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NEWS RELEASE For Release: Monday, August 15, 2005 Ticket Info: www.saschampionship.com or 1-800-531-7PGA (7742) Contact: Chris Madigan, [email protected] or (203) 354-7465 Twelve of 14 Champions Tour Winners Are Committed to SAS Championship CARY, N.C. – The Champions Tour has seen 14 different golfers win titles so far this season. Triangle- area golf fans will have the opportunity to see at least 12 of those winners when the SAS Championship presented by Forbes returns to Prestonwood Country Club, September 26 – October 2. Joining previously committed 2005 winners D.A. Weibring, Hale Irwin, Mike Reid, Peter Jacobsen and Allen Doyle are Dana Quigley, Des Smyth, Mark Johnson, Jim Thorpe, Tom Jenkins, Mark McNulty, Tom Purtzer and Ron Streck. Irwin, Quigley and Thorpe have all won two tournaments this year, while the other nine have taken home one title. “This trend of numerous different winners continues to show the competitiveness of the Champions Tour,” said Jeff Kleiber, Tournament Director. “All of the players on the Champions Tour can win at any given Tournament. We’re thrilled that our field will again be one of the strongest the Tour has seen all year.” Players can still commit to play in the SAS Championship up until 5 p.m. on Friday, September 23. The SAS Championship and the Triangle area have become one of the most popular stops on the Champions Tour. Boasting one of the largest non-Major purses on the Tour, the Tournament annually draws one of the strongest player fields of the year. Craig Stadler ran away with last year’s title, adding his name to the SAS Championship winners’ circle that already includes D.A. Weibring and two-time winner Bruce Lietzke. The SAS Championship has supported various educational organizations since 2001. In partnership with the Triangle Community Foundation, SAS has donated Tournament proceeds to nonprofits like Communities In Schools of Wake County (CISWC). CISWC operates the Tournament’s signature project, the SAS Community Learning Center in a public housing community in Raleigh, NC. CISWC offers educational programming to help young people succeed in school and in life and was named the 2003 Champions Tour Charity of the Year. Tickets for the SAS Championship are on sale and can be purchased by logging onto www.saschampionship.com, by calling 1-800-531-7PGA (7742) or by visiting participating area Triangle Harris Teeter Locations after September 12. About SAS SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at more than 40,000 sites -- including 90 percent of the Fortune 500 -- to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing, analytics and traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know®. About Octagon’s Golf Division Octagon’s Golf Division manages some of the finest professional golf events including two Champions Tour events, The ACE Group Classic and the SAS Championship presented by Forbes; two LPGA Tour events, the Sybase Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury and the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic; and one Nationwide Tour event, The Rex Hospital Open. Octagon’s Golf Division also represents nearly 40 golfing professionals including Davis Love III, Chris Smith, Meg Mallon, Beth Daniel, Emilee Klein, Tom Kite, Gary Koch, and brothers, Bobby and Lanny Wadkins. # # # .