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THE BOEING CLASSIC OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT MAGAZINE | AUGUST 19-25, <strong>2013</strong><br />
<strong>2013</strong> Official<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
Official Credit Card<br />
of the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong><br />
22<br />
34<br />
SPECTATOR GUIDE<br />
16 COURSE MAP<br />
43 Player profiles<br />
63 hole-by-hole guide<br />
36<br />
40<br />
16<br />
63<br />
Features<br />
22 One Cool Cat 36 Friends & Family<br />
Fred Couples doesn’t live in<br />
Seattle anymore, but the local<br />
boy loves coming home.<br />
34 Gridiron Golfers 40 Tour Guide<br />
The Seahawks’ Steven Hauschka<br />
and Golden Tate get a crash course<br />
at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.<br />
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For some, volunteering at the<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> is a way to<br />
stay close.<br />
Rocco Mediate has a few<br />
recommendations for<br />
visitors to Seattle.<br />
OF INTEREST<br />
8 <strong>Boeing</strong> Welcome<br />
10 <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> Welcome<br />
12 Champions Tour Welcome<br />
14 Schedule of events<br />
18 spectator etiquette<br />
30 <strong>Boeing</strong> drives aviation<br />
60 defending champion<br />
72 If We BuilD It...<br />
76 military appreciation<br />
80 bri gives back<br />
84 committees<br />
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FROM THE PRESIDENT + CEO<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> Commercial Airplanes<br />
Paying It Forward<br />
Is What Truly Matters<br />
Welcome to the ninth edition of the award-winning<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong>. This year’s PGA Tour Champions<br />
Tour golf tournament promises to be the best yet.<br />
Set in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, this premier<br />
event showcases some of the sport’s top talent and is a highlight<br />
of the year for enthusiastic fans.<br />
What’s more, the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> is helping to build a stronger community. Since its start in<br />
2005, the <strong>Classic</strong> has raised over $4 million to support research at Virginia Mason Medical<br />
Center and other local charities.<br />
Once again, the <strong>Classic</strong> will pay special tribute to our servicemen and women with Military<br />
Appreciation Day on Championship Sunday, the final day of the tournament. We hope you<br />
will join us to say “thank you” for all they do to protect our freedoms and way of life.<br />
Our sponsorship of the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> reflects a commitment to building strong<br />
relationships — not only with our customers and partners but with the communities we call<br />
home. We are grateful to our supporters and welcome this opportunity to pay it forward.<br />
Enjoy the tournament!<br />
Ray Conner<br />
President & CEO<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> Commercial Airplanes<br />
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FROM THE tournament director<br />
+ tournament chief executive<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong><br />
An Incredible Experience<br />
Whether you are familiar with all that the region’s<br />
premier golf event has to offer or if this is your first<br />
opportunity to take in such a unique part of the<br />
Seattle sports landscape, we are excited for you to<br />
enjoy the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> experience.<br />
With all that this tournament has accomplished in only eight years, there is much to be proud of, but perhaps what stands out most<br />
is that this tournament has become synonymous with the personality of this community – progressive, loyal, passionate and generous.<br />
This wouldn’t have been possible without the foundation of tremendous partnerships and supporters…<br />
• The <strong>Boeing</strong> Company, Virginia Mason Medical Center and the Champions Tour, the structure<br />
through which we were built and continue to grow.<br />
• The 50 tournament sponsors whose corporate support help to make the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> one of the<br />
most successful events on the Champions Tour<br />
• All of the vendors and construction crews, who worked more than 9,600 man hours to create some<br />
of the most unique and impressive viewing locations throughout the course that showcase why<br />
we are all so proud of where we live<br />
• The 81 pros who compete for the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> title and, as always, showcase why they make<br />
the Champions Tour the most fan-friendly league in sports<br />
• Mother Nature, who graces us with perfect weather during <strong>Tournament</strong> Week<br />
• The 80,000+ fans who converge upon TPC Snoqualmie Ridge and whose active participation<br />
directly impacts our community<br />
• The more than 1,000 volunteers who year after year make it all possible<br />
We hope the spirit of this community will be evident to you in all aspects of your experience at<br />
TPC Snoqualmie Ridge because there’s a reason why we all come together this week that goes above<br />
and beyond the game of golf. All proceeds from the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> support local charities and in eight years<br />
the tournament has raised more than $4 million for them. Again this year, your support will directly benefit<br />
the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason. BRI is an international leader in immune system and<br />
autoimmune disease research and is one of the few research institutes in the world dedicated to discovering<br />
causes and cures to eliminate autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, arthritis<br />
and many others.<br />
It’s going to be an incredible week and we’re happy that you’re here to be a part of it.<br />
Enjoy the Show!<br />
Michelle DeLancy<br />
<strong>Tournament</strong> Director<br />
Larry Dickenson<br />
<strong>Tournament</strong> Chief Executive<br />
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FROM THE PRESIDENT<br />
Champions Tour<br />
The Spirit of Giving Back<br />
Is Alive and Well<br />
On behalf of the Champions Tour, it is my pleasure<br />
to welcome you to TPC Snoqualmie Ridge and the<br />
<strong>2013</strong> <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong>.<br />
A year ago, Jay Don Blake defeated Mark O’Meara<br />
in an exciting playoff to claim his third Champions Tour title.<br />
It was the second consecutive year fans got to experience a<br />
playoff at the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong>, following Mark Calcavecchia’s win<br />
over Russ Cochran in 2011.<br />
Last year, Tom Lehman became the first player to claim the Charles Schwab Cup in back-toback<br />
seasons. Now in its 13th year, the Charles Schwab Cup continues to provide an intriguing<br />
and exciting season-long competition. The winner and top 10 finishers in this week’s event will<br />
earn valuable points in the season-long race.<br />
We would like to thank The <strong>Boeing</strong> Company for its continued support of the Champions<br />
Tour. The <strong>2013</strong> event will mark the ninth consecutive year <strong>Boeing</strong> has been the title sponsor of<br />
this tournament. Its commitment to this event and to helping those in need is very much a part<br />
of the structure and fabric of the Champions Tour.<br />
The spirit of giving back allows the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> to draw on a strong volunteer base every<br />
year, fortifying the community’s support and ownership of the event. I would like to express my<br />
appreciation to the more than 900 volunteers for their hard work and dedication this week and throughout the year.<br />
Once again, numerous area charities will benefit from this event, with the main beneficiary the Benaroya Research<br />
Institute at Virginia Mason, a worldwide leader in autoimmune research. The First Tee of Greater Seattle will also<br />
benefit. Since its inception in 2005, the event is nearing $4 million in funds raised for worthwhile causes in the area.<br />
Our thanks to the tournament staff as well as the staff and members of TPC Snoqualmie Ridge for their help in<br />
staging the event. The Champions Tour thanks you for your attendance and support of the <strong>2013</strong> <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong>.<br />
Best wishes for an enjoyable tournament.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
MIKE STEVENS<br />
President<br />
Champions Tour<br />
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Schedule of Events<br />
ENJOY THE SHOW AUGUST 19 - 25, <strong>2013</strong><br />
MONDAY, AUGUST 19<br />
6:30am<br />
8:30am<br />
2pm<br />
9am<br />
8am-5pm<br />
12pm<br />
1pm-5pm<br />
All Day<br />
7am<br />
7:45am<br />
7am<br />
7:45am<br />
8am<br />
10am<br />
3:30-6:30pm<br />
Gates Open<br />
Seahawks Rumble at the Ridge<br />
Champions Tour Practice Rounds<br />
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20<br />
Gates Open<br />
Executive Women’s Day, TPC Clubhouse<br />
Emirates Youth Clinic, TPC Driving Range<br />
Adaptive Golf Clinic, TPC Alternate Driving Range<br />
Champions Tour Practice Rounds<br />
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21<br />
Gates Open<br />
Pro-Am Day One<br />
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22<br />
Gates Open<br />
Pro-Am Day Two<br />
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23<br />
Kids Day<br />
8am Gates Open<br />
10am-2pm Kids Day Activities, Event Tent<br />
11:20am <strong>Boeing</strong> Jet Flyover<br />
11:30am <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> Round One<br />
3:30-5:30pm Golf Channel <strong>Tournament</strong> Telecast<br />
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24<br />
Gates Open<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> Round Two<br />
Golf Channel <strong>Tournament</strong> Telecast<br />
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25<br />
Military Appreciation Day<br />
8am Gates Open<br />
10am <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> Championship Sunday<br />
5pm Champion Trophy Ceremony, 18th Green<br />
4-6:30pm Golf Channel <strong>Tournament</strong> Telecast<br />
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ENJOY<br />
THE SHOW!<br />
POINT OF VIEW<br />
Venture out to the 12th hole for a<br />
spectacular photo opportunity—a glimpse<br />
of world-famous Snoqualmie Falls.<br />
<strong>2013</strong> Course Map<br />
REMOTE PATROL<br />
If you find yourself in one of the far-out<br />
locations on the course and have a question,<br />
find us on Twitter @<strong>Boeing</strong><strong>Classic</strong><br />
CANYON COUNTRY<br />
This is one of the most exciting<br />
vantage points, where pros take a<br />
risk and drive over Bear’s Canyon or<br />
play it safe and lay up in the fairway.<br />
Check out the Canyon Club for perks<br />
like Birdies for Beer. If a pro makes<br />
a birdie, beers are half price …<br />
simple as that!<br />
19th HOLE<br />
LEGEND<br />
FINAL SHOT<br />
Late in the day, the crowd funnels toward the<br />
18th fairway, a dramatic par five that provides<br />
natural hillside seating behind the green.<br />
ADMISSION GATE<br />
1<br />
ATM<br />
BLEACHERS<br />
CLUBHOUSE<br />
concession stand<br />
first aid<br />
merchandise<br />
shuttle<br />
restrooms<br />
expo village<br />
cadillac display<br />
COURSE HOLE NUMBER<br />
VIP hospitality tent<br />
upgraded viewing<br />
& seating<br />
19th HOLE<br />
TASTY food<br />
& beverages<br />
<strong>2013</strong> SCORE CARD<br />
Hole Par Yard Hole Par Yard<br />
1<br />
2<br />
3<br />
4<br />
5<br />
6<br />
7<br />
8<br />
9<br />
OUT<br />
5<br />
4<br />
4<br />
4<br />
4<br />
3<br />
4<br />
5<br />
3<br />
36<br />
554<br />
410<br />
439<br />
426<br />
475<br />
207<br />
375<br />
529<br />
207<br />
3622<br />
10<br />
11<br />
12<br />
13<br />
14<br />
15<br />
16<br />
17<br />
18<br />
IN<br />
Total<br />
4<br />
4<br />
4<br />
3<br />
4<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
5<br />
36<br />
72<br />
353<br />
462<br />
426<br />
210<br />
431<br />
590<br />
380<br />
211<br />
498<br />
3561<br />
7183<br />
FOR STARTERS<br />
This is where the actions begins. Hang out with<br />
friends in the bleachers or find a spot along the<br />
fairway to see the pros’ second shots up close.<br />
Beneficiary<br />
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PHOTOGRAPHIC POLICY: Fans may take photos Monday through Thursday. Cameras are not allowed Friday, Saturday or Sunday, except for<br />
accredited memebers of the media. AUTOGRAPH POLICY: Players may be asked for autographs after play, but never during a round.<br />
Official <strong>Tournament</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> BOEING CLASSIC / 17
SPECTATOR<br />
ETIQUETTE<br />
Shhhhhh!<br />
Model Behavior<br />
If you’ve never attended a professional golf event, you might find these recommendations helpful.<br />
• Watch a golf tournament with quiet intent. The game<br />
requires a lot of concentration and the golfers deserve a<br />
respectful, courteous atmosphere while hitting.<br />
• Turn off your cellphone during play, or at least set any electronic<br />
device to silent mode. Noises from these devices are<br />
highly disruptive.<br />
• Use only designated crossing points to move across fairways.<br />
Never do so during play and always check to make sure the<br />
players have advanced before crossing.<br />
• Stand behind spectators who are sitting along the fairway<br />
ropes. It is improper etiquette to stand in front of anyone<br />
who is sitting when observing a golf game.<br />
• Walk briskly only if you must. Typically, you can walk slowly<br />
to follow your favorite golfer and arrive in plenty of time to<br />
see each shot clearly.<br />
• As a spectator, display courteous and respectful demeanor at<br />
all times. Jeering and booing are highly discouraged.<br />
• Never stand on the green of a hole or pass beyond roped-off<br />
competition boundaries. These ropes are placed to keep spectators<br />
from getting hit and from interfering with the game.<br />
MORE Tips and REMINDERS<br />
• Dress comfortably and wear walking shoes.<br />
• Do not bring food, beverages or cameras onto the course.<br />
• Concession stands are available around the golf course.<br />
• Bring sunscreen!<br />
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AT THE BOEING CLASSIC<br />
The ANA Dreamliner Lounge at the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> provides<br />
one of the most unique sports experiences in our region,<br />
delivering a picture-perfect setting to watch the legends of<br />
golf compete at the best event on the Champions Tour. This<br />
all-inclusive hospitality location overlooks the 18th green<br />
at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, where the breathtaking views of the<br />
Snoqualmie Valley serve as a backdrop for world-class golf<br />
and provide the perfect venue to mingle with friends and<br />
business leaders throughout the Northwest.<br />
Food provided by .<br />
BOEING CLASSIC TOURNAMENT WEEKEND<br />
FRIDAY–SUNDAY, AUGUST 23–25, <strong>2013</strong><br />
• Individual Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com for $150<br />
• For Corporate Packages, contact Rob Phipps, Corp. Partnerships<br />
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BENEFICIARY
LOCAL<br />
HERO<br />
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O N E C O O L C A T<br />
B Y J O H N L E V E S Q U E<br />
Yards to the pin Check.<br />
Speed of the greens Check.<br />
Position on the leaderboard Check.<br />
Perhaps no sport worships at the altar of statistical measurement as ardently as golf. Which may help explain<br />
Fred Couples’ enormous popular appeal. Because how do you calculate cool No device can accurately quantify<br />
that easy gait, that elegant swing, that elfin smile. The incalculable nature of his being unflappable<br />
is what draws people to Couples.<br />
But when something is deemed immeasurable, rest assured that someone will try to measure it.<br />
In an attempt to rank the “Coolest Golfers of All Time” this year, Golf Digest gave the grand prize<br />
to Couples and concluded: “Women love him, and men want to be like him.”<br />
k<br />
Age: 53 | Height: 5’11’’ | Weight: 185 | Born: Seattle, WA | College: University of Houston | Turned Pro: 1980 | Residence: La Quinta, CA<br />
Couples roomed with Champions Tour colleague Blaine McCallister and CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz while attending the University of Houston.<br />
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Official <strong>Tournament</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> BOEING CLASSIC / 23
Local Hero<br />
Photo by Stan Badz/PGA TOUR<br />
Fred Couples acknowledges the gallery at this year’s Encompass Championship outside Chicago, where he finished second.<br />
Though he now plays mostly<br />
against the older set — at least by PGA<br />
standards — Couples’ youthful insouciance<br />
makes a round of golf against the best players<br />
on the best layouts still<br />
seem as effortless as a<br />
ferry gliding across the<br />
sound. It’s not, of course. He has battled<br />
back problems for a long time and he withdrew<br />
from last year’s <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> after<br />
one swing. He is careful not to push himself<br />
beyond his physical limits. (He skipped the<br />
Senior PGA Championship this year to be<br />
in prime shape for the Senior U.S. Open<br />
and the British Open.) Still, the fact that<br />
Couples makes championship golf seem like<br />
a walk in the park gives his fans and everyday<br />
golfers a measure of hope. And the fact<br />
that he may well be the only Hall of Fame<br />
athlete who was actually born in Seattle<br />
raises his coolness to epic levels.<br />
Go ahead and call him Boom Boom (for his still impressive<br />
drives). Or Cupcakes (as Lee Trevino is wont to do.) But<br />
don’t call him aloof or detached. “I’d much rather talk about<br />
“I cannot imagine ever<br />
witnessing a moment that<br />
will touch me more deeply<br />
than this perfect fulfillment<br />
of a glorious dream ...<br />
shared by intimate friends<br />
for so many years.”<br />
— JIM NANTZ ON COUPLES’<br />
’92 MASTERS WIN<br />
anything but myself,” he told The New York Times two decades<br />
ago during his most successful time on the PGA Tour.<br />
This lack of interest in self-reflection has suggested to some<br />
that Couples can be standoffish. His friends say otherwise.<br />
CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz has known<br />
Couples since their golfing days at the<br />
University of Houston — they would actually<br />
rehearse the green jacket ceremony<br />
in their dorm room, as if Couples had just<br />
won the Masters and Nantz was doing the<br />
TV commentary — and he says Couples’<br />
bashfulness back then was as evident as his<br />
talent.<br />
When Couples actually won the Masters<br />
in 1992, Nantz was indeed working the<br />
event for CBS and he has called it the most<br />
memorable sporting event he has covered.<br />
At the time, he said, “I cannot imagine ever<br />
witnessing a moment that will touch me<br />
more deeply than this perfect fulfillment<br />
of a glorious dream ... shared by intimate<br />
friends for so many years.”<br />
Nantz was equally moved earlier this year when his good<br />
friend was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. It was a<br />
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Local Hero<br />
controversial choice: Not everyone believes Couples’ record of<br />
15 wins on the PGA Tour and only one major championship<br />
— that 1992 Masters — qualified him for election. Couples<br />
doesn’t necessarily disagree, but he also points out that it wasn’t<br />
his call to make and that he was flattered to receive the honor.<br />
As most Seattle golf fans know, Couples learned the game<br />
on the public course at Jefferson Park, not far from the house<br />
he grew up in on Beacon Hill. “I caddied for a friend of my<br />
brother’s,” Couples noted in his Hall of Fame acceptance<br />
speech. “... I didn’t even know what I was doing. We were baseball<br />
people. My brother was a baseball player, my father was a<br />
baseball player.”<br />
Couples himself was a pretty fair baseball player, but after that<br />
early caddying experience, his attention turned primarily to golf.<br />
During summer vacations, his mother, Violet, would give him<br />
$5 each day — a lot of money for a working-class family in the<br />
late ’60s and early ’70s — to cover golf course fees and lunch. At<br />
age 14, the plot thickened when Couples attended a golf clinic<br />
in Seattle put on by Trevino. “After a couple hours,” he says,<br />
“I knew I wanted to get involved in golf.”<br />
Couples admits that he is not driven like some athletes. And<br />
his back, which he injured in 1994 at the top of his game, limits<br />
his ability to practice. Still, he retains, in the words of technique<br />
coach Jim McLean, another Seattle native, “one of the most<br />
beautiful looking swings in the history of golf.” It’s something<br />
the TV commentators will talk about as long as Couples is playing<br />
the game.<br />
Same goes for the “coolness” factor. “He’s never tried to be<br />
cool,” says Nantz. “It’s always been Fred just being Fred.”<br />
For example, although he now lives in the California desert,<br />
Couples says he remains a Seattle guy at heart. “Every time I<br />
wake up,” he says, “I look to see what the Mariners are doing, or<br />
the Seahawks or the Huskies. ... I went into the World Golf Hall<br />
of Fame as a Washingtonian.”<br />
As for playing before his hometown fans, Couples says he<br />
doesn’t necessarily feel added pressure. In 2010, he almost won<br />
the U.S. Senior Open at Sahalee, finishing second to Bernhard<br />
Langer. “I played well there for 71 of 72 holes,” Couples jokes.<br />
“I just have to play better.”<br />
What he likes best about playing in Seattle is “seeing all<br />
my friends.” It’s this common touch, this ability to relate<br />
to the masses who can’t do what he can with a golf club,<br />
that makes Couples so cool. Even his shyness is cool, because<br />
it’s honest.<br />
At the World Golf Hall of Fame induction ceremony in May,<br />
Couples got emotional and said, “This is the coolest night of my<br />
life.”<br />
He would know.<br />
“I look to see what the<br />
Mariners are doing,<br />
or the Seahawks or the<br />
Huskies. ... I went into<br />
the World Golf Hall<br />
of Fame as a<br />
Washingtonian.”<br />
Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images<br />
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GIVING<br />
BACK<br />
Local Ties<br />
Driving<br />
the Future of Aviation<br />
Regarded by many as the most powerful club in a golf caddy, the driver propels a golf ball<br />
long distances toward the cup. For almost 100 years, <strong>Boeing</strong> has been the driver of discovery<br />
and technology, producing world-changing products and services that have propelled<br />
the aerospace industry long distances to reach new frontiers. Forecasts suggest that over<br />
the next 20 years the world’s fleet of commercial airplanes will double in size. To meet this<br />
demand, <strong>Boeing</strong> is hard at work developing tomorrow’s airplanes today.<br />
The 787-8 Dreamliner<br />
is performing well in<br />
service with airlines<br />
around the world.<br />
New members of the<br />
787 family that can<br />
fly more passengers<br />
farther with unmatched fuel efficiencies<br />
are not far behind. The 787-9 leverages<br />
the visionary design of the 787-8, incorporating<br />
passenger-pleasing features<br />
that make the flying experience more<br />
comfortable and enjoyable. In May, the<br />
first 787-9 began final assembly on time<br />
in Everett, and the airplane is on track<br />
to fly later this year. In June, <strong>Boeing</strong><br />
launched the third and largest member<br />
of the family, the 787-10, which already<br />
has support from top airlines around the<br />
world.<br />
And that’s not all. <strong>Boeing</strong> has new<br />
products on the horizon that will ensure<br />
continued leadership in the twin- and<br />
single-aisle markets.<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> recently began developing the<br />
777X, a new derivative of the passengerpreferred<br />
777 model. Building upon<br />
today’s 777 reliability for long-haul flight,<br />
the 777X will feature new engines and<br />
composite wings to comfortably and efficiently<br />
transport passengers and deliver<br />
cargo worldwide.<br />
In 2011, <strong>Boeing</strong> announced the 737<br />
MAX will be the next installment in the<br />
737 family. Building on the best-selling<br />
Next-Generation 737, the 737 MAX<br />
will offer better fuel efficiency and an<br />
increased range of flight. The <strong>Boeing</strong> Sky<br />
Interior with larger overhead bins will<br />
further enhance the flying experience<br />
for passengers. In addition to increased<br />
efficiency, range and comfort, the MAX<br />
will offer a superior environmental advantage<br />
over similarly sized airplanes with<br />
reduced CO₂ and noise emissions.<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> is also producing a new aerial<br />
refueling system for the U.S. Air Force.<br />
Building off the commercial 767, the<br />
KC-46 Tanker will offer advanced refueling<br />
capabilities while maintaining exceptional<br />
operating and fuel efficiencies.<br />
Near the end of the decade, these<br />
new airplanes will join a long line of<br />
beloved products and services offered<br />
by <strong>Boeing</strong>. The 787 Dreamliner is now<br />
in service and flying passengers all over<br />
the world. The <strong>Boeing</strong> 747-8 Intercontinental<br />
continues to offer double-digit<br />
improvements in burn emissions over its<br />
predecessor, while generating 30 percent<br />
less noise. The Next-Generation 737<br />
and <strong>Boeing</strong> 777 continue to be favorites<br />
among the world’s airlines. Additionally,<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong>’s Commercial Aviation Services<br />
organization provides renowned service<br />
to our airline customers, keeping their<br />
airplanes in top flying condition.<br />
Giving back is a defining<br />
characteristic of <strong>Boeing</strong><br />
culture. In 2012, the company,<br />
its employees and retirees<br />
collectively contributed<br />
$51 million to improve lives<br />
and communities in the<br />
Northwest. These dollars<br />
benefited health and<br />
human services, arts and<br />
culture, civic endeavors,<br />
education, the environment,<br />
and military members,<br />
veterans and their families.<br />
Although we may be best known<br />
for our commercial airplanes, <strong>Boeing</strong><br />
provides so much more. The <strong>Boeing</strong><br />
Defense, Space and Security unit supplies<br />
global military, government and commercial<br />
customers with a wide range<br />
of defense and space products, such as<br />
transport aircraft, fighter jets, helicopters,<br />
satellites and launch services and leadingedge<br />
communications technologies.<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> Capital Corporation provides<br />
global financing solutions for the sale<br />
and delivery of our products. <strong>Boeing</strong>’s<br />
Shared Services Group provides the<br />
infrastructure services needed to run<br />
global operations. And <strong>Boeing</strong> Engineering,<br />
Operations and Technology supports<br />
the company with critical skills, processes<br />
and technologies.<br />
With more than 160,000 employees<br />
worldwide, an innovative product development<br />
strategy and services to ensure<br />
the success of our customers, we are<br />
well-positioned for growth and continued<br />
leadership in an increasingly competitive<br />
market.<br />
And while <strong>Boeing</strong> is a global company,<br />
it never loses sight of its local<br />
ties. All of <strong>Boeing</strong>’s operating groups<br />
have a significant presence in the Puget<br />
Sound region. In addition to the 85,000<br />
employees in the state, our extended<br />
enterprise includes thousands of suppliers<br />
and vendors who provide tens of thousands<br />
of non-aerospace jobs throughout<br />
Washington.<br />
Giving back is a defining characteristic<br />
of <strong>Boeing</strong> culture, and its commitment to<br />
philanthropy is far-reaching. In 2012, the<br />
company, its employees and retirees collectively<br />
contributed $51 million to improve<br />
lives and communities in the Northwest.<br />
These dollars benefited health and human<br />
services, arts and culture, civic endeavors,<br />
education, the environment, and military<br />
members, veterans and their families.<br />
Our employees have a history of generously<br />
responding to crises around the<br />
world with financial contributions to<br />
regions in need. Just this spring, <strong>Boeing</strong><br />
and its employees contributed nearly<br />
$550,000 to support tornado stricken locations<br />
in the United States. <strong>Boeing</strong> and<br />
its airline customers regularly partner to<br />
transport needed relief supplies through<br />
the company’s Humanitarian Delivery<br />
Flight program.<br />
In July, <strong>Boeing</strong> launched its Global<br />
Month of Service, a monthlong series of<br />
health and human services projects led<br />
and deployed by <strong>Boeing</strong> employees aimed<br />
at helping local communities.<br />
We believe that in addition to strong<br />
business performance, the true measure<br />
of a great company is shown by commitment<br />
to the communities where<br />
its employees live and work, which we<br />
strive to demonstrate every day. We are<br />
proud of the partnerships we have with<br />
the people of Washington state, and together<br />
we will continue driving toward a<br />
prosperous future.<br />
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LOVE OF<br />
THE GAME<br />
Gridiron<br />
Golfers<br />
Fish Out of Water<br />
Hauschka, Tate get a crash course at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.<br />
Seahawks kicker Steven Hauschka and wide receiver Golden Tate recently played at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge. Hauschka hoisted the winner’s trophy, if only temporarily.<br />
Tom Kite. David Eger. Denis<br />
Watson. Loren Roberts. Bernhard Langer.<br />
Mark Calcavecchia. Jay Don Blake.<br />
Some of the best golfers on the planet<br />
have played some of their best golf while<br />
winning the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> the past eight<br />
years—including<br />
Blake sinking a birdie putt on the<br />
second playoff hole to defeat Mark<br />
O’Meara last year.<br />
As a prelude to this year’s event August<br />
19-25, Seahawks kicker Steven Hauschka<br />
and wide receiver Golden Tate took to<br />
TPC Snoqualmie Ridge recently to test<br />
their skills on the challenging course.<br />
This following-in-their-footsteps<br />
adventure included playing the demanding<br />
14th and 18th holes, where so many<br />
of the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> events have been<br />
decided. Hauschka used a smooth swing<br />
that matches the way he kicks a football<br />
to record four pars and a birdie on the<br />
final five holes, and he came tantalizingly<br />
close to an eagle on No. 18 as his<br />
12-foot putt somehow rolled just past<br />
the cup on the right side without falling<br />
in. Tate’s drives on No. 15 and No. 16<br />
had him hitting second shots to get back<br />
on the proper fairway from rough on<br />
No. 16 and No. 15. But he recovered<br />
nicely to card pars on each hole, finishing<br />
with three pars and two bogeys in<br />
the five-hole stretch.<br />
Are Tate and Hauschka ready to trade in one set of cleats for<br />
another after their impressive afternoon<br />
“It’s usually a different course the way they set it up [for the<br />
tournament],” Hauschka said. “It’s a lot faster. The pins are<br />
“You want to give your<br />
best effort out on the golf<br />
course. Hit ’em straight<br />
and long. Have a lot of<br />
putts around the green.<br />
But I think the best way<br />
to excel at this sport is to<br />
play against the course,<br />
not the other three guys<br />
in the foursome.”<br />
—Golden Tate<br />
harder. Amateur golfers rarely see what it’s like to play a true<br />
tournament course, so it’s hard to compare.”<br />
But they can appreciate the spectacular views the course offers,<br />
especially from the 14th hole.<br />
“It is beautiful,” Tate said, standing next to the bunker on<br />
the right side of the 14th green that has earned its devilish<br />
nickname. “I’d like to be here during the<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> and watch this hole be<br />
played.”<br />
Tate also offered some always-compete<br />
advice for the participants in this year’s<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong>.<br />
“It’s either you’re competing or you’re<br />
not,” he said, echoing the message that is<br />
the cornerstone of Seahawks Coach Pete<br />
Carroll’s philosophy.<br />
“You want to give your best effort<br />
out on the golf course. Hit ’em straight<br />
and long. Have a lot of putts around<br />
the green. But I think the best way to<br />
excel at this sport is to play against the<br />
course, not the other three guys in the<br />
foursome.”<br />
Rather than wonder what might have<br />
been, Tate is content to watch the pros<br />
and earn his money in his chosen sport.<br />
“For me, it’s just a nice outlet,” he said.<br />
“The reason I love golf is that I can walk<br />
off the course feeling just as good as I did<br />
walking on.”<br />
Before walking off the TPC Snoqualmie<br />
Ridge course, Hauschka and Tate<br />
hoisted the cut-glass trophy that Kite has<br />
won twice (2006 and 2008) and Eger (2005), Watson (2007),<br />
Roberts (2009), Langer (2010), Calcavecchia (2011) and Blake<br />
(2012) also have lifted over their heads.<br />
“Go, golf,” Hauschka said. “And go, Seahawks.”<br />
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VOLUNTEER<br />
SPOTLIGHT<br />
Giving Their Time<br />
Friends and Family<br />
For some, volunteering at the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> is a way to stay close.<br />
Sisters Kellie Fryman, Rhonda<br />
Scroggins and Kristie Hogan<br />
are <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> volunteer<br />
veterans. Kellie, from Marysville,<br />
started volunteering in<br />
2005. Rhonda, of Flint, Texas, has been<br />
working the event since 2007. Kristie, of<br />
Flower Mound, Texas, joined up in 2008.<br />
Kellie Fryman<br />
How did you become involved in the<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> Our father was an avid<br />
golfer. He loved to play, talk and watch<br />
golf. He passed away in April 2005 and I<br />
was transferred to <strong>Boeing</strong>’s Everett plant<br />
in May of the same year, not knowing<br />
anyone and missing my family. I received<br />
an email looking for volunteers at the<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> Seattle <strong>Classic</strong>, so I jumped on<br />
board.<br />
What keeps you coming back The<br />
other volunteers I have met over the<br />
years. I look forward to seeing them<br />
every year.<br />
Any special stories from your tournament<br />
experience One year out on the<br />
driving range, it was set up that one<br />
person would pull the golfers’ names<br />
from the box, while the others would call<br />
the names and place them on the holders<br />
where they would be practicing. The<br />
golfer Sandy Lyle came on the range and<br />
Rhonda, with her southern accent, called<br />
his last name, and the person pulling the<br />
names looked at me and said, “I have<br />
no clue what she said.” I told him “Lyle”<br />
in my southern accent and he just said,<br />
“Please spell that.”<br />
Kellie Fryman, center, with sisters Kristie Hogan, left, and Rhonda Scroggins. Below, the sisters join Dora the<br />
Explorer and friends.<br />
Rhonda Scroggins<br />
How did you become involved in the<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> I became involved when<br />
Kellie told me how much she enjoyed<br />
working the tournament. I thought it<br />
would be a great opportunity to spend<br />
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Giving Their Time<br />
time with her and volunteer my time at<br />
the golf tournament. That was in 2007<br />
and I’ve been participating ever since.<br />
What keeps you coming back I enjoy<br />
seeing all the friends/volunteers I’ve come<br />
to know over the years. Also, it gives me a<br />
chance to spend time with my sisters. We<br />
always have a great time together.<br />
Any special stories from your<br />
tournament experience What I find<br />
magical about the tournament is the<br />
flyover. No matter what anyone is doing<br />
on the course, they stop and look up as<br />
the plane slowly flies over; it is as if you<br />
could reach up and touch it. It is like a<br />
first-time experience every year. Also, the<br />
sheer beauty of the course. I would encourage<br />
everyone to walk it at least once.<br />
Kristie Hogan<br />
How did you become involved in the<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> Well, after Kellie and<br />
Rhonda volunteered together and talked<br />
about how much fun they had and the<br />
people and the beauty of the course, I<br />
couldn’t stand them having so much fun<br />
without me. So I signed up to volunteer<br />
for the 2008 tournament. After my first<br />
year, I regretted that I missed out on the<br />
year before.<br />
What keeps you coming back Several<br />
things. It’s a refreshing climate change<br />
from the Texas heat and I enjoy the<br />
other volunteers and committee chairs.<br />
Since we have participated for so many<br />
years, we know the committee chairs and<br />
several of the other volunteers, so it’s like<br />
a reunion each year we return. We get to<br />
catch up on each other’s happenings from<br />
the past year and make some new memories.<br />
It’s also fun when we meet new<br />
driving range volunteers because we are<br />
introduced as “The Sisters,” as if we are<br />
some sort of legend. Most importantly, I<br />
keep coming back for the opportunity to<br />
volunteer my time for a great cause and I<br />
get to be with my sisters. Our dad was an<br />
avid golfer; he absolutely loved the game.<br />
I think he would enjoy that golf is one<br />
of the occasions that brings us together<br />
every year.<br />
Any special stories from your tournament<br />
experience In 2011, just after<br />
the flyover, I was putting out a player’s<br />
nameplate next to where Tom Kite was<br />
practicing. He approached me and asked,<br />
“What type of aircraft was that” I must<br />
have looked at him like he was speaking<br />
a foreign language because I have zero<br />
knowledge of airplanes. I told him, “Oh,<br />
you have the wrong sister.” Since Kellie<br />
had worked for <strong>Boeing</strong> for more than 13<br />
years at that time and served in the Marines<br />
over 10 years, she was better suited<br />
to answer Tom’s question. I waved Kellie<br />
over and said, “Mr. Kite has a question<br />
about the plane that flew over,” and she<br />
took it from there.<br />
Standard bearer Jim Sapienza and his assistant, son<br />
Jenner.<br />
Jim Sapienza has been a volunteer<br />
standard bearer at the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong><br />
since 2006.<br />
Jim Sapienza<br />
How did you become involved in the<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> I attended my first <strong>Boeing</strong><br />
<strong>Classic</strong> in 2005 as a first-year employee<br />
at Virginia Mason. I did not volunteer<br />
that year because I had just started at the<br />
company and was not sure I could take<br />
time away from work. Later, VM made it<br />
clear that employees were encouraged to<br />
get work coverage and volunteer for the<br />
event. I have volunteered every year since,<br />
even after I joined another company. I<br />
enjoy seeing my former VM colleagues at<br />
the event each year.<br />
What keeps you coming back I love<br />
the venue, the weather, the views, the<br />
outdoor beauty. I love to work Day One<br />
for the flyover start, for the feeling of<br />
hope and anticipation that pervades the<br />
course. This event is close to my home<br />
and feels like a community event to me.<br />
... When I walk inside the ropes as a<br />
standard bearer, I can feel the energy and<br />
intense focus and concentration of these<br />
elite golfers. A pure rush, every year.<br />
Any special stories from your tournament<br />
experience When Bill [McAllister]<br />
invited my son, Jenner, to join me as a<br />
standard bearer’s assistant, it absolutely<br />
made his summer. At the end of the day,<br />
Jenner said, “This has been my best day<br />
of summer vacation.” My favorite golfer<br />
to walk with over the past seven years has<br />
been Brad Faxon. His relaxed and social<br />
nature on the golf course was fun and<br />
good for the group. When Ben Crenshaw<br />
was having a not-so-good day, Brad knew<br />
the right time to walk with him up the<br />
fairway, and when to let him walk alone.<br />
His awareness and attention to golfer,<br />
volunteer, fan, worker were extraordinary.<br />
And he shot three under.<br />
Keith Bromley of Idaho has been<br />
volunteering with a good friend<br />
since 2009.<br />
Keith Bromley<br />
How did you become involved in the<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> I received a promotional<br />
notice that the tournament was looking<br />
for volunteers. I asked my lifelong friend,<br />
Dick Leander, if he’d be interested, and<br />
without any hesitation he said, “Sure!”<br />
What keeps you coming back First,<br />
the people. We love getting to see folks<br />
that we’ve met in years past, and Bill<br />
[McAllister] and Sharon [Hemphill], the<br />
chairs of the standard bearers, are wonderful.<br />
Finally, we get to walk a gorgeous<br />
course and see some great players.<br />
Any special stories from your tournament<br />
experience I was hustling up the<br />
fairway with the standard on hole No.<br />
3. A player had hit onto the green and<br />
was walking his putt as I puffed my way<br />
into the chair set up behind the green,<br />
placed the standard into the holder and<br />
made myself as still and quiet as I could.<br />
Just before the pro made his stroke, I<br />
realized I was seated right on the line of<br />
his putt — but I didn’t dare move! As we<br />
made our way to the next hole, he was<br />
alongside me for a moment and I said, “I<br />
am so sorry I was in your sight line back<br />
there.” He said, “Really I didn’t notice.<br />
Of course, if I had missed that putt, you<br />
would definitely have been in my line.”<br />
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LOCAL<br />
FLAVOR<br />
Photo by Chris Condon/PGA TOUR<br />
There aren’t a lot of photos on Rocco<br />
Mediate’s personal Facebook page, but one of them<br />
shows the six-time PGA Tour winner teeing off on<br />
the 12th hole of the TPC Course at Snoqualmie<br />
Ridge, home to the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong>.<br />
Mediate, who won the Allianz Championship<br />
in February — it was his first time playing on the Champions Tour<br />
— is becoming somewhat of an authority on Seattle because his three<br />
sons, Rocco, Nicco and Marco, live in Bellevue with their mom (and<br />
Mediate’s ex-wife), Linda. So Mediate spends enough time in the Puget<br />
Sound region to qualify as more than an occasional tourist. Here are<br />
some of his favorite haunts.<br />
Tour<br />
Guide<br />
Rocco Mediate has some recommendations<br />
for visitors to Seattle.<br />
Age: 50 | Height: 6’1’’ | Weight: 190 | Born: Greensburg, PA | College: Florida Southern College | Turned Pro: 1985 | Residence: Naples, FL<br />
DINING<br />
Metropolitan Grill, Seattle<br />
John Howie Steak, Bellevue<br />
“I learned about the Metropolitan<br />
during the PGA <strong>Tournament</strong><br />
(in 1998). I’m not a fish person.<br />
Old-school steakhouses are my<br />
favorite places.”<br />
Wild Ginger, Seattle and<br />
Bellevue<br />
“Take your pick. I love ’em<br />
both.”<br />
ATTRACTIONS<br />
EMP Museum, Seattle<br />
“The Jimi Hendrix stuff<br />
is pretty cool. I’ve been there<br />
two or three times since my<br />
first visit. I love music and<br />
getting to learn things I didn’t<br />
know.”<br />
Space Needle, Seattle<br />
“The height scares me a bit.<br />
Haven’t done the new Great<br />
Wheel for that reason. I’ll just<br />
take a picture.”<br />
GOLFING<br />
TPC Snoqualmie Ridge,<br />
Snoqualmie<br />
“It’s fantastic. I take the boys<br />
up there whenever I’m home.”<br />
Sahalee Country Club,<br />
Sammamish<br />
“One of my favorite courses in<br />
all the land.”<br />
SHOPPING<br />
Downtown retail district,<br />
Seattle<br />
“A load of fun. Pike Place<br />
Market, too.”<br />
REFRESHMENT<br />
The original Starbucks, Seattle<br />
“A four-shot iced espresso with<br />
a teeny bit of light mocha.”<br />
FITNESS<br />
David Barton Gym, Bellevue<br />
“My boys are gym rats in<br />
phenomenal shape. I look at them<br />
and say, ‘What happened to me’”<br />
Rocco on TPC Snoqualmie Ridge<br />
THE LAYOUT. “Jack (Nicklaus) had a neat piece of land to work<br />
on. He did a great job.”<br />
THE CHALLENGE. “There’s a lot of slope out there. You play<br />
around the slope.”<br />
KEY HOLES. No. 14 (Bear’s Canyon). “A risk/reward par<br />
four. I’ll be one of the guys trying to drive the green. You’ve got a<br />
shot at a three but big penalties if you miss. It could change the<br />
whole outlook of the event.” No. 18 (Craftsman). “A good par<br />
five to finish on because anything can happen. You could be two<br />
back and still have a chance.”<br />
Mediate grew up in Greensburg, about 10 miles from Arnold Palmer’s home in Latrobe, Pa. He played with Palmer for the first time when he was 19, at Latrobe CC.<br />
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MICHAEL ALLEN<br />
height: 6 feet<br />
Weight: 195 pounds<br />
Birthday: 1/31/1959<br />
Birthplace: San Mateo, California<br />
Residence: Scottsdale, Arizona<br />
COLLEGE: University of Nevada<br />
Turned Professional: 1984<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 0<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2009<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 4<br />
LAST SEASON: Allen won two tournaments<br />
in 2012 — in consecutive<br />
weeks. On April 15, 2012, he shot a<br />
12-under 201 to win by three strokes<br />
at the Encompass Insurance Pro-Am of<br />
Tampa Bay. The next weekend he won<br />
again, this time partnering with David<br />
Frost at the Liberty Mutual Legends of<br />
Golf. TROPHY ROOM: Allen has four<br />
Champions Tour wins to his credit, including<br />
one major — the 2009 Senior<br />
PGA Championship. Allen finished<br />
six under and won by two strokes over<br />
Larry Mize. TAP-IN: As a 14-year-old,<br />
he and a friend hiked the Pacific Crest<br />
Trail from Lake Tahoe to Yosemite, a<br />
distance of 210 miles. The trip took<br />
three weeks.<br />
JAY DON BLAKE<br />
height: 6 feet, 2 inches<br />
Weight: 190 pounds<br />
Birthday: 10/28/1958<br />
Birthplace: St. George, Utah<br />
Residence: St. George, Utah<br />
COLLEGE: Utah State University<br />
Turned Professional: 1981<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 1<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2009<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 3<br />
LAST SEASON: After beating Mark<br />
O’Meara in a playoff to win the <strong>Boeing</strong><br />
<strong>Classic</strong>, Blake finished the 2012 Champions<br />
Tour with eight top-10 finishes.<br />
He nearly won again in October when<br />
he battled Bernhard Langer on the<br />
back nine in the final round of the SAS<br />
Championship before finishing second.<br />
At the season-ending Charles Schwab<br />
Cup Championship, of which he was<br />
defending champion, Blake opened<br />
with a 64 and eventually finished third<br />
behind Tom Lehman and Jay Haas.<br />
TROPHY ROOM: Champions Tour:<br />
2011 Songdo IBD Championship,<br />
2011 Charles Schwab Cup Championship,<br />
2012 <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong>. TAP-IN:<br />
Blake attended the National Hot Rod<br />
Association driving school in 1995 and<br />
has competed on the NHRA circuit.<br />
MARK CALCAVECCHIA<br />
height: 6 feet<br />
Weight: 230 pounds<br />
Birthday: 6/12/1960<br />
Birthplace: Laurel, Nebraska<br />
Residence: Tequesta, Florida<br />
COLLEGE: University of Florida<br />
Turned Professional: 1981<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 13<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2010<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 2<br />
LAST SEASON: Calcavecchia won<br />
the Montreal Championship in 2012,<br />
shooting 16 under par and winning the<br />
tournament by four strokes. He tied<br />
for second at the Toshiba <strong>Classic</strong> and<br />
tied for fourth at the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong>.<br />
He led the Champions Tour in birdie<br />
average per round (4.49) and total<br />
birdies (323). TROPHY ROOM: His<br />
Champions Tour victories are the 2011<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> and the 2012 Montreal<br />
Championship. TAP-IN: At age 14,<br />
Calcavecchia played a round of golf<br />
with Jack Nicklaus at Lost Tree Club in<br />
North Palm Beach, Florida. He says he<br />
was so excited he didn’t sleep a wink the<br />
night before.<br />
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ROGER CHAPMAN<br />
height: 6 feet<br />
Weight: 185 pounds<br />
Birthday: 5/1/1959<br />
Birthplace: Nakuru, Kenya<br />
Residence: Ascot, England<br />
COLLEGE: None<br />
Turned Professional: 1981<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 0<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2012<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 2<br />
RUSS COCHRAN<br />
height: 6 feet<br />
Weight: 190 pounds<br />
Birthday: 10/31/1958<br />
Birthplace: Paducah, Kentucky<br />
Residence: Paducah, Kentucky<br />
COLLEGE: University of Kentucky<br />
Turned Professional: 1979<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 1<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2009<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 4<br />
FRED COUPLES<br />
height: 5 feet, 11 inches<br />
Weight: 185 pounds<br />
Birthday: 10/3/1959<br />
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington<br />
Residence: La Quinta, California<br />
COLLEGE: University of Houston<br />
Turned Professional: 1980<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 15<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2010<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 7<br />
LAST SEASON: In May, Chapman won<br />
the Senior PGA Championship, one of<br />
the five senior majors, for his maiden<br />
victory on the Champions Tour. After<br />
holding a five-stroke lead entering the<br />
final round, he prevailed by two over<br />
American John Cook. He captured his<br />
second senior major in July at the U.S.<br />
Senior Open, defeating Fred Funk,<br />
Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman and<br />
Corey Pavin by two strokes. TROPHY<br />
ROOM: His two victories on the Champions<br />
Tour have both been majors, the<br />
2012 Senior PGA Championship and<br />
the 2012 U.S. Senior Open. TAP-IN:<br />
Chapman served as a rules official on<br />
the European Tour in 2007 and 2008<br />
before embarking on his senior career.<br />
LAST SEASON: Cochran tied for third<br />
at the Montreal Championship, tied<br />
for fifth at the Regions Tradition and<br />
finished seventh at the Charles Schwab<br />
Cup Championship. He completed<br />
2012 with six top-10 finishes to his<br />
name. TROPHY ROOM: Champions<br />
Tour: 2010 Posco E&C Songdo<br />
Championship, 2010 SAS Championship,<br />
2011 Senior British Open<br />
Championship, <strong>2013</strong> Principal Charity<br />
<strong>Classic</strong>. TAP-IN: Cochran says his most<br />
memorable shot was a 35-foot birdie<br />
putt on No. 16 during the Centel Western<br />
Open at Cog Hill Golf & Country<br />
Club in Lemont, Illinois, in 1991. It<br />
helped seal his only victory on the PGA<br />
tour.<br />
LAST SEASON: Couples made a<br />
spirited run at the Masters <strong>Tournament</strong>,<br />
finishing tied for 12th. He continued<br />
his stellar play on the Champions Tour<br />
with two victories and a tie for fourth<br />
at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.<br />
TROPHY ROOM: Champions<br />
Tour: 2010 ACE Group <strong>Classic</strong>, 2010<br />
Toshiba <strong>Classic</strong>, 2010 Cap Cana<br />
Championship, 2010 Administaff Small<br />
Business <strong>Classic</strong>, 2011 Constellation<br />
Energy Senior Players Championship,<br />
2011 AT&T Championship, 2012<br />
Mississippi Gulf Resort <strong>Classic</strong>, 2012<br />
Senior Open Championship. TAP-IN:<br />
Couples was inducted into the World<br />
Golf Hall of Fame this year with Colin<br />
Montgomerie, Ken Venturi, Ken Schofield<br />
and Willie Park.<br />
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STEVE ELKINGTON<br />
height: 6 feet, 2 inches<br />
Weight: 190 pounds<br />
Birthday: 12/8/1962<br />
Birthplace: Inverell, Australia<br />
Residence: Sydney, Australia<br />
COLLEGE: University of Houston<br />
Turned Professional: 1985<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 10<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: <strong>2013</strong><br />
Champions Tour Wins: 0<br />
DAVID FROST<br />
height: 5 feet, 11 inches<br />
Weight: 195 pounds<br />
Birthday: 9/11/1959<br />
Birthplace: Cape Town, South Africa<br />
Residence: Paarl, South Africa<br />
COLLEGE: None<br />
Turned Professional: 1981<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 10<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2010<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 5<br />
FRED FUNK<br />
height: 5 feet, 8 inches<br />
Weight: 165 pounds<br />
Birthday: 6/14/1956<br />
Birthplace: Takoma Park, Maryland<br />
Residence: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida<br />
COLLEGE: University of Maryland<br />
Turned Professional: 1981<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 8<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2006<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 8<br />
LAST SEASON: Elkington made two<br />
starts on the PGA Tour in 2012 but<br />
withdrew from both tournaments. He<br />
took most of the year off to spend time<br />
with family and gear up for his first<br />
year on the Champions Tour. TRO-<br />
PHY ROOM: Among his 10 first-place<br />
finishes on the PGA Tour are the PGA<br />
Championship in 1995 and The Players<br />
Championship in 1997. TAP-IN:<br />
One of his idols growing up was fellow<br />
Australian Bruce Devlin, an eight-time<br />
winner on the PGA Tour and a former<br />
winner on the Champions Tour.<br />
LAST SEASON: Frost capped 2012<br />
with nine top-10 finishes in Champions<br />
Tour events. His wins included<br />
the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf<br />
(with Michael Allen) and the AT&T<br />
Championship, which he won in a<br />
playoff over Bernhard Langer. TROPHY<br />
ROOM: On the Champions Tour, he<br />
has won the 2010 3M Championship,<br />
2012 Liberty Mutual Insurance<br />
Legends of Golf, 2012 AT&T Championship,<br />
<strong>2013</strong> Toshiba <strong>Classic</strong> and <strong>2013</strong><br />
Regions Tradition. TAP-IN: In 1994,<br />
Frost established a 300-acre vineyard<br />
with his brother, Michael, in the heart<br />
of the wine-producing region of South<br />
Africa. Every vintage of David Frost<br />
Wine is dedicated to a golfer, and $1<br />
from the sale of each bottle goes to the<br />
golfer’s designated charity.<br />
LAST SEASON: Funk savored two<br />
victories on the Champions Tour in<br />
2012, bringing his total number of<br />
titles to eight. Funk’s productive 2012<br />
campaign ended with nine top-10<br />
finishes. TROPHY ROOM: Champions<br />
Tour: 2006 AT&T Championship,<br />
2007 Turtle Bay Championship, 2008<br />
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai,<br />
2008 and 2010 Jeld-Wen Tradition,<br />
2008 U.S. Senior Open, 2012 Insperity<br />
Championshipi, 2012 Greater Hickory<br />
<strong>Classic</strong>. TAP-IN: In 2005, while playing<br />
in the Skins Game in La Quinta,<br />
California, with Fred Couples, Tiger<br />
Woods and Annika Sorenstam, Funk<br />
wore a flowered pink skirt on the third<br />
hole after losing a bet when Sorenstam<br />
outdrove him.<br />
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HALE IRWIN<br />
height: 6 feet<br />
Weight: 185 pounds<br />
Birthday: 6/3/1945<br />
Birthplace: Joplin, Missouri<br />
Residence: Paradise Valley, Arizona<br />
COLLEGE: University of Colorado<br />
Turned Professional: 1968<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 20<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 1995<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 45<br />
PETER JACOBSEN<br />
height: 6 feet, 2 inches<br />
Weight: 215 pounds<br />
Birthday: 3/4/1954<br />
Birthplace: Portland, Oregon<br />
Residence: Bonita Springs, Florida<br />
COLLEGE: University of Oregon<br />
Turned Professional: 1976<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 7<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2004<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 2<br />
TOM KITE<br />
height: 5 feet, 9 inches<br />
Weight: 170 pounds<br />
Birthday: 12/9/1949<br />
Birthplace: McKinney, Texas<br />
Residence: Austin, Texas<br />
COLLEGE: University of Texas<br />
Turned Professional: 1972<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 19<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2000<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 10<br />
LAST SEASON: Just seven days shy<br />
of his 67th birthday, Irwin played his<br />
last four holes four under to move into<br />
third place at the Senior PGA Championship,<br />
his best performance in a<br />
senior major in seven years. It was his<br />
207th top-10 finish on the Champions<br />
Tour. He recorded his 208th when he<br />
tied for sixth in the Nature Valley First<br />
Tee Open at Pebble Beach. TROPHY<br />
ROOM: The most successful player<br />
in Champions Tour history, Irwin<br />
has posted 110 top-three finishes (45<br />
wins, 43 seconds, 22 thirds). TAP-IN:<br />
His biggest thrills in golf were his first<br />
PGA Tour win in 1971 at Hilton Head<br />
Island, South Carolina, his three U.S.<br />
Open victories, his two U.S. Senior<br />
Open victories and playing on the victorious<br />
U.S. Ryder Cup team in 1991.<br />
LAST SEASON: Jacobsen played 15<br />
events in 2012 while continuing his<br />
broadcasting work with NBC Sports.<br />
He recorded three finishes in the top<br />
25, his best performance being a tie for<br />
17th at the U.S. Senior Open. TRO-<br />
PHY ROOM: On the Champions Tour,<br />
Jacobsen has won the 2004 U.S. Senior<br />
Open and the 2005 Senior Players<br />
Championship. TAP-IN: A self-taught<br />
guitarist, Jacobsen says his biggest<br />
thrill outside of golf was recording two<br />
albums as lead singer of Jake Trout and<br />
the Flounders with Mark Lye and the<br />
late Payne Stewart, along with Stephen<br />
Stills, Graham Nash, Glenn Frey, Alice<br />
Cooper and Darius Rucker.<br />
LAST SEASON: Kite recorded four<br />
top-10 finishes in 2012, including a tie<br />
for second at the Toshiba <strong>Classic</strong>. He<br />
fell $3,832 shy of claiming the 30th<br />
spot on the money list to qualify for the<br />
Charles Schwab Cup Championship.<br />
TROPHY ROOM: In August 2010, Kite<br />
posted his first win in two years, beating<br />
Scott Simpson by two strokes at the<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong>. Kite’s most memorable<br />
victory was at the 1992 U.S. Open at<br />
Pebble Beach. His even-par 72 in difficult<br />
conditions earned him a two-stroke<br />
win over Jeff Sluman. TAP-IN: Kite<br />
says Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Byron<br />
Nelson and Walter Hagen comprise his<br />
“dream foursome” in golf. “They were<br />
the best players of all time that I never<br />
had a chance to play with.”<br />
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BERNHARD LANGER<br />
height: 5 feet, 9 inches<br />
Weight: 160 pounds<br />
Birthday: 8/27/1957<br />
Birthplace: Anhausen, Germany<br />
Residence: Boca Raton, Florida<br />
COLLEGE: None<br />
Turned Professional: 1972<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 3<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2007<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 18<br />
TOM LEHMAN<br />
height: 6 feet, 2 inches<br />
Weight: 215 pounds<br />
Birthday: 3/7/1959<br />
Birthplace: Austin, Minnesota<br />
Residence: Scottsdale, Arizona<br />
COLLEGE: University of Minnesota<br />
Turned Professional: 1982<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 5<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2009<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 7<br />
ROCCO MEDIATE<br />
height: 6 feet, 1 inch<br />
Weight: 190 pounds<br />
Birthday: 12/17/1962<br />
Birthplace: Greensburg, Pennsylvania<br />
Residence: Naples, Florida<br />
COLLEGE: Florida Southern College<br />
Turned Professional: 1985<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 6<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: <strong>2013</strong><br />
Champions Tour Wins: 1<br />
LAST SEASON: Langer finished in the<br />
top 25 of every tournament he played<br />
in 2012. His two victories came at the<br />
SAS Championship and the 3M Championship.<br />
He was runner-up in five<br />
tournaments. TROPHY ROOM: For 20<br />
years, Langer was in the upper echelon<br />
of Europe’s best players and is Germany’s<br />
greatest golfer. He won 58 titles<br />
around the world as a professional, and<br />
his three victories on the PGA Tour<br />
include a pair of Masters green jackets<br />
(1985 and 1993). Among Langer’s 18<br />
wins on the Champions Tour was the<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> in 2010. TAP-IN: Langer<br />
developed back problems when he was<br />
19, during an 18-month tour of duty<br />
with the German Air Force. Marching<br />
with a 30-pound pack and a rifle led to<br />
two stress fractures and bulging discs.<br />
LAST SEASON: Lehman earned two<br />
Champions Tour trophies in 2012 by<br />
winning the Regions Tradition and the<br />
Charles Schwab Cup Championship.<br />
TROPHY ROOM: His seven wins on<br />
the Champions Tour include three<br />
majors: back-to-back Regions Tradition<br />
victories in 2011 and 2012 and<br />
the Senior PGA Championship in<br />
2010. TAP-IN: Lehman was the 2010<br />
recipient of the Payne Stewart Award,<br />
presented annually to a player sharing<br />
Stewart’s respect for the traditions of<br />
the game, his commitment to upholding<br />
the game’s heritage of charitable<br />
support and his professional and meticulous<br />
presentation of himself and the<br />
sport through his dress and conduct.<br />
LAST SEASON: Mediate struggled<br />
in his last full year on the PGA Tour,<br />
carding only one top-25 finish, a tie for<br />
22nd at the Wyndham Championship<br />
in Greensboro, North Carolina. TRO-<br />
PHY ROOM: A rookie on the Champions<br />
Tour this year, Mediate quickly<br />
notched his first victory at the Allianz<br />
Championship in February with a twostroke<br />
victory over Bernhard Langer<br />
and Tom Pernice Jr. TAP-IN: Mediate<br />
finished 600th out of 5,619 players in<br />
his first appearance at the 2005 World<br />
Series of Poker Main Event. He began<br />
playing poker in 2004.<br />
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COLIN MONTGOMERIE<br />
height: 6 feet, 1 inch<br />
Weight: 198 pounds<br />
Birthday: 6/23/1963<br />
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland<br />
Residence: Dunning, Scotland<br />
COLLEGE: Houston Baptist University<br />
Turned Professional: 1987<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 0<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: <strong>2013</strong><br />
Champions Tour Wins: 0<br />
MARK O’MEARA<br />
height: 6 feet<br />
Weight: 195 pounds<br />
Birthday: 1/13/1957<br />
Birthplace: Goldsboro, North Carolina<br />
Residence: Houston, Texas<br />
COLLEGE: Long Beach State<br />
Turned Professional: 1980<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 16<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2007<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 2<br />
KENNY PERRY<br />
height: 6 feet, 2 inches<br />
Weight: 205 pounds<br />
Birthday: 8/10/1960<br />
Birthplace: Elizabethtown, Kentucky<br />
Residence: Franklin, Kentucky<br />
COLLEGE: Western Kentucky University<br />
Turned Professional: 1982<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 14<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2010<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 4<br />
LAST SEASON: Still active on the<br />
European Tour, Montgomerie made the<br />
cut in 10 tournaments. His best finish<br />
was a tie for sixth at the Johnnie Walker<br />
Championship in Gleneagles, Scotland.<br />
TROPHY ROOM: Although “Monty”<br />
never won a PGA Tour event on North<br />
American soil—he was a runner-up in<br />
five majors—he has amassed a staggering<br />
31 wins on the European Tour. This<br />
season marks his rookie campaign on<br />
the Champions Tour; his first appearance<br />
was at the Senior Players Championship.<br />
TAP-IN: Montgomerie has<br />
represented Scotland 10 times in the<br />
World Cup of Golf, playing with eight<br />
different partners.<br />
LAST SEASON: O’Meara had five top-<br />
10 finishes in 2012, his most notable<br />
being as runner-up to Jay Don Blake at<br />
the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong>. TROPHY ROOM:<br />
O’Meara is a winner of 16 PGA Tour<br />
titles in a 25-year career. His best<br />
season was 1998, when, at age 41, he<br />
became the oldest player to win two<br />
major championships in the same year,<br />
the Masters and the British Open. He<br />
joined Nick Price and Nick Faldo as the<br />
only players in the 1990s to win two<br />
majors in one year. TAP-IN: O’Meara<br />
teamed with PGA Tour Design Services<br />
to build TPC Valencia (California),<br />
which opened in 2003.<br />
LAST SEASON: Perry had 15 top-<br />
10 finishes on the 2012 Champions<br />
Tour, including a victory at the ACE<br />
Group <strong>Classic</strong>. TROPHY ROOM: A<br />
lontime member of the PGA Tour,<br />
Perry emerged as one of its top players<br />
in recent years, with 11 of his PGA<br />
Tour victories coming after he turned<br />
40. Perry earned more than $30 million<br />
in his tour career, nearly $25 million<br />
of that since 2001. The roll continues<br />
on the Champions Tour, where he<br />
captured victories at the 2011 SAS<br />
Championship, the 2012 ACE Group<br />
<strong>Classic</strong> and two of this year’s majors:<br />
the Senior Players Championship and<br />
the U.S. Senior Open. TAP-IN: Perry<br />
took up golf at age 7 with encouragement<br />
from his father, who spent hours<br />
teeing up balls for him.<br />
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NICK PRICE<br />
height: 6 feet, 1 inch<br />
Weight: 190 pounds<br />
Birthday: 1/28/1957<br />
Birthplace: Durban, South Africa<br />
Residence: Hobe Sound, Florida<br />
COLLEGE: None<br />
Turned Professional: 1977<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 18<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2007<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 4<br />
LOREN ROBERTS<br />
height: 6 feet, 2 inches<br />
Weight: 215 pounds<br />
Birthday: 6/24/1955<br />
Birthplace: San Luis Obispo, California<br />
Residence: Germantown, Tennessee<br />
COLLEGE: Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo<br />
Turned Professional: 1975<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 8<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2005<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 13<br />
SCOTT SIMPSON<br />
height: 6 feet, 2 inches<br />
Weight: 225 pounds<br />
Birthday: 9/17/1955<br />
Birthplace: San Diego, California<br />
Residence: San Diego, California<br />
COLLEGE: University of Southern California<br />
Turned Professional: 1977<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 7<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2005<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 1<br />
LAST SEASON: In 2012, Price played in<br />
only eight events but cracked the top 25<br />
in four of them. His lone top-10 finish<br />
came at the Allianz Championship, where<br />
he tied for seventh. TROPHY ROOM:<br />
Price enjoyed a long and distinguished<br />
PGA Tour career, with more than $20<br />
million in earnings and two Player of the<br />
Year Awards to his credit. He was one of<br />
the dominant players on the tour in the<br />
early 1990s, with back-to-back money<br />
titles in 1993 and 1994. Champions Tour<br />
wins: 2009 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am,<br />
2010 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf<br />
(with Mark O’Meara), 2010 Principal<br />
Charity <strong>Classic</strong>, 2011 Toshiba <strong>Classic</strong>.<br />
TAP-IN: No one captured more PGA<br />
Tour tournament titles in the 1990s—<br />
15—than Price. He also won 12 international<br />
events during the decade.<br />
LAST SEASON: Roberts won the<br />
Toshiba <strong>Classic</strong> and managed 15 top-25<br />
finishes in 2012. TROPHY ROOM:<br />
The “Boss of the Moss,” a nickname he<br />
earned for his putting skills, joined the<br />
PGA Tour in 1981 but did not post a<br />
victory until 1994, when he won the<br />
Nestle Invitational at Bay Hill with<br />
a closing-round 67 to defeat Fuzzy<br />
Zoeller, Vijay Singh and Nick Price by<br />
a stroke. That same year he also had<br />
top-10 finishes at the Masters (T5), U.S<br />
Open (T2) and PGA Championship<br />
(T9). TAP-IN: Before joining the tour,<br />
Roberts worked as an assistant club<br />
professional at San Luis Obispo Golf<br />
and Country Cub and Morro Bay Golf<br />
Course in California. One of his jobs<br />
as an assistant was making milkshakes,<br />
something he still enjoys doing.<br />
LAST SEASON: Simpson finished<br />
among the top 25 twice in his 20 appearances.<br />
He teamed with Loren Roberts<br />
to finish tied for 13th at the Liberty<br />
Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf. In<br />
his next-to-last start of the year, he tied<br />
for 24th in the Greater Hickory <strong>Classic</strong><br />
at Rock Barn. TROPHY ROOM: His<br />
lone victory on the Champions Tour<br />
came in 2006 at the Wal-Mart First Tee<br />
Open at Pebble Beach. TAP-IN: Simpson<br />
was unable to play the PGA Tour<br />
in 2000 after breaking an ankle while<br />
he was skiing. He underwent surgery,<br />
which required the placement of seven<br />
screws into the ankle.<br />
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PLAYER<br />
PROFILES<br />
<strong>2013</strong> <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong><br />
CRAIG STADLER<br />
height: 5 feet, 10 inches<br />
Weight: 250 pounds<br />
Birthday: 6/2/1953<br />
Birthplace: San Diego, California<br />
Residence: Evergreen, Colorado<br />
COLLEGE: University of Southern California<br />
Turned Professional: 1976<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 13<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2002<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 8<br />
KIRK TRIPLETT<br />
height: 6 feet, 3 inches<br />
Weight: 200 pounds<br />
Birthday: 3/29/1962<br />
Birthplace: Moses Lake, Washington<br />
Residence: Scottsdale, Arizona<br />
COLLEGE: University of Nevada<br />
Turned Professional: 1985<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 3<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2012<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 1<br />
DUFFY WALDORF<br />
height: 6 feet<br />
Weight: 225 pounds<br />
Birthday: 8/20/1962<br />
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California<br />
Residence: Northridge, California<br />
COLLEGE: UCLA<br />
Turned Professional: 1985<br />
PGA Tour Wins: 4<br />
JOINED CHAMPIONS TOUR: 2012<br />
Champions Tour Wins: 0<br />
LAST SEASON: Stadler’s best finish<br />
in 2012 was seventh at the Montreal<br />
Championship and the 3M Championship.<br />
TROPHY ROOM: He ended an<br />
eight-year victory drought with a win at<br />
the Encompass Championship in June<br />
of this year. His other Champions Tour<br />
titles: 2003 Ford Senior Players Championship,<br />
2003 Greater Hickory <strong>Classic</strong><br />
at Rock Barn, 2003 SBC Championship,<br />
2004 ACE Group <strong>Classic</strong>, 2004<br />
Bank of America Championship, 2004<br />
Jeld-Wen Tradition, 2004 The First<br />
Tee Open at Pebble Beach, 2004 SAS<br />
Championship. TAP-IN: Stadler always<br />
uses a dull penny for a ball marker and<br />
lists Arnold Palmer as his hero.<br />
LAST SEASON: Washington native<br />
Triplett broke through for his first<br />
Champions Tour victory in his eighth<br />
start, coming from four strokes behind<br />
on the final day to win the Nature Valley<br />
First Tee Open at Pebble Beach. The<br />
victory made him the sixth player to<br />
win events on the PGA Tour, Web.com<br />
Tour and Champions Tour. TROPHY<br />
ROOM: Triplett played the PGA Tour<br />
full time from 1990 to 2009. After having<br />
finished second five times, he earned<br />
his first tour victory in his 266th start,<br />
a one-stroke win over Jesper Parnevik at<br />
the 2000 Nissan Open. TAP-IN: He says<br />
of his days playing on foreign tours: “I<br />
wouldn’t trade the experience for anything.<br />
I learned so much, not only about<br />
golf but about myself. I’ll be telling<br />
stories about Asia until the day I die.”<br />
LAST SEASON: Waldorf played in five<br />
events on the 2012 Champions Tour,<br />
breaking the top 25 in four of them.<br />
Highest on the list was his second-place<br />
finish at the Greater Hickory <strong>Classic</strong> at<br />
Rock Barn. TROPHY ROOM: Waldorf<br />
has four PGA Tour wins to his credit.<br />
In 1999, he won both the Buick <strong>Classic</strong><br />
and the Westin Texas Open with<br />
a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.<br />
TAP-IN: Waldorf, whose full name is<br />
James Joseph Waldorf Jr., got the nickname<br />
“Duffy” from his grandparents.<br />
He tagged along on the golf course<br />
when he was a boy and they called him<br />
“Little Duffer.”<br />
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DEFENDING<br />
CHAMPION<br />
Photo by Stan Badz/PGA TOUR<br />
Open<br />
Minded<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong>’s 2012 champion<br />
registers a noteworthy<br />
achievement in <strong>2013</strong>.<br />
For defending boeing classic champion<br />
Jay Don Blake, the longest drive of the year may<br />
well have been the one he made from Des Moines,<br />
Iowa, after finishing second to Russ Cochran at the<br />
Principal Charity <strong>Classic</strong> on June 2. Blake packed<br />
up his clubs as soon as the Champions Tour event<br />
wrapped on Sunday and motored 350 miles to Ladue, Missouri, a<br />
suburb of St. Louis, to compete in a U.S. Open sectional qualifier the<br />
next day at Old Warson Country Club. He struggled early, but Blake<br />
won the 36-hole contest by three shots with a 3-under-par 139 and<br />
qualified for his first U.S. Open appearance in 10 years.<br />
At 54, Blake was the oldest player in the U.S. Open field in<br />
mid-June at Merion Golf Club outside Philadelphia, where he<br />
carded a 74 the first day but missed the cut after a frustrating<br />
second round on the par-70 course.<br />
A month later, Blake was in Nebraska for the U.S. Senior Open at<br />
Omaha Country Club. He led after the first day but finished down<br />
the leaderboard, earning a modest $14,827 in prize money but also<br />
the distinction of being the only player this year to compete in both<br />
the U.S. Open and the U.S. Senior Open.<br />
Age: 54 | Height: 6’2’’ | Weight: 190 | Born: St. George, Utah | College: Utah State University | Turned Pro: 1981 | Residence: St. George, Utah<br />
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DON’T MISS<br />
THE ACTION<br />
TPC Snoqualmie Ridge<br />
HOLE-BY-HOLE<br />
COURSE GUIDE<br />
Southern Descent<br />
This 554-yard par five is a fantastic<br />
starting hole. With bunkers coming into<br />
play on each shot, accuracy is essential. A<br />
well-placed second shot on the left side of<br />
the fairway allows for a clear approach to<br />
the guarded green. Proper club selection<br />
sets up a strong birdie opportunity.<br />
Backyard<br />
The 410-yard second hole is a<br />
challenging par four. With a generous landing<br />
area, the hole’s only real obstacle on the<br />
tee shot is a bunker on the right side of the<br />
fairway. Still, the tricky, undulating green<br />
does not yield many birdies.<br />
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HOLE-BY-HOLE<br />
COURSE GUIDE<br />
TPC Snoqualmie Ridge<br />
The Ridge<br />
This long par four is rated the No. 1<br />
handicap hole on the course. At 462 yards in<br />
length, it requires a solid drive if a player hopes<br />
to reach the green in two. Deep bunkers front<br />
the green to the left and a grassy swale awaits a<br />
shot drifting to the right. It plays into the prevailing<br />
wind and slightly uphill, so be sure to select<br />
enough club to reach the green safely.<br />
Twin Firs<br />
This 426-yard par four presents a<br />
stunning downhill tee shot. Fir trees and<br />
fairway bunkers guard both sides of the fairway<br />
and a creek cuts across it at the bottom of the<br />
hill. The heavily guarded green (short right and<br />
long) makes proper club selection imperative.<br />
Fall City<br />
Named for its view of Fall City and the<br />
Redmond-Fall City valley, this long par four accepts<br />
a robust tee shot. A wide fairway and generous<br />
downhill landing area allow the ball to funnel<br />
toward the green, but a steep cliff drops off left,<br />
so be sure to avoid going too far to that side. The<br />
downhill approach plays shorter than it seems and<br />
the ball will release toward the hole.<br />
Cascade<br />
The aptly named 226-yard par three<br />
offers a stunning view of the Cascade Mountains<br />
from the tee box. Don’t let the vista distract you<br />
from a challenging downhill shot to a heavily<br />
guarded green. With bunkers short left and long<br />
right, playing the ball from right to left is a safe bet.<br />
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HOLE-BY-HOLE<br />
COURSE GUIDE<br />
TPC Snoqualmie Ridge<br />
Deception<br />
one of the shortest par fours<br />
on the course, 375-yard Deception presents<br />
several challenges: a small lake in front of the<br />
tee box, an elevated fairway, fairway bunkers<br />
and deep greenside bunkers.<br />
The Narrows<br />
This short, 529-yard par five is<br />
lengthened by a narrow landing area and a<br />
lake protecting the front and left side of the<br />
green. A well-placed second shot to the right<br />
of the fairway allows the player to attack the<br />
pin, using the length of the green for safety.<br />
Going for the flag in two is risky because either<br />
water or sand abut all sides of the green.<br />
Screaming Eagle<br />
This 207-yard par three over water<br />
and bunkers will test even the strongest nerves.<br />
With a carry of 196 yards over Eagle Lake and<br />
an additional 8 yards over the greenfront bunker,<br />
the ninth can ruin a decent round with one<br />
poorly executed swing. Commitment to going<br />
for it is crucial.<br />
Bunker Hill<br />
This 353-yard, uphill HOLE is the<br />
shortest par four on the course, with four<br />
deep fairway bunkers coming into play off<br />
the tee. A precise long iron or fairway wood<br />
is the safest play. Several deep bunkers protect<br />
an undulating green.<br />
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HOLE-BY-HOLE<br />
COURSE GUIDE<br />
TPC Snoqualmie Ridge<br />
Northwest Passage<br />
This 484-yard par four is long and<br />
tough, with a series of fairway bunkers protecting<br />
the fairway right. A tee shot to the left<br />
side sets up a long approach to the two-tiered<br />
green, which is guarded by deep bunkers on<br />
the left. A two-putt par is a good result at this<br />
challenging hole.<br />
The Falls<br />
The black tee box on this par four<br />
offers a view eastward toward famous Snoqualmie<br />
Falls. A great tee shot goes right of a<br />
series of fairway bunkers protecting the left<br />
side. The two-tiered green demands a precise<br />
approach to set up a birdie try. Downhill putts<br />
can be slick.<br />
Mt. Si-gh<br />
Mount Si and the surrounding<br />
Cascade mountain range frame this 210-yard,<br />
downhill par three, one of the most spectacular<br />
and inspirational holes on the course. Bunkers<br />
lurk short and left of the green, so a right-toleft<br />
tee shot will release to the hole, setting up<br />
a birdie opportunity.<br />
Bear’s Canyon<br />
The 448-yard par-four 14th is the<br />
signature hole of this Jack Nicklaus course,<br />
featuring an elevation drop of 80 vertical<br />
feet from tee to green. The horseshoe-shaped<br />
fairway can be shortened dramatically with a<br />
risky tee shot over the canyon. A 14-foot-deep<br />
bunker guards the small green and should be<br />
avoided at all costs. Hit a precise approach shot<br />
to set up a chance at birdie.<br />
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HOLE-BY-HOLE<br />
COURSE GUIDE<br />
TPC Snoqualmie Ridge<br />
Valleys<br />
The 590-yard par five boasts lovely<br />
views of several valleys slicing through the<br />
Cascade range. A strong tee shot and a wellplaced<br />
second shot set up a good angle to the<br />
protected green. A valley running across the<br />
center of the green requires a precise approach.<br />
Rat’s Nest<br />
At 380 yards, the 16th has 11 bunkers<br />
awaiting an errant shot, so a well-placed drive<br />
is a must on this par four. Falling short on the<br />
approach to an elevated green leaves a difficult<br />
bunker shot, so choose your club wisely.<br />
On The Rock<br />
The 211-yard par three requires a<br />
difficult tee shot over water and an enormous<br />
rock to a green divided by a slope into right<br />
and left tiers. A precise tee shot feeds toward<br />
the hole.<br />
Craftsman<br />
The 498-yard finishing hole proves<br />
anything but easy. Shortest of the par fives, it<br />
plays uphill toward the Craftsman-style clubhouse.<br />
Embraced by a natural amphitheater,<br />
the fairway and green are guarded by 16 deep<br />
bunkers. A precise approach shot will leave you<br />
with a solid birdie bid. As you line up your<br />
putt, imagine 30,000 fans ready to cheer as it<br />
rolls in for a PGA tournament victory.<br />
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BEHIND THE<br />
SCENES<br />
From start to ...<br />
Preparing the 18th at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge to become one of the<br />
... finishing hole<br />
most spectator-friendly holes in professional golf.<br />
Enjoy the Show!<br />
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8<br />
3<br />
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5<br />
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MILITARY<br />
APPRECIATION<br />
Thank You<br />
Honoring<br />
Their Service<br />
The <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> is deeply honored to recognize<br />
the men and women who serve our country, and it is proud to sponsor<br />
the tournament’s third Military Appreciation Day on Sunday, August<br />
25. In an effort to have as many servicemen and women as possible<br />
take part in the celebration, the tournament will offer free admission to<br />
all active, retired and reserve military personnel and their dependents<br />
who are 21 and younger. (Military personnel not able to attend on Sunday receive free<br />
admision throughout <strong>Tournament</strong> Week.)<br />
Other highlights of Military Appreciation Day include:<br />
• Free parking in the <strong>Boeing</strong> <strong>Classic</strong> spectator lot with military ID.<br />
• Free food and drink for military families at the Patriots’ Outpost, a special event tent at<br />
the top of the 18th green hosted by the USO.<br />
• A special performance of the national anthem with U.S. Armed Forces color guard<br />
prior to the first tee time at 10am.<br />
• First tee player announcements by military personnel.<br />
• Old Glory serving as the pin flag on the 18th green.<br />
For more information, please visit <strong>Boeing</strong><strong>Classic</strong>.com<br />
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MAKING A<br />
DIFFERENCE<br />
Free for<br />
a Day<br />
Scientists at BRI<br />
are working to<br />
fight more than<br />
80 autoimmune<br />
diseases.<br />
BRI’s artificial pancreas research<br />
could be a game changer<br />
in controlling Type 1 diabetes.<br />
Annie Shultz is determined<br />
that history won’t repeat itself. Her father,<br />
Richard Shultz, was diagnosed with Type<br />
1 diabetes at age 19. Annie watched her<br />
father struggle with complications her<br />
entire life. He suffered from eye, kidney,<br />
heart and nerve diseases, all complications<br />
attributed to Type 1 diabetes. Annie knew she was at higher risk<br />
for developing Type 1 diabetes, but was still shocked when at<br />
age 21 she learned she had the disease. However, her journey<br />
has been vastly different from her dad’s. Now 34, Angie manages<br />
her disease vigilantly and participates in a groundbreaking<br />
clinical research trial at Benaroya Research Instituteat Virginia<br />
Mason (BRI) in which she will be free of managing her diabetes<br />
for a day while<br />
“I count on JDRF and BRI<br />
to support research to<br />
find new treatments and<br />
cures for this disease,”<br />
says Annie. “It would make<br />
such a difference in so<br />
many people’s lives.”<br />
One in every 20 Americans suffers from<br />
an autoimmune disease. Type 1 diabetes,<br />
multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease and<br />
rheumatoid arthritis are just a few. And<br />
because many causes of autoimmune<br />
diseases are shared, people living with<br />
an autoimmune disease are more likely<br />
to suffer from more than one of these<br />
destructive illnesses.<br />
At Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia<br />
Mason (BRI), scientists aren’t focused<br />
on eliminating one or two autoimmune<br />
diseases. They are taking on all 80-plus.<br />
connected to an<br />
experimental artificial<br />
pancreas.<br />
The artificial<br />
pancreas<br />
automatically<br />
dispenses insulin<br />
based on realtime<br />
changes in<br />
Annie’s blood<br />
glucose levels.<br />
The device uses<br />
existing technologies<br />
to manage<br />
Type 1 diabetes<br />
— an insulin<br />
pump and a<br />
continuous glucose monitor — in conjunction with a unique<br />
software program. The hope is that it will someday relieve adults,<br />
children and their families from the arduous 24/7 manual maintenance<br />
of their diabetes.<br />
This past year, BRI’s tests of the artificial pancreas showed that<br />
blood glucose levels under highly controlled conditions could be<br />
Because autoimmune diseases are<br />
connected, BRI is fighting them through<br />
collaboration and cooperation among<br />
researchers, across clinical trials and<br />
with other institutions. Thus, it is able to<br />
connect laboratory research to clinical<br />
trials and apply breakthroughs made<br />
against individual autoimmune diseases<br />
to new therapies, and make progress<br />
against them all.<br />
As world leaders in scientific innovation,<br />
researchers at BRI are leveraging<br />
this progress to eliminate autoimmune<br />
Touching Lives<br />
Annie Shultz and BRI nurse practitioner Dana VanBruecken test the artificial pancreas.<br />
managed through a personalized, automated artificial pancreas<br />
in several participants with diabetes. Most patients with diabetes<br />
cannot achieve tight glucose control with traditional diabetes<br />
tools and they spend less than half of their days at healthy glucose<br />
levels. Studies show that tight control of levels significantly<br />
reduces or delays the development of complications.<br />
While other systems are being tested at selected locations<br />
worldwide, BRI is the only center nationally testing the unique<br />
software program for the artificial pancreas. The program was<br />
developed by Richard Mauseth, M.D., a longtime Pacific Northwest<br />
pediatric endocrinologist currently at Seattle Children’s, and<br />
<strong>Boeing</strong> software engineers Robert Kircher and Don Matheson.<br />
The BRI artificial pancreas study is funded by the Juvenile<br />
Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), which has designated<br />
15 centers worldwide to test various approaches to these devices.<br />
JDRF aims to develop a first-generation artificial pancreas that<br />
could help millions of people with Type 1 diabetes.<br />
“I count on JDRF and BRI to support research to find new<br />
treatments and cures for this disease,” says Annie. “It would<br />
make such a difference in so many people’s lives.”<br />
Progress Against One Autoimmune Disease Is Progress Against Them All<br />
diseases. Their discoveries are having<br />
significant impact on people living<br />
with autoimmune diseases by improving<br />
the ability to predict disease risk,<br />
facilitate treatment, decrease progression<br />
of these diseases and make related<br />
therapies safer and better. Learn more<br />
at BenaroyaResearch.org.<br />
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Committees<br />
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELP MAKE THIS GREAT EVENT POSSIBLE<br />
ADVISORY BOARD<br />
Moose Clausen<br />
Carolyn Corvi<br />
Larry Dickenson<br />
Mike Flood<br />
Mark Hooper<br />
Peter Klein<br />
Greg Mays<br />
Scott Oki<br />
Rob Pasterick<br />
Julie Turnell<br />
Michael VanDerhoef<br />
TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE<br />
Tom Bonorden, Volunteer Co-Chair<br />
Kay Branz Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason<br />
John Clemens, Volunteer Co-Chair<br />
Darlene Corkrum Virginia Mason Medical Center<br />
Bob Donegan Ivar’s/Kidd Valley<br />
Garrick Dorn CBS Sports Collegiate Sports Properties<br />
Cora Elquist <strong>Boeing</strong><br />
Mike Flood Seahawks/Sounders FC<br />
Mark Hooper <strong>Boeing</strong><br />
Gary Kerr TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Advisory Board<br />
Wayne Milner Washington Athletic Club<br />
Ralph Morton Seattle Sports Commission<br />
Judy Ruskell Virginia Mason Medical Center<br />
Michael VanDerhoef Virginia Mason Foundation<br />
Bart Wiley Seahawks/Sounders FC<br />
Heidi Wills The First Tee of Greater Seattle<br />
MARKETING COMMITTEE<br />
Mitch Boyle Co-Chair, Belo<br />
Rich Moore Co-Chair, KJR<br />
Jim Rose Co-Chair, Belo<br />
Matt Brown TPC Snoqualmie Ridge<br />
Jenny Gudmundson KJR<br />
Gary Kerr TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Advisory Board<br />
Shelby Lanting The First Tee of Greater Seattle<br />
Lisa Lee Tiger Oak Media<br />
Rachel Martin Benaroya Research Institute<br />
at Virginia Mason<br />
Michelle Pinson Washington Athletic Club<br />
Jason Richards Project Bionic<br />
Jeff Richards Seahawks/Sounders FC<br />
Carrie Thearle <strong>Boeing</strong><br />
Zac Thorpe SuperGraphics<br />
Sandra Wright AdsUpNow<br />
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE<br />
Garrick Dorn Committee Chair, CBS Sports<br />
Collegiate Sports Properties<br />
Darren Alger Matisia Consultants<br />
Ryan Broderson SuperGraphics<br />
Josh Cooprider MedKeeper<br />
Andrew Janison Red Carpet Valet/IPM Parking<br />
Meghan Mead Pandora<br />
Bart Wiley Seahawks/Sounders FC<br />
VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE CHAIRS<br />
Barbara Bond-Howard,<br />
John Sanford Adaptive Golf Clinic <br />
PatRIce Entenman, Sue Karpen Administration<br />
Julie Burrage, Alicia Follette Admissions<br />
Doug Harker, Greg Smith Broadcast Support<br />
Brad Naybert, Kevin O’Keefe Caddies Center<br />
Kristin Lucas, Ron May Course Marshals<br />
Debbie Gordon Database Services<br />
Scott Jackson, Joe Kosmider,<br />
Jeff Pechacek Driving Range<br />
Steve Grose Ecology<br />
Ken Walker, Susan Walker Long Drive<br />
Doug Harker, Greg Smith Media<br />
Sandy Duncan Merchandise Store<br />
Bob Berghuis, Dean Kohrs Pro-Am<br />
Brian Hovik, Rod Stout Scoring<br />
Ray Benson, Su Benson Shuttle Carts (on-course)<br />
Jennifer Richards, Andrea Ross Skybox Hospitality<br />
Sharon Hemphill, Bill McAllister Standard Bearers<br />
Jim Burrage, Al Karpen Transportation<br />
Kenny Mulwa, Gary Osness Volunteer Center<br />
Joy Nelson, Hank Schaeffer Volunteer Rovers<br />
Debbie Bevier, Randy Carey Volunteer Uniforms<br />
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Net-Inspect<br />
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NYS Enterprises<br />
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Pacific Mobile Structures<br />
PODS<br />
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Puget Sound Energy<br />
Rolls-Royce<br />
Seattle Sports Commission<br />
Seattle University<br />
Skanska<br />
Snoqualmie Casino<br />
Sojitz Corporation<br />
Spirit AeroSystems<br />
SuperGraphics<br />
Symetra<br />
Tata Consultancy Services<br />
ThyssenKrupp Aerospace<br />
Tiger Oak Media<br />
United Healthcare<br />
Virginia Mason Medical Center<br />
Washington Athletic Club<br />
Western Union<br />
Worldmark by Wyndham<br />
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