March 26, 2007

The Regions Charity Classic presented by Bruno’s Supermarkets will host a separate competition for charity called the Wyndham Challenge during the Charter Telephone Pro-am Thursday, May 17. South Carolina’s head football coach Steve Spurrier and Auburn’s head football coach Tommy Tuberville will be paired together to compete for $15,000 to their favorite charity in a stroke play competition.

The Charter Telephone Pro-am will take place on Wednesday, May 16 and Thursday, May 17 during the tournament week at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Ross Bridge. One Champions Tour professional is paired with four amateurs in a best ball format tournament.

Ever competitive Coach Spurrier suggested the idea of hosting a mini-competition within the pro-am between himself and Coach Tuberville to raise awareness for the tournament’s charitable mission. According to Coach Spurrier, this competition would be for the unofficial title as best golfer among SEC football coaches.

“I always enjoy playing in the Regions Charity Classic and I will look forward to competing against Coach Spurrier at this year’s tournament,” said Coach Tuberville. “This will certainly get my competitive juices flowing.”

Coach Spurrier will be competing to raise money for the South Carolina Coalition against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assualt. It is a coalition of all the domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers in the state of South Carolina. Coach Tuberville chose StoryBook Farms as his charity of choice. StoryBook Farms is located in Opelika and is an equestrian-based program that offers emotional healing to children who are coping with life threatening diseases, chronic illnesses, disabilities or those that have suffered a loss through horseback riding. This will be Coach Spurrier’s fourth appearance at the Regions Charity Classic and Coach Tuberville’s ninth.

Wyndham Vacation Ownership is the world’s largest vacation ownership business and has developed or acquired approximately 140 vacation ownership resorts throughout North America and the South Pacific that represent more than 18,000 individual ownership units and more than 750,000 owners of vacation ownership and other real estate interests.

The 2007 Regions Charity Classic presented by Bruno’s Supermarkets will be held two weeks later than the 2006 event on May 14-20 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Ross Bridge. Players anticipated to participate include Hale Irwin, Jay Haas, Loren Roberts, Lee Trevino, Ben Crenshaw, Hubert Green and Jerry Pate and many other great names. Please call (205) 969-9229 for sponsorship, volunteer, charity or general information.