Constellation Energy Classic

Tom Kite, Lanny Wadkins and Gary McCord Join Local Stop of Champions Tour

BALTIMORE, Md. (Sept. 16, 2004) - Organizers of the 2004 Constellation Energy Classic today announced additions to the roster of golfers who have committed to compete in the Baltimore-area stop of the Champions Tour, to be held at Hayfields Country Club in Hunt Valley, Md., from Sept. 27 - Oct. 3, 2004. Thirty of the top 35 Champions Tour money leaders have already committed to the Constellation Energy Classic, with others expected to join in the remaining weeks leading up to the tournament.

Among the players just announced are Tom Kite, who won the 2004 3M Championship in August and is currently ranked third on the list of money leaders, and Lanny Wadkins, who is best known as a lead golf analyst on CBS Sports' golf broadcast team. Another well-known member of CBS's golf team, Gary McCord, will also be teeing it up at the 54 hole stroke play event.

Among the more than 70 golfers, who will join Kite, Wadkins and McCord in competing for a purse of $1.6 million at the Constellation Energy Classic, are:

Tom Watson, who had the finest year on the Champions Tour last year, when he earned all of the circuit's top honors and was the leading money-winner

Peter Jacobsen, who joined the Champions Tour this year after seven career PGA TOUR victories, including the 2003 Greater Hartford Open.

Bruce Lietzke, who won multiple titles on the 2003 Champions Tour for the third straight season, and was in contention throughout the year for the Charles Schwab Cup.

Larry Nelson, who won the inaugural Constellation Energy Classic in 2003, earning $225,000 in prize money

Don Pooley, who won the Allianz Championship on the 2003 Champions Tour and the 2002 U.S. Senior Open at Caves Valley. He holds two PGA TOUR wins.

Dana Quigley, who holds eight Champions Tour victories, including the 2003 MasterCard Championship.

J.C. Snead, who counts the 2002 Greater Baltimore Classic among his four Champions Tour wins, as well as eight PGA TOUR victories.

Allen Doyle, who holds eight Champions Tour victories, including the 2003 FleetBoston Classic and the 2001 State Farm Senior Classic in Baltimore, Maryland.

Jim Thorpe, a Morgan State University graduate who owns seven Champions Tour wins, including the 2003 Long Island Classic and the 2003 Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

"We are thrilled that these top Champions Tour golfers have committed to playing in the Constellation Energy Classic," said Joe Rotellini, tournament director of the Constellation Energy Classic. "Some of the game's greatest players ever will be competing right here in Baltimore."

Proceeds from the Constellation Energy Classic will be distributed through the Baltimore Classic Fund to four Maryland-based charities - the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Living Classrooms Foundation and the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins. Last year more than $300,000 was raised for organizations through the Fund.

For more information about tickets, corporate sponsorships and volunteer opportunities at the Constellation Energy Classic, please call 410-234-7225 or visit www.ceclassic.com

About Constellation Energy
Constellation Energy (www.constellation.com), a Fortune 500 company based in Baltimore, is the nation's leading competitive supplier of electricity to large commercial and industrial customers and one of the nation's largest wholesale power sellers. Constellation Energy also manages fuels and energy services on behalf of energy intensive industries and utilities. It owns and operates a diversified fleet of 35 power plants in 12 states. The company delivers electricity and natural gas through the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), its regulated utility in Central Maryland. In 2003, the combined revenues of the integrated energy company totaled $9.7 billion.