MARATHON CLASSIC INSIDERS

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1 MARATHON CLASSIC INSIDERS JANUARY 2014 Marathon Classic Passes $8 million in Grants to Children s Charities On Friday, December 20, 2013 The Marathon Classic distributed $ 378,000 to 23 charities that work to serve children in Northwestern Ohio and Southeastern Michigan. With the 2013 tournament, the financial impact of the tournament passed $8.1 million dollars to over 100 charities that touch the lives of thousands of children in our community. The Charity Check Luncheon celebrated the tournament sponsors, the tournament staff, and the volunteers, who each contributed through their roles to raising these funds for the charities. It was also a celebration of the charities and their volunteers as they work tirelessly to improve the lives of children in our community. Representatives from each of the charities expressed gratitude for the financial support they received from the tournament and explained how the monies will be used to support their efforts serving children throughout our region.

2 Volunteer Registration for the 2014 Marathon Classic is now Open Please Register Early and Invite Your Friends to Join the Marathon Classic Volunteer 2014 Volunteer Uniform Community The Race is On! LPGA Launches Inaugural Race to the CME Globe $1 Million First-Place Prize Up for Grabs in New SeasonLong Points Race Race to have Charity Tie-In with Wounded Warrior Project Weekends The inaugural Race to the CME Globe will kick off the week of January 20 at the season-opening Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic. Players will accumulate points at each official LPGA event from the Bahamas through the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex. The Race to the CME Globe will then come to an exciting conclusion on Sunday at the newly renamed CME Group Tour Championship. Two big purses and two big winner s payouts will be on the line during the final day of the CME Group Tour Championship. The winner of the CME Group Tour Championship will take home a $500,000 first-place prize, while the player who has accumulated the most points in the season-long points competition will be announced as the Race to the CME Globe champion with a $1 million unofficial money payout the largest in all of women s golf. For more information, go to LPGA.com 2 Volunteer registration for the Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning and O-I is now open. Early registration will once again include incentives for those registering by the April 11th Early Bird Deadline. The registration fee this year is $55. All volunteers who register by the April 11th Early Bird deadline will receive a Grounds Badge valued at $50. This offer does not apply to children and volunteers who pay the $12 registration fee. In addition to the free Grounds Badge those who register by April 11th will also be entered into a drawing for prizes including rounds of golf to local courses, a Marathon gas card and a Callaway Lob Wedge. In return for the $55 registration fee, volunteers will receive an official embroidered Nike golf shirt, ball cap, clubhouse badge for the week, parking pass, volunteer tent privileges and volunteer party ticket. You can register for the 2014 Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning and O-I at

3 Inside the Ropes: About the LPGA and the Players Stacy Lewis...Started playing golf at the age of 8...Credits her parents for encouraging me to play even after having back surgery as the individuals most influencing her career... From the age of 11, Lewis wore a back brace 18 hours per day for 7-1/2 years to correct curvature in her spine from scoliosis, removing it only to play golf Had back surgery during her senior year of high school and redshirted for one season before joining the University of Arkansas women s golf team Traveled to Africa in 2011 with Besty King's Golf Fore Africa...Hobbies include working out, watching any sports especially SEC football, traveling and having spare time to herself...qualified for the Tour on her first attempt Has her own Web site, in a Nutshell - 26 events, 25 cuts made, $1,872,409 (3) - Earned Rolex Player of the Year honors following a four-win season - Tallied 15 additional top-10 finishes, including three runner-ups - Led the Tour in birdies, eagles and rounds in the 60s Career ROLEX WORLD RANK: Height: 5'5" 3 Rookie Year: 2009 Career Earnings: $5,988, Education: University of Arkansas (2008, Finance and Accounting) Symetra Tour Alumnae 3 In 2011, became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Kraft Nabisco Championship where she defeated Rolex Rankings No. 1 Yani Tseng by three shots for her first major championship victory and crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings; recorded 10 other top-10 finishes including: runner-up at the Evian Masters; tied for second at the CN Canadian Women's Open; fifth at the Avnet LPGA Classic; tied for fifth at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia; tied for sixth at the Wegmans LPGA Championship, Navistar LPGA Classic and Mizuno Classic; tied for eighth at the Safeway Classic Presented by Coca-Cola and the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, where she crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings; tied for ninth at the HSBC Women's Champions; competed on her first U.S. Solheim Cup Team with a record.

4 STACY WAS BORN IN NORTHWEST OHIO AND ALWAYS HAS AN ENTHUSIASTIC LOCAL GALLERY AT THE MARATHON CLASSIC PRESENTED BY OWENS CORNING & O-I In 2010, recorded a seasonbest runner-up finish at the Tres Marias Championship; finished third at the Mizuno Classic; tied for seventh at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Corona Light; tied for ninth at the P&G NW Arkansas Championship Presented by Walmart. In 2009, best finish was a tie for fourth at the Wegmans LPGA, where she carded a season-low 67 during the second round; also carded 67s in the final round of the LPGA Corning Classic, and in the second round of both the Evian Masters and P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship Presented by John Q. Hammons; tied for ninth at the McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola. In 2008, turned professional in June; competed in seven events on Tour with two top- 10 finishes, including a tie for third at the U.S. Women s Open and a tie for sixth at the Kapalua LPGA Classic; also competed in two events on the Symetra Tour - Road to the LPGA with two topthree finishes; earned medalist honors at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 11 for the 2009 LPGA season. In 2007, as an amateur, carded a career-low 65 to take the first-round lead at the LPGA NW Arkansas Championship Presented by John Q. Hammons before the tournament was rainshortened and cancelled following 18 holes of play; also tied for fifth at the Kraft Nabisco Championship to earn low-amateur honors. Amateur As a member of the University of Arkansas women s golf team, Lewis won 12 collegiate events and was a four-time All- American. She was the 2005 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Year, the 2007 NCAA Division I National Champion and the 2008 SEC Championship Individual Medalist and Player of the Year. Away from collegiate competition, she won the 2006 Harder Hall Invitational, the 2006 Western Amateur and was a semi-finalist at the 2006 U.S. Women s Amateur. She was the 2007 Southern Amateur Champion and the 2007 Dinah Shore Trophy Award recipient. Lewis was also a member of the victorious U.S. Team at the 2007 at Copa de las Americas and on the victorious 2008 U.S. Curtis Cup team, becoming the first player to go 5-0 in Curtis Cup history. Lewis is a two-time Golfweek and Golf Digest Women s Amateur Player of the Year ( ) and was the top ranked amateur in the Golfweek/Titleist Women s Amateur Rankings in BIO DATA AND PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE LPGA OFFICAL WEBSITE 4

5 CHARITIES & GRANTS ADAMHS Above the Influence $10,000 Bittersweet Farms $25,000 Blanchard Valley Health System $15,000 Challenged Champions Equestrian Center $15,000 Children s Mentoring Connection $6,300 Clothe-A-Child $2,500 Council on Domestic Violence $8,820 Dental Center of Northwest Ohio $12,000 Diabetes Youth Services $25,000 First Step $10,500 Hancock Co. Center for Safe & Healthy Children $25,000 Imagination Station $25,000 Jamie Farr Scholarship Fund $27,000 Putnam County Board of DD $2,000 Ronald McDonald House $25,000 Serenity Farm Equestrian Center $25,000 Special Olympics $5,000 Sylvania Area Family Services $25,000 Tiffin Seneca Public Library $4,200 Tiffin Seneca Teen Center $13,680 Together We Can Make a Difference $25,000 Toledo Speech & Hearing Center $25,000 Toledo Seagate Foodbank $21,000 TOTAL $378,000 Ronald McDonald House Jamie Farr Scholarship Fund Anne Grady Services The Arts Partnership of Hancock County CASA Volunteer Association (Monroe) CASA Volunteer Association (Toledo Campfire Northwest Ohio Children s Hunger Alliance Christian Clearing House Down Syndrome Association of Greater Toledo Findlay Family YMCA First Tee of Lake Erie Friends of the Findlay-Hancock Co. Library Gliding Stars of Findlay 2014 Charities Hall of Fame Sponsors 3M Anheuser-Busch The Blade Brooks Insurance Agency Buckeye Cablesystem/ Buckeye Telesystem Fathead Fifth Third Bank Health Care REIT Heidtman Steel Hollywood Casino Toledo Hylant The Image Group KeyBank The Kroger Co. Marathon Petroleum Corporation McDonalds Restaurants O-I Owens Corning Pepsi Beverages Company ProMedica Sparkling Ice WTVG13ABC Junior Achievement Mobile Meals of Toledo Putnam County Educational Service Center Putnam County YMCA Ryan s Place Specialized Alternatives for Families & Youth Special Kids Therapy, Inc. United Way of Hancock County