CHI CHI RODRIGUEZ TO PLAY BELLSOUTH SENIOR CLASSIC
NASHVILLE,
Tenn. - May 23, 2002 - Fan favorite Chi Chi Rodriguez
has committed to play in the BellSouth Senior Classic
at Gaylord Opryland, making this his first visit to
the Music City tournament since 1997. Rodriguez joins
the list of 68 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.
A
native of Puerto Rico, Rodriguez has claimed eight victories
on the PGA TOUR and 22 on the SENIOR PGA TOUR, including
the 1986 FORD SENIOR Players Championship (formerly
known as the Senior Tournament Players Championship)
and the 1987 Senior PGA Championship (formerly known
as the General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship). Charity
work has also been an important part of Rodriguez's
career. He has raised over $5 million for his Chi Chi
Rodriguez Youth Foundation and in 1994 became a member
of the World Humanitarian Sports Hall of Fame. As a
boy in Puerto Rico, Rodriguez gravitated to golf by
hitting tin cans with a guava tree stick.
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:
Tommy
Aaron
Jim Ahern
Jim Albus
George Archer
Hugh Baiocchi
Miller Barber
John Bland
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 |
Bill
Brask
Jose Maria Canizares
Bob Charles
Charles Coody
Rodger Davis
Terry Dill
Ed Dougherty
Gary Player
Don Pooley
Jimmy Powell
Tom Purtzer
Dana Quigley
Sammy Rachels
Chi Chi Rodriguez
John Schroeder
Butch Sheehan
Jay Sigel
J.C. Snead
Jack Spradlin
Dave Stockton
Bruce Summerhays
Doug Tewell
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.
About BellSouth Corporation
BellSouth
Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications services
company headquartered in Atlanta, GA, serving more than
45 million customers in the United States and 15 other
countries.
Consistently
recognized for customer satisfaction, BellSouth provides
a full array of broadband data and e-commerce solutions
to business customers, including Web hosting and other
Internet services. In the residential market, BellSouth
offers DSL high-speed Internet access, advanced voice
features and other services. BellSouth also provides
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BellSouth
owns 40 percent of Cingular Wireless, the nation's second
largest wireless company, which provides innovative
wireless data and voice services.
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For
more information, contact:
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Phil
Martin/Heather Middleton
MERCATUS Communications
(615) 254-6785
Kenny
Blackburn
BellSouth Corporation
(615) 214-5904
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