BOCA RATON, FL.
(January 4, 2013) – Ryan Dillon , Allianz
Championship tournament director, announced today that the PGA Champions Tour tournament
will be giving all professional and local amateurs 50 years of age or older one
chance to qualify for the Tournament to be held February 4-10, 2013, at The Old
Course at Broken Sound.
This Allianz OPEN
Qualifier, held at the Seagate Country Club in Delray Beach, Florida, (formerly
Hamlet Country Club) will be conducted Tuesday, February 5th and will be
available to all touring and club professionals along with local amateurs who
are all 50 years of age or older and carry a USGA Index of 3.5 or lower.
“This is a rare chance
for local amateurs and professionals to catch lightning in a bottle and test
their mettle against the most serious golfers in the area for the grand prize
of teeing it up with the legends of the PGA Tour,” said Allianz Championship Director
Ryan Dillon .
The Allianz Open
Qualifier sign up deadline is Friday, January 25th, having a maximum
field of 84 and a minimum field of 40 participants with a cost of $400 per
participant. If an amateur does qualify for the Allianz Championship, they will
have to give up their amateur status for one year, but can reapply after that
term.
“We really hope a
local golfer qualifies and gets to play in the tournament,” added Dillon. “With many PGA Tour careers starting this way,
it would be a great bragging right for our community to have one start here
with the Allianz Championship.”
The Allianz Championship has a purse of $1.8 Million with an
economic impact of $15 million to the South Florida area. Last year’s winner at
the Allianz Championship, Corey Pavin, defeated Peter Senior on the first hole
of a sudden-death playoff. The Allianz Championship was Pavin’s first Champions
Tour victory.
For more
information go to allianzchampionship.com or call the tournament office at
561-241-4653.
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About
the Allianz Championship
The
Allianz Championship runs from February 4th to 10th, 2013
at The Old Course at Broken Sound Club in Boca Raton. In its seventh consecutive year at The Old
Course at Broken Sound in Boca Raton, defending champion Corey Pavin is set to
defend his title. Again this year, the Boca Raton Regional Hospital is the beneficiary
of the Allianz Championship. The tournament is managed by Pro Links Sports,
directing six Champions Tour events on the 2013 schedule, all are continuously
voted in the top ten tournaments on the Champions Tour by the players. This reputation has attracted the top 31 of
34 professionals on the money list to Boca Raton along with the golfing legends
that are engraved in all our minds. The Allianz Life Insurance Company has been
the title sponsor of this tournament since its beginning. For Skybox Tickets and other Hospitality,
please call: 561-241-GOLF (4653) or go to www.allianzchampionship.com
About The Champions Tour
Collectively, the Champions Tour has the most recognizable and
accomplished players in the game with many of its 30 members of the World Golf
Hall of Fame competing regularly in its events and numerous other major
championship winners among its members. The Champions Tour is a membership
organization of professional golfers age 50 and older. Conceived in 1980 as the
Senior PGA Tour, it started with just four events and purses totaling $475,000.
Points earned in official Charles Schwab Cup events in 2012 determined Tom
Lehman as the Charles Schwab Cup champion, the season-long competition designed
to recognize the Champions Tour’s leading player. The Champions Tour's primary
purpose is to provide financial opportunities for its players, entertain and
inspire its fans, deliver substantial value to its partners, create outlets for
volunteers to give back, protect the integrity of the game and generate
significant charitable and economic impact in communities in which it plays. In
2011, tournaments on all three Tours (PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Web.com
Tour) generated more than $118 million for local charitable organizations,
bringing the TOUR’s all-time total of charitable contributions to more than $1.7
billion. The Commissioner of the PGA TOUR is Tim Finchem. Mike Stevens is
President of the Champions Tour. The PGA TOUR’s website is www.pgatour.com, the No. 1 site in golf, and
the organization is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
About Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
Allianz
Life Insurance Company of North America, one of FORTUNE’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2013, has been
keeping its promises since 1896. Today, it carries on that tradition, helping
Americans achieve their retirement income and protection goals with a variety
of annuities and life insurance products. As a leading provider of fixed index
annuities, Allianz Life is part of Allianz SE, a global leader in the financial
services industry with 142,000 employees worldwide. More than 78 million
private and corporate customers rely on Allianz knowledge, global reach, and
capital strength to help them make the most of financial opportunities.
