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1 2013 DICK S SPORTING GOODS OPEN MEDIA INFORMATION Media Contact(s): Phil Stambaugh, Media Official Maureen Radzavicz, Communications Manager jamesp@pgatourhq.com maureenr@pgatourhq.com Dates: August 1218, 2013 Defending Champion: Willie Wood ( /-13) Course: En-Joie Golf Course; Endicott, N.Y. Par/Yards: /6,974 Course Designer: Ernie Smith (built by Endicott Johnson Corporation; opened in 1929); re-designed Pete Dye, David Postlewaite (1984); William Mitchell, Dr. Michael Hurdzan (1998) Field: 81 professionals Format: 54-hole stroke-play event with no cut. Charles Schwab Cup (points to winner): 270 Purse: $1,800,000; Winner s Share: $270,000 Television: GOLF CHANNEL; Friday, 11:00 p.m-1:00 a.m.; Saturday, 9:00-11:00 p.m.; Sunday, 9:00-11:00 p.m. All broadcasts are tape-delayed and all times are Facebook: ( A QUICK LOOK AT THE 2013 CHAMPIONS TOUR This year marks the 34th anniversary of the PGA TOUR s Champions Tour and this is the seventh year for the Dick s Sporting Goods Open. Last year the tournament earned the prestigious President s Award, signifying the Champions Tour s top event in The official-money schedule features 26 events, concluding with the Charles Schwab Cup Championship (October 28-November 3) at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Here are some highlights from the current season: John Cook opened the 2013 season with a playoff win at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, ending a victory drought of just over 17 months. Cook did not make a bogey during the week, a first on the Champions Tour since Fred Funk did so in winning the 2012 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn. Rocco Mediate becomes the 16th player to win his Champions Tour debut when he wins the Allianz Championship in February. Bernhard Langer (The ACE Group Classic) and David Frost (Toshiba Classic) go wire to wire in successive weeks, a first since 2004 Craig Stadler (SAS Championship) and Wayne Levi (Constellation Energy Classic). Japan s Kohki Idoki s first trip to the United States is a memorable one. He wins the Senior PGA Championship at Bellerive CC in St. Louis in May. Esteban Toledo, a native of Mexico, wins his first Champions Tour title when he claims the Insperity Championship on Cinco de Mayo. He is the first Mexican-born player to win on Tour. Hall of Famers Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player team up together in the Demaret Division at the Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf.

2 Fred Couples and Colin Montgomerie are inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in May. Montgomerie makes his Champions Tour debut at the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship and finishes T9 at Fox Chapel Golf Club near Pittsburgh. Craig Stadler wins the inaugural Encompass Championship near Chicago. He wins his ninth career title on the Champions Tour and ends a victory drought of 8 years, 8 months and 28 days, breaking the Champions Tour s all-time mark for longest time between victories. (J.C. Snead previously held the record of 6 years, 11 months, 7 days (1995 Ford Senior Players Championship-2002 Greater Baltimore Classic). Stadler also becomes the 21 st winner over the age of 60 in Champions Tour history and the first since Bob Gilder won the 2011 Principal Charity Classic. Kenny Perry becomes the second player in the last four years to win consecutive major championships (Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS, U.S. Senior Open) and the third player in that span to claim multiple majors in a season, joining Roger Chapman last year and Bernhard Langer who in 2010 claimed the Senior British Open and U.S. Senior Open in consecutive weeks. Jay Don Blake qualifies for the 2013 U.S. Open at Merion (74-80, missed cut). In addition to Khoki Idoki (Senior PGA Championship), both David Frost (Regions Tradition) and Mark Wiebe (Senior British Open) claim the first major championships of their careers. Tom Kite makes his first ace on the Champions Tour, and it comes on his 17,674th shot on Tour. The PGA TOUR and its tournaments donated more than $130 million to charity in 2012, bringing the all-time charitable contributions total to over $1.9 billion. DICK S HISTORY: The year was Eighteen-year-old Dick Stack was an energetic salesman at a small Army and Navy store in Binghamton, New York. One day, the store owner asked Dick, an avid fisherman, if it would be a good idea to sell fishing gear in his shop. Dick offered to develop a plan. After working tirelessly on a business plan over a succession of sleepless nights, Dick nervously approached the owner with his vision. The response was stinging. Dumbfounded, Dick was told that he didn t know what he was doing and would never make a good merchant. That evening, frustrated and dejected, Dick retreated to his grandmother s home. She listened quietly as he recounted his story. When he had finished, she rose silently and went to the kitchen. Removing the lid from her cookie jar, she extracted $300 of her hard-earned savings and pressed the bills into Dick s hand. Dick, always follow your dreams, she advised. With his grandmother s $300, Dick opened a modest bait and tackle shop in Binghamton. By 1958, at the urging of his loyal customers, he expanded his product line to include much of what you ll find at Dick s Sporting Goods today. Now with over 450 stores, Dick s family continues to offer the finest quality products at competitive prices, backed by the best service anywhere. Like you, we have a real passion for sports and are excited to bring the enthusiasm and experience to the online community TOURNAMENT RECAP: Willie Wood holed a clutch 35-foot birdie putt on the last hole of regulation to force a playoff with Michael Allen and then won his first title on the Champions Tour when Allen s drive on the first extra hole found the water left of the 18 th fairway. For Wood, it was his first victory on TOUR in 16 years, 29 days (Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic) and he became the first open qualifier to win since Rod Spittle at the 2010 AT&T Championship. It was the first playoff in the history of the Dick s Sporting Goods Open. ABOUT EN-JOIE: En-Joie was the first corporate-built golf course in the country. It was originally constructed for the employees of Endicott Johnson, at the time, one of America s largest shoe manufacturers, with more than 1,000 workers in the Endicott area. Originally opened in 1929, En-Joie was completely re-designed due to the flooding which had occurred over the years. The course was originally built on an apple orchard, however, no apple trees remain on the course today. The course served as the venue for the PGA TOUR s B.C. Open from A total of 13 TOUR players earned their first career wins at the B.C. Open, starting in 1974 when Richie Karl captured the event. R.W. Eaks won his first career title on the Champions Tour at En-Joie, claiming the inaugural Dick s Sporting Goods Open in Both John Huston (2011) and Willie Wood (2012) claimed their first Champions Tour titles at En-Joie. CHARLES SCHWAB CUP: The Charles Schwab Cup is currently in its 13 th year. Designed to recognize the Champions Tour s leading player, the Schwab Cup is a season-long bonus-points competition. Players receive points for top-10 finishes at 25 of the 26 official events. All 30 players receive points at the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Point are based on each week s money distribution, with $1,000 earned being the equivalent of one Schwab Cup point (points are doubled at the five major championships during the

3 year as well as the season-ending Schwab Cup Championship). The program offers $2.1 million in taxdeferred annuity payouts to the top-five finishers, with the winner receiving a $1-million annuity. Kenny Perry s victories in back-to-back majors recently have given him a sizeable lead through the 3M Championship. Perry leads Bernhard Langer by 848 points with 10 events left on the schedule. Tom Lehman, the 2011 and 2012 Schwab Cup champion, is currently in 21st place in the season-long race. This week s winner will receive 270 points. KEY STORYLINES WHO IS THE 1,000 TH WINNER?: A historic milestone will be reached at this year s Dick s Sporting Goods Open with the winner of this event becoming the 1,000 th in Champions Tour history. Don January claimed the first official title in 1980, the Atlantic City Senior International. Hale Irwin became the Champions Tour s 500 th winner when he won 1997 Burnet Senior Classic, the ninth of his 45 career victories. WHO IS THE FIRST TO THREE?: Thus far in 2013, there have been 12 different winners of the 15 official stroke-play events with Bernhard Langer (ACE Group Classic, Greater Gwinnett Championship), David Frost (Toshiba Classic, Regions Tradition) and Kenny Perry (Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Senior Open) each winning two titles. Last year, eight players, including Player of the Year Tom Lehman, won twice. It marked the first time since the 1980 season that no player on the Champions Tour won at least three times during the campaign. John Cook and Tom Lehman are the last two players with three wins in a season, each claiming three victories during the 2011 campaign. STRONG FIELD COMING TO ENDICOTT : This year s Dick s Sporting Goods Open field will feature 28 of the top 30 on last year s money list and a quarter of the field has at least one major championship on their resume (17 players). In addition, four members of the World Golf Hall of Fame (Tom Kite, Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie, Nick Price) will be in playing in the event. A total of 12 different professionals in this year s field also won the B.C. Open in their PGA TOUR career Gil Morgan (1977), Tom Kite (1978), Jay Haas (1981), Wayne Levi (1984), Joey Sindelar (1985, 87), Bill Glasson (1988), Hal Sutton (1995), Rick Fehr (1986), Fred Funk (1996), Brad Faxon (1999, 2000), Jeff Sluman (2001) and Craig Stadler (2003). MONTY & ELK HIGHLIGHT NEW FACES IN DICK S FIELD: World Golf Hall of Fame member Colin Montgomerie of Scotland will make his first trip to En-Joie Golf Club this year and will be joined by fellow Champions Tour rookie Steve Elkington. Elkington played four times at En-Joie and last in He finished third in 1989, shooting 62 in the final round. In addition to this trio, others making their first trip back to Endicott as members of the Champions Tour include: Bart Bryant (T37/2000), Rick Fehr (1 st /1986), Brian Henninger (T3/2002), Gene Sauers (T11/1985), Duffy Waldorf (T25/1998), Jeff Brehaut (T43/2005) and John Riegger (T17/2001). WOOD DEFENDS DSGO TITLE Willie Wood is seeking to become the first player since Tom Lehman (2012 Regions Tradition) to defend a title on the Champions Tour. John Huston, the 2011 Dick s Sporting Goods Open winner, had a good chance to win back-to-back titles last year but faded on the final day and finished T21. Huston was the 36-hole leader in the 2012 event. The closest a player has come to defending at the Dick s Sporting Goods Open was 2009 when Eduardo Romero finished T15 the year after claiming the Dick s title. Wood s only title defense on the PGA TOUR came at the 1997 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic and he missed the cut. BROOME COUNTY CHARITIES -- The Dick s Sporting Goods Open is operated by Broome County Community Charities, Inc. (BCCC) and has donated over $11.6 million back to charity since its inception in Not only has BCCC been the sponsoring organization of professional golf in the area for the past 41 years, but BCCC is also involved in providing funds for scholarships, providing leadership and funds to build such things as a community meeting hall, remodeling the Boys and Girls Club and Community Center, and particularly funding a multitude of health related programs throughout the southern tier region of New York State. This year s event will benefit both Lourdes Hospital Foundation and United Services Foundation. Other

4 activities during the tournament weekend include: En-Joie the Day on HH&K On Saturday of tournament week, the Greater Binghampton community will again be invited to En-Joie the Day on HH&K at the Dicks Sporting Goods Open, courtesy of the local law firm of Hinman, Howard & Kattell. Because of the generous sponsorship, admission to the tournament will again be free to the general public who picks up their ticket in advance at any of the four local outlets in the area. Wendy s Walk For Kids On Sunday of tournament week, Wendy s Old Fashioned Hamburgers will again partner with the Dick s Sporting Goods Open and sponsor a fundraiser at En-Joie Golf Course to benefit children. The walk with coincide with the final round of the tournament and participant will solicit pledges with a goal to raise $100,000 for several different charities. Wendy s Walk for Kids was named as the 2012 Champions Tour Charity of the Year. PRICE BACK FROM INJURY LIST: World Golf Hall of Famer member Nick Price has returned to action on the Champions Tour. Price has played sparingly since having to withdraw from last year s Dick s Sporting Goods Open after the first round with left elbow issues. 13th SEASON OF CHARLES SCHWAB CUP ROLLS ALONG -- Designed to recognize the Champions Tour s leading player, rewarding both top finishes and week-in/week-out consistency in all official events. The player with the most points at the end of the year will earn a $1 million payout from Charles Schwab. Players receive points for top-10 finishes and ties based on each week s money distribution, with $1,000 earned being the equivalent of one Charles Schwab Cup point. Double points are award in the five major championships and at the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francsico, Cal., October 28-November 3. Tom Lehman has claimed the last two Charles Schwab Cups. WHO S HOT ON THE 2013 CHAMPIONS TOUR -- This year s Dick s Sporting Goods Open field will feature four of the Champions Tour s hottest players. Kenny Perry Comes into the Dick s Sporting Goods Open having recently won back-to-back major championships (Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS, U.S. Senior Open) and has a run of four straight top-10s going. Leads the Champions Tour s money list with $1,552,925. Corey Pavin---Has a streak of four consecutive top-10s, including top-3s in his last three appearances. After a T9 at the Encompass Championship, he s finished T3 at the U.S. Senior Open, T3 at the Senior British Open, closing with 65 in the final round, and T2 at the 3M Championship, one stroke out of a playoff. Michael Allen A playoff loser a year ago at the Dick s Sporting Goods Open, he s finished among the top seven in four of his last six tournaments and won the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic earlier in the season. Jeff Sluman His finished sixth or better in three of his last five appearances and was T2 at the 3M Championship, shooting 62 in the final round that started with seven straight birdies and a front-9 score of 28. IT S SLU SEASON: In his professional career, Jeff Sluman has won most of his TOUR events between the late-june/early-september time frame. On the PGA TOUR, Sluman claimed four of his six career titles during this time of the year, including the 2001 B.C. Open. On the Champions Tour, Sluman has won all four of his stroke-play titles during this just over two-month period on the calendar each summer. TOURNAMENT NOTES HOW THE LEADERS HAVE FARED: In the six-year history of the Dick s Sporting Goods Open, John Huston (2011) is the only first-round leader/co-leader to go on and win. Two of the second-round leaders/co-leaders have gone on to win this event R.W. Eaks (2007) and Eduardo Romero (2008).

5 WHERE ARE THE ACES?: In the six-year history of the Dick s Sporting Goods Open, R.W. Eaks has made the only hole-in-one. In the second round of the inaugural event in 2007, Eaks aced the 197-yard, par-3, seventh hole with a 5-iron shot and went on to win, becoming the first player since Tom Purtzer at the M Championship to make an ace and go on to win the tournament. FIRST TITLES: Three of the six previous winners of this event claimed their initial victories on the Champions Tour at En-Joie Golf Course -- R.W. Eaks (2007), John Huston (2011), Willie Wood (2013). GOING LOW TO WIN AT EN-JOIE: R.W. Eaks (2007) is the only past champion of the Dick s Sporting Goods Open that opened with a round in the 70s. Eaks shot 71 on Friday, but eventually rallied to claim the inaugural event by three strokes. Eduardo Romero, the 2008 champion, has the highest final-round score by a winner. Romero shot 69 on Sunday at En-Joie and won by one stroke over Fulton Allem and Gary Koch. The Dicks tournament winner has shot 65 on Sunday in two of the last three years and the average Sunday score by the eventual champion is OLDEST, YOUNGEST: R.W. Eaks, the 2007 champion, is the oldest winner in tournament history at 55 years, 1 month, 24 days of age. John Huston, the defending champion, is the youngest winner of the Dick s Sporting Goods Open, claiming last year s title just 25 days after turning 50. STADS HISTORIC FEAT: In 2003, Craig Stadler made history at En-Joie Golf Course when he became the first Champions Tour player to win a PGA TOUR event, a one-stroke victory at the old B.C. Open. Stadler used a final-round, 9-under-par 63 to make up eight strokes (largest comeback in tournament history) and defeat both Steve Lowery and Alex Cejka by one stroke. Stadler s victory in upstate New York made him just the second of three players in history to win a PGA TOUR and Champions Tour event in the same year (Raymond Floyd, Fred Funk). Earlier in the 2003 season, Stadler triumped at the Ford Senior Players Championship, his initial victory on the Champions Tour. HOW PAR-72 ENJOIE GOLF CLUB HAS PLAYED: Year 1 st Rd./Sub-70 2 nd Rd./Sub-70 3 rd Rd./Sub-70 Total/Sub / / / (+0.308)/ / / / (-1.267)/ / / / (-1.571)/ / / / (-1.100)/ / / / (-0.092)/ / / / (-0.578)/68 Last year, En-Joie Golf Club was ranked as the 20th most difficult among the 24 venues that hosted full-field Champions Tour events. In 2011, it ranked 17 th hardest among 23 different courses on the schedule. In 2010, En-Joie was ranked as the 18 th most difficult among the 25 full-field tournament venues. In 2008, 936 birdies were made in the tournament, the most in the history of the Dick s Sporting Goods Open. WINNERS STATS AT EN-JOIE GOLF CLUB Year Winner Score Front Back Eagles Birdies Pars Bogeys D/Bog 3s 4s 5s 2012 Wood E Huston Roberts Neilsen Romero Eaks ADDITIONAL STATS OF THE PAST CHAMPIONS AT ENJOIE GOLF CLUB Year Winner Driving Driving Greens In Putts

6 Accuracy Distance Regulation 2012 Wood 27/43 (T34) (50) 43/54 (T11) 82 (T5) 2011 Huston 24/42 (T55) (T17) 45/54 (T1) 86 (T27) 2010 Roberts 30/42 (T4) (T30) 44/54 (T5) 83 (T9) 2009 Neilsen 31/42 (T8) (2) 46/54 (T2) 80 (T8) 2008 Romero 32/42 (T7) (2) 41/54 (T24) 78 (T1) 2007 Eaks 28/42 (T13) (2) 46/54 (1) 85 (T18) IT HAPPENED ON THIS DATE 8/14/94 After opening with rounds of 67-65, Nick Price closes with a 67 and rolls to a six-stroke victory over Corey Pavin at the PGA Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa. It was his second win in the tournament and his 11-under-par 269 broke a 30-year-old tournament mark set in 1964 by Bobby Nichols (271). 8/14/77 For the first time ever, a major championship was decided in sudden death when Lanny Wadkins made a six-foot par putt to defeat Gene Littler on the third extra hole at the PGA Championship at Pebble Beach. Wadkins began the final day six behind Littler and was still five back at the turn despite a pair of eagles on the front nine. Littler bogeyed five of the first six holes on the back allowing Jack Nicklaus to tie him at No. 15. Trailing by just one at that point, Wadkins only birdie of the day at No. 18 would help set up the playoff after Nicklaus bogeyed No. 17 to fall one back. 8/14/83 -- Trailing Isao Aoki by three strokes heading into the final round, Wayne Levi plays a flawless final round which featured seven birdies and no bogeys and his closing-round 65 gave him a one stroke win over Aoki and Calvin Peete at the Buick Open in Michigan. 8/14/88 Turning in one of the best closing-round efforts in tournament history, Jeff Sluman comes from three strokes back to win his first PGA TOUR title, the PGA Championship at Oak Tree GC in Edmond, OK. Trailing third-round leader Paul Azinger by three strokes after 54 holes, Sluman shoots a final-round 6-under-par 65 and pulls away for a three-stroke win. 8/15/93 Paul Azinger shoots a final-round 68 at the PGA Championship to tie Greg Norman and then makes par on the second playoff hole to win his first major title at Inverness. 8/15/76 Six years after winning his first PGA Championship, Dave Stockton added a second when he defeated Raymond Floyd and Don January by one stroke at Congressional CC. 8/15/03 Dave Stockton ties a 54-hole Champions Tour record for largest margin of victory when he cruises to a nine-stroke win at the Franklin Quest Championship in Park City, UT. Stockton closes with a 9-under-par 63 in the victory. 8/16/70 Dave Stockton shot a final-round 73, but was still able to hold off Arnold Palmer and Bob Murphy to win the PGA Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa. 8/16/92 Nick Price made critical birdies on the 16 th (25-feet) and 17 th (12-feet) holes in the final round to hold off a quartet of players, including Nick Faldo, John Cook, Gene Sauers and Jim Gallagher, Jr., by three strokes at the PGA Championship at Bellerive CC in St. Louis. Sauers had led the event for 59 holes before playing a six-hole stretch at 5-over-par. 8/16/03 Jim Thorpe ties a Champions Tour record when he shoots a 10-under-par 60 in the second round of the Long Island Classic. Thorpe would follow up with a 67 on Sunday 8/17/69 Despite a closing-round 74, Raymond Floyd prevails by one stroke over Gary Player to win the PGA Championship at the NCR CC in Dayton. 8/18/85 Ken Green posts four straight rounds in the 60s and goes on to a four-stroke win at the Buick Open over Wayne Grady for his first PGA TOUR victory. His tournament scorecard includes 25 birdies.

2016 DICK S SPORTING GOODS OPEN MEDIA INFORMATION

2016 DICK S SPORTING GOODS OPEN MEDIA INFORMATION Media Contacts: Stewart Moore, Director of Communications Maureen Radzavicz, Communications Manager c: 904-540-2765 c: 607-624-5200 stewartmoore@pgatourhq.com