FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sonia Leigh to open for TRAIN at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open Local Drummer to Play for his Hometown ENDICOTT N.Y. – The Dick’s Sporting Goods Open is pleased to announce the opening act for the Tournament’s Friday Night Concert featuring Train – up and coming Country Superstar Sonia Leigh. Leigh has been touring with and opening for the Zac Brown Band, one of country’s biggest acts, and is signed on Brown’s Southern Ground record label. We are especially pleased to welcome Endicott native Mike Rizzi, drummer in Sonia Leigh’s band. This will be the first performance for Rizzi in his hometown, playing for friends and family. “Sonia is very talented and the energy that the band has will make her the ideal opening act for Train,” said Tournament Director John Karedes. The Dick’s Sporting Goods Open is a Champions Tour Event that is traditionally contested in June. It will be played this year in August to allow the En-Joie Golf Course more time to recover from the devastating floods that affected our region last September. Tickets are going fast, so order yours now! Tickets are $30 and include admission to En-Joie Golf Course for both the concert and the golf tournament on Friday August 17th. Tickets are available at the Broome County Arena Box Office, Ticketmaster.com, the Tournament Office at En-Joie Golf Course and a Dick’s Sporting Goods Store near you. Weekly ticket packages are available at a discount price of $50 through July 31st and are available at Dick’s Sporting Goods Stores and the Tournament Office at En-Joie Golf Course. For additional information please call (607) 205-1500. Please visit www.DicksSportingGoodsOpen.com for volunteer, ticket purchases, charity or general information. Please visit www.dsgopensponsorship.com for 2012 Sponsorship opportunities. # # # About The Champions Tour Collectively, the Champions Tour has the most recognizable and accomplished players in the game with many of its 29 members of the World Golf Hall of Fame competing regularly in its events and numerous other major championship winners among its members. The Champions Tour is a 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. Points earned in official Charles Schwab Cup events in 2011 determined Tom Lehman as the Charles Schwab Cup champion, the season-long competition designed to recognize the Champions Tour’s leading player. The Champions Tour's primary purpose is to provide financial opportunities for its players, entertain and inspire its fans, deliver substantial value to its partners, create outlets for volunteers to give back, protect the integrity of the game and generate significant charitable and economic impact in communities in which it plays. In 2011, tournaments on all three Tours (PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour) generated more than $118 million for local charitable organizations, bringing the TOUR’s all-time total of charitable contributions to more than $1.7 billion. The Commissioner of the PGA TOUR is Tim Finchem. Mike Stevens is President of the Champions Tour. The PGA TOUR’s website is www.pgatour.com, the No. 1 site in golf, and the organization is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. About Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. 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. The Company also owns and operates Golf Galaxy, LLC, a golf specialty retailer. As of April 28, 2012, the Company operated 486 Dick's Sporting Goods stores in 44 states, 81 Golf Galaxy stores in 30 states and e-commerce web sites and catalog operations for both Dick's Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy. Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. news releases are available at http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/investors. About Broome County Community Charities Broome County Community Charities, Inc. has been the cornerstone of professional golf in Central New York since the first event was held in 1971. As host of the PGA TOUR's B.C. Open and Champions Tour Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, Broome County Community Charities has contributed over $10.7 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. www.DicksSportingGoodsOpen.com Follow us at Facebook.com/dsgopen and on Twitter @Dicksopengolf. Media Contacts: John Karedes/ Tournament Director / Dick’s Sporting Goods Open 607.205.1500 [email protected] .