideas to help update a Robert Trent Jones, Sr. masterpiece."

Playing longer, with tougher greens, more bunkers and green surrounds, this is not the course it was in the past. Playing in the Pro-Am is the chance to feel the experience of this new course along side one of the top 52 players in the world. Don't miss this special opportunity for you and your guests.

Depending upon the level of investment in a hospitality package, hospitality patrons have the advance right to purchase playing spots in the most prestigious Pro-Am on the PGA TOUR (on a space available basis). Each playing spot purchase includes these amenities: 

• One playing spot with one of the top 52 PGA TOUR professionals.
• Groups will consist of 3 amateurs and 1 PGA TOUR professional.
• 1 Tee gift package with a commemorative picture of your group.
• Four weekly ticket books that include admission to the tournament grounds for the entire week, Monday-Sunday.
• One VIP parking pass for Wednesday, September 3 2008.
• Two invitations to the pairings draw party on September 2, 2008.
• Two invitations for the awards reception following play.
• A portion of the investment may be considered tax-deductible as a result of your contribution to the Evans Scholar Foundation. (Please consult your tax advisor).

Investment: $8,000 per playing spot

All proceeds benefit the Evans Scholars Foundation.  For more information on Pro-Am spots pelase contact Vince Pellegrino at 847-724-4600 x.212 or pellegrino@wgaesf.com.