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Dick’s Sporting Goods Renews Title Sponsorship for Dick’s Sporting Goods Open Champions Tour Event to Continue at En-Joie Course in Endicott, NY Through 2012 ENDICOTT, N.Y., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) announced today that it has renewed its commitment as title sponsor of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open through 2012. The Dick’s Sporting Goods Open is a Champions Tour event that fields well-known PGA TOUR players age 50 and older. Rated as the Most Improved Event on the Champions Tour in 2008, the tournament provides significant economic impact to the upstate New York community and has generated over $8.6 million to numerous charities over the life of both this Champions Tour event and the previous B.C. Open PGA TOUR event. “As a title sponsor of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, we help support local charities while providing a significant economic impact on this region and making life better in the community where our company was originally founded” said Jeffrey R. Hennion, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Dick’s Sporting Goods.“ “As the largest golf retailer in the U.S., we are passionate about the game, and there is no better way to demonstrate that fact to our customers than to be involved at the highest level of golf. We look forward to continuing to make the Dick's Sporting Goods Open a premier event on the Champion's Tour calendar.” “We are both encouraged and delighted that a key event on the Champions Tour will continue its presence in Endicott thanks to Dick’s Sporting Goods” said Mike Stevens, President of the Champions tour. “In the current climate, savvy sponsors like Dick’s Sporting Goods recognize the value of the Champions Tour products to not only enhance their position as a leader in the golf industry but also in benefiting the passionate area golf fans while giving back to the local community through its charity contributions.” “Broome County Community Charities, Inc. would like to thank Dick's Sporting Goods for their ongoing support, leadership and contribution to this outstanding community event” said John Karedes, Tournament Director of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open & Broome County Community Charities. “The response and enthusiasm over the past three years from the Greater Binghamton area to host this Champions Tour event has been tremendous and we look forward to continued success.” The 2009 Dick’s Sporting Goods Open will be held June 26 – 29. Players currently committed to participate include, Joey Sindelar, , , Andy Bean, Hale Irwin and Fuzzy Zoeller, among others. is the defending champion.

Please visit www.DdicksSportingGoodsOpen.com for sponsorship, volunteer, ticket purchases, charity or general information. # # # About Dick’s Sporting Goods Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment, apparel, and footwear in a specialty store environment. As of January 31, 2009 the Company operated 384 Dick's Sporting Goods stores in 39 states primarily throughout the eastern half of the U.S. The Company also owns Golf Galaxy, Inc., a multi-channel golf specialty retailer, with 89 stores in 31 states, ecommerce websites and catalog operations and Chick's Sporting Goods, Inc., which operates 14 specialty sporting goods stores in Southern California. About Broome County Community Charities Broome County Community Charities, Inc. has been the cornerstone of professional golf in Central New York since the event was first held in 1971. As host of the PGA TOUR's B.C. Open and Champions Tour Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, Broome Charities has contributed over $8.6 million to numerous local charities. Our primary charitable recipients are the Lourdes Hospital Foundation and United Health Services Foundation. Additionally, local service clubs such as Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions who assist in the operation of the tournament, have received substantial dollars for their charitable organizations. About the Champions Tour The Champions Tour is a tax-exempt 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. The Champions Tour now has 25 official Charles Schwab Cup events offering $48.9 million in prize money in 2009 and its highest average purse ever of $1.96 million. The Champions Tour's primary purpose is to provide significant competitive and earnings opportunities for players age 50 and older; to protect the integrity of the game; and to help grow the reach of the game in the U.S. and around the world. In addition to providing competitive opportunities for its membership, Champions Tour events also generate significant sums of money for charity. In addition to providing competitive opportunities for its membership, Champions Tour events generate significant sums of money for charity. The commissioner of the PGA TOUR is Tim Finchem. Mike Stevens is president of the Champions Tour. TOUR headquarters is in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Our web site address is PGATOUR.com. Media Contacts: John Karedes/ Tournament Director / Broome County Community Charities, Inc. 607.763.0000 [email protected]

Michael McPhillips, Champions Tour 904.273.3470 [email protected]

Jeff Hennion/Dick's Sporting Goods 724.273.3222 [email protected]