Celebrity Classic at Saratoga National Golf Club

EVENT FACT SHEET:

When:
June 9 - 12, 2005 (Thursday - Sunday)

Where:
Saratoga National Golf Club
458 Union Avenue
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Located approximately 3 hours from Manhattan.

What:
A professionally sanctioned Celebrity Players Tour (CPT) golf event, where players compete in a stroke-play format for prize money.

Participants:
The field will consist of players from the worlds of television, film, theatre and different stars from various sports. Players expected to participate include Charles Barkley, Olympic Hall of Famer Dan Jansen, current NFL football stars, as well as Al Del Greco, Shane Rawley, George Gervin, Johnny Bench, Dan Marino, Steve Cauthen, Ivan Lendl, Davey Johnson, Paul O'Neill and Jack Wagner. The highly competitive circuit is without question the most complete entertainment package in existence today.

Participants:
A Minimum of 60 players will comprise the celebrity tournament field.

Visitors:
Over 15,000 visitors throughout the whole tournament

Format:
The celebrity players will compete against each other in a 36-hole stroke-play format over the weekend. On the first two days (Thursday and Friday) of the event, a corporate Pro-Am will be held featuring the athletes, celebrities, sponsors and guests.

Television Coverage:
There will be a one-hour highlights broadcast locally.

Radio Coverage:
Local Clear Channel radio stations will broadcast live on-site during Pro-Am days.

Marketing:
$300,000 in promotional media including tournament advertisements in the local market through print (Times Union and The Saratogian) as well as local television (WRGB) and radio (Clear Channel)

Prize Money:
$250,000

Parallel Events:
Two Day Pro-Am: 60 teams featuring one celebrity and four amateur players Evening functions including dinners and charity auctions.

AT-GATE PURCHASE INFORMATION
Daily Tickets and Weekly Ground Pass tickets can be purchased each day at the general parking lot, across from the entrance to Saratoga National Golf Club.

CHARITY PURCHASE INFORMATION
Books of tickets may also be pre-purchased directly from any of the charities supporting the event:

Peter G. Young Foundation
40 Eagle Street
Albany, NY 12207
(518) 463-8485

Saratoga Care
211 Church Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
(518) 587-3222

Literacy NENY
49 Henry Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
(518) 583-1232

About Saratoga National Golf Course

Saratoga National Golf Club and Sargo's Restaurant are open to the public seven days a week for award-winning golf, fine dining, banquets and other special events. Saratoga National is located in beautiful Saratoga Springs, New York, home of the historic Saratoga Springs Racetrack and the Nationally acclaimed Traver's Horse Race.

Saratoga National was named "Golf Course of the Year" by the National Golf Course Owners Association. Saratoga National was also ranked "#5 Best New Upscale Public Golf Course in America" by Golf Digest in 2001 and "#35 Best Courses For Women To Play in 2003 and 2004" by Golf For Women Magazine and #2 Best Public Access Golf Course in New York State for 2004 by Golfweek Magazine.

Sargo's was named "Best New Restaurant in 2002" by the Capital District Chapter of the New York State Restaurant Association. Sargo's was also nominated for the North American Restaurant Association's "Award of Excellence" for 2004-2005, received the 2004 and 2005 "Award of Excellence" from Wine Spectator Magazine and received the prestigious AAA 4-Diamond Award in 2005.

Reservations for golf and fine dining are recommended, but not required. For more information, visit our website or call (518) 583-4653.

About Peter G Young Foundation

Father Young created the Peter G. Young Foundation to help the homeless. Often a person, for various reasons, is ineligible to receive medicaid or other public funding, and must fend for themselves. Using 100% private donations, Father Young is able to feed and shelter the homeless for whom there is no other help available. Thousands of people have been helped through the years in getting their lives back on track and back into society, becoming law-abiding, productive citizens once more.

For more information about the event, go to www.saratogacelebritygolf.com 

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