ROOKIE BRUCE LIETZKE, LEGEND LEE TREVINO AND DEFENDING CHAMPION SAMMY RACHELS TO PLAY BELLSOUTH SENIOR CLASSIC

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - April 30, 2002 - SENIOR PGA TOUR rookie Bruce Lietzke, TOUR legend Lee Trevino and defending champion Sammy Rachels have all committed to play in the 2002 BellSouth Senior Classic at Gaylord Opryland. They join 47 others, including SENIOR TOUR rookie Fuzzy Zoeller who previously committed to play in the tournament. The 2002 tournament is scheduled for June 9 -16, with the final round taking place on Father's Day.

Lietzke, who became eligible for the SENIOR TOUR in July 2001, has already posted three victories since joining the SENIOR TOUR, including the 2001 3M Championship, 2001 SAS Championship and the 2002 Audi Senior Classic. In just 10 appearances on the 2001 SENIOR TOUR, Lietzke tabbed seven top-10 finishes, bringing his total winnings on the SENIOR TOUR for 2001 to more than $1.1 million. Lietzke also has 13 PGA TOUR wins.

Trevino, the 1994 BellSouth Senior Classic champion, has 29 wins on the SENIOR TOUR. His impressive career also includes 27 PGA TOUR victories, including the 1968 U.S. Open, 1971 U.S. Open, 1974 PGA Championship and the 1984 PGA Championship. He won back-to-back British Open titles in 1971 and 1972. Trevino was a member of six American Ryder Cup teams and captain of the 1985 squad. In 1981 he became a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

The 2001 BellSouth Senior Classic gave Sammy Rachels his first win on the SENIOR PGA TOUR. He grabbed the second win of his rookie year at the Transamerica and landed a spot in the top-31 on the 2001 SENIOR TOUR money list, with a total of more than $900,000. He became eligible for the SENIOR TOUR by finishing sixth in the National Qualifying Tournament.

The current list of players competing in the BellSouth Senior Classic includes:

Hugh Baiocchi
Miller Barber
John Bland
Bill Brask
Bob Charles
Charles Coody
Rodger Davis
Terry Dill
Ed Dougherty
R.W. Eaks
Bob Eastwood
David Eger
Dave Eichelberger
Vicente Fernandez
Gibby Gilbert
Ted Goin
Walter Hall
Harold Henning
Jim Holtgrieve
Clyde Hughey
Tom Jenkins
Doug Johnson
Bruce Lietzke
John Mahaffey
Terry Mauney
Mike McCullough
Orville Moody
Larry Nelson
Christy O'Connor
Dan O'Neill
Mark Pfeil
Don Pooley
Jimmy Powell
Dana Quigley
Sammy Rachels
Butch Sheehan
Jay Sigel
Jack Spradlin
Dave Stockton
Leonard Thompson
Rocky Thompson
Jim Thorpe
Lee Trevino
Howard Twitty
Steven Veriato
Bobby Wadkins
Lanny Wadkins
Tom Wargo
Larry Ziegler
Fuzzy Zoeller

The 9th annual BellSouth Senior Classic at Gaylord Opryland is a premier stop on the SENIOR PGA TOUR and will be broadcast nationwide on CNBC and PAX networks. Since its inception in 1994, the BellSouth Senior Classic has donated more than $1.6 million to Tennessee charities. This year's beneficiaries are Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Family & Children's Service, Tennessee Lions Charities, Middle Tennessee Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scout Council of Cumberland Valley and Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee

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