Boeing Media Guide - PGA TOUR Media

UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE BOEING CLASSICPLAYERS ARRIVE IN STYLE ON SUNDAY NIGHTThe Boeing Classic has made it that much easier for players and their guests to arrive in Seattle early and well-rested.In partnership with Boeing and Alaska Airlines, a charter flight will take off from Redmond Airport on Sunday nightfollowing the JELD-WEN Tradition and will arrive at Boeing Field a mere 60 minutes later. The flight will carryapproximately 75 passengers, including players, wives, caddies and other friends and family members. The group willbe met on the tarmac by the SeaGals and Blue Thunder then led to their vehicles for the short drive to SnoqualmieRidge. It’s a unique and advantageous opportunity for these players and an impressive first introduction to the BoeingClassic.BRUCE FLEISCHER TO CHALLENGE THE SEAHAWKS ON THEIR OWN TURFOn Tuesday, August 25 th , Champions Tour player Bruce Fleischer will head out to Virginia Mason Athletic Center to seewhat kind of game the Seahawks have – without helmets and pads, that is. Following the team’s 11am practice, a provs. pro challenge will take place on the practice field with Fleischer taking on Brian Russell and a couple of otherplayers in a closest to the pin contest. The power of football takes on the grace of golf…who will prevail?PLAYERS GET TAKEN OUT TO THE BALLGAMEA Boeing Classic contingent will get to do much more than take in a baseball game at Safeco Field on Wednesday,August 26 th . Reprising an event held in the tournament’s inaugural year, Champions Tour players Fred Funk, DanaQuigley and Jim Thorpe will participate in a pre-game competition against members of the Mariners staff in a closestto the pin competition. Setting up at home plate, the competitors will take aim at a pin set up in center field in front oftens of thousands of fans in attendance for the Mariners-A’s game that night.A new addition to the Boeing Classic’s presence at Safeco this year, Funk will also have the opportunity to throw outthe ceremonial first pitch prior to the start of the game. Funk will attend the game with his family and all of theplayers will stay to cheer on the team as the guests of the Mariners.SEAHAWKS CUP TO GIVE PRO-AM PLAYERS THE CHANCE TO WIN A TRIP TO THE SUPERBOWLAn exciting addition to this year’s Pro-Am with the Seahawks as the new Title Sponsor, the team with the lowest netscore over the two-day competition will receive the Seahawks Cup.BOEING FLYOVER SIGNALS START OF COMPETITIONWhen the pros hit the course for the 2009 Boeing Classic, the start of the region's only PGA Champions Tour eventwon't be signaled by a shotgun blast, but rather by the sound and appearance of a Boeing 777 jetliner. On Friday,Aug. 28, at about 11:20 a.m., a Boeing 777 will salute fans and players as it circles the course at TPC SnoqualmieRidge, lines up with the 18th fairway, and flies up and over the clubhouse to start the event.The airplane, provided courtesy of The Boeing Company and Korean Air, will be flying at about 1,000 feet over thearea, and pilots will operate the airplane under strict flight rules, and with the full support and permission of the U.S.Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation Safety Authority (TSA).14