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JASON GORE TO
COMPETE IN 2005 BELL CANADIAN OPEN - Nine Major
championship winners set to challenge Shaughnessy
Golf and Country Club- Vancouver, B.C. -
The Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) and Bell
Canada announced today more players - including
2005 sensation Jason Gore - who have confirmed
their intention to compete in the 2005 Bell
Canadian Open, September 5-11 at Shaughnessy Golf
and Country Club in Vancouver,
B.C. Gore, a regular on
the Nationwide Tour, began to capture international
attention earlier this year as he held a share of
the 36-hole lead at the 2005 U.S. Open. He
would eventually finish tied for 49th but rode the
momentum to capture three consecutive victories on
the Nationwide Tour. The string of wins would
earn him an automatic "battlefield" promotion onto
the PGA Tour as he gets set to compete in his third
career Bell Canadian Open. Bell Canada and the
RCGA are also pleased to announce that PGA Tour
veterans Tom Lehman and Corey Pavin have confirmed
their intention to challenge the field at
Shaughnessy. Lehman, who will captain the
2006 US Ryder Cup team, is a five-time winner on
the PGA Tour, including the 1996 British
Open. Pavin, a fan-favourite throughout his
17 appearances at the Canadian Open, has 14 career
PGA Tour victories, including the 1995 US
Open. The pair will join
fellow major winners Fred Funk (2004 Player
Championship), Todd Hamilton (2004 British Open),
Rich Beem (2002 PGA Championship), Mark
Calcavecchia (1989 British Open), Craig Stadler
(1982 Masters, 1991 Players Championship), Canada's
own Mike Weir (2003 Masters) and defending champion
Vijay Singh (1998 and 2004 PGA Championship, 2000
Masters, 2002 Tour Championship). Also set to compete
in Vancouver are 2005 PGA Tour winners Ben Crane
(US Bank Championship), Tim Petrovic (Zurich
Classic of New Orleans) and Vaughan Taylor
(Reno-Tahoe Open). Others players
announced today include PGA veteran Brad Faxon, a
7-time winner on the PGA Tour and two-time member
of the US Ryder Cup Team, as well as past PGA Tour
winners Jonathan Kaye and Rod Pampling and
father-son duo Craig and Kevin Stadler. The world's best
professional golfers will be competing for $4.9
million U.S. at the 2005 Bell Canadian Open,
September 5-11 at Shaughnessy Golf and Country
Club. Limited tickets still remain for all
tournament rounds with the RCGA expecting this
year's event to once again sell
out. Tickets for the
2005 Bell Canadian Open can be ordered on-line at
www.bellcanadianopen.ca or by phone at
1-800-571-OPEN. Bell Canada,
Canada's national leader in communications,
provides connectivity to residential and business
customers through wired and wireless voice and data
communications, local and long distance phone
services, high speed and wireless Internet access,
IP-broadband services, e-business solutions and
satellite television services. Bell Canada is
wholly owned by BCE Inc. For more information
please visit www.bell.ca. About The Royal
Canadian Golf Association The Royal Canadian
Golf Association is the governing body of golf in
Canada, representing close to 400, 000 members
nationwide. In addition to providing core services
such as the Rules of Golf, handicapping, support of
turfgrass and environmental research, and BMO
Financial Group Future Links, Canada's national
junior golf program and supporting the Canadian
Golf Hall of Fame and Museum, the RCGA also
conducts Canada's most prestigious golf
championships. The Bell Canadian Open and BMO
Financial Group Canadian Women's Open attract the
best professional golfers in the world, while six
regional junior championships, 10 national amateur
championships and the BMO Financial Group
Canadi For more
information: Anthony
Alfred Director,
Communications Royal Canadian Golf
Association Phone:
1-800-263-0009 x 227 Cell:
416-819-0286 E-mail:
aalfred@rcga.org Gina
Gottenberg Associate Director,
Media Relations Bell
Canada Phone:
1-866-539-4221 Cell:
403-461-6859 E-mail:
gina.gottenberg@bell.ca |
