2001 CHARLES SCHWAB CUP CHAMPION ALLEN DOYLE AND TOUR LEGEND GARY PLAYER TO PLAY BELLSOUTH SENIOR CLASSIC

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - May 14, 2002 - 2001 Charles Schwab Cup Champion Allen Doyle and TOUR legend Gary Player join the list of 62 others who have committed to play in the 2002 BellSouth Senior Classic at Gaylord Opryland. The 2002 tournament is scheduled for June 9 -16, with the final round taking place on Father's Day.

Doyle was the inaugural winner of Charles Schwab Cup, a season-long, points-based program for SENIOR TOUR players. He finished the 2001 season with 2,382 Schwab Cup points, earning him a $1 million annuity, which he donated to several charities. In 2001 he also received the Arnold Palmer Award for being the season's leading money winner on the SENIOR TOUR and the Jack Nicklaus Trophy after he was voted Player of the Year by his peers.

TOUR legend Gary Player finished his 2001season with three top-10 finishes on the SENIOR TOUR. A long-time fan favorite, Player earned 21 victories on the PGA TOUR including the 1961, 1974 and 1978 Masters Tournaments as well as the 1965 U.S. Open. He also claimed the 1959, 1968 and 1974 British Opens. On the SENIOR TOUR, Player has 19 wins to his name and 10 Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors victories. At the 2000 BellSouth Senior Classic, Player became the youngest ever to shoot his age on the SENIOR TOUR when he fashioned an 8-under-par 64 in the opening round to earn him his 10th Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors title.

SENIOR TOUR players have until June 7th to commit to playing the BellSouth Senior Classic. The current list of players competing in the BellSouth Senior Classic includes:

Jim Ahern
Jim Albus
George Archer
Hugh Baiocchi
Miller Barber
John Bland
Bill Brask
Bob Charles
Charles Coody
Rodger Davis
Terry Dill
Ed Dougherty
Allen Doyle
R.W. Eaks
Bob Eastwood
David Eger
Dave Eichelberger
Vicente Fernandez
Fred Gibson
Gibby Gilbert
Bob Gilder
Stewart Ginn
Ted Goin
Walter Hall
Harold Henning
Jim Holtgrieve
Clyde Hughey
Tom Jenkins
Doug Johnson
Wayne Levi
Bruce Lietzke
John Mahaffey
Terry Mauney
Mike McCullough
Orville Moody
Walter Morgan
Larry Nelson
Christy O'Connor
Dan O'Neill
Mark Pfeil
Gary Player
Don Pooley
Jimmy Powell
Dana Quigley
Sammy Rachels
Butch Sheehan
Jay Sigel
J.C. Snead
Jack Spradlin
Dave Stockton
Bruce Summerhays
Leonard Thompson
Rocky Thompson
Jim Thorpe
Lee Trevino
Howard Twitty
Steven Veriato
Bobby Wadkins
Lanny Wadkins
Bobby Walzel
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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Phil Martin/Heather Middleton MERCATUS Communications (615) 254-6785 Kenny Blackburn BellSouth Corporation (615) 214-5904