TPC Scottsdale Desert Course To Receive Face Lift in 2007

SCOTTSDALE, AZ

Named by Golf Digest "One of the Best Places To Play In America" for its superb golf and variety of upscale amenities, TPC Scottsdale will get even better in 2007, thanks to $10 million in capital improvements to the Club's Desert Course, which was approved by the City of Scottsdale.

"Planned improvements are designed to provide local residents, guests, TOUR players and FBR Open spectators with a memorable golf experience as well as enable us to increase charitable contributions to the community through The Thunderbirds," said TPC Scottsdale General Manager Bill Grove. "From significant competitive enhancements and design elements to clubhouse and banquet space improvements, we are confident the renovation will make this already outstanding golf facility an even bigger asset to the City of Scottsdale."

Set in the Sonoran Desert surrounded by the majestic McDowell Mountains, TPC Scottsdale opened in 1987 and quickly earned acclaim as one of the best golf resorts in America. The Club features two world-class championship layouts: the par-71, 7,216-yard Stadium Course, which serves as home to the largest spectator event on the PGA TOUR, the FBR Open (formerly the Phoenix Open); and the par-70, 6,423-yard Desert Course, named by Fox Sports Net-Arizona as the "Best Kept Secret in the Valley."

Planned improvements, which will be conducted under the direction of golf course designer Randy Heckenkamper, will increase the length of the Desert Course to approximately 7,100 yards. Every hole will be redesigned, with the majority of design changes occurring on holes 1 through 5 and 15 to 18. Hole 17 will increase from a par-4 to a par-5, returning the course to championship level and a par of 71. The course will also benefit from significantly improved drainage and irrigation systems, which will facilitate greater consistency in playing conditions year-round, and greater elevation changes, which will make the course more artistic and challenging.

Construction will begin in January 2007 prior to the FBR Open and reopen in November 2007. For more information, visit www.tpc.com or call (888) 211-6593. For media information only, please contact Russ Norris at RussNorris@pgatourtpc.com or (480) 585-4334.

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Managed by PGA TOUR subsidiary PGA TOUR Golf Course Properties, Inc.., the Tournament Players Club (TPC) Network is comprised of 23 premier private, resort and daily fee golf properties designed by some of golf's most notable architects. Each TPC has hosted or has been designed to host TOUR-sanctioned events.

Since TPC Sawgrass first opened its world-renowned Stadium Course in the fall of 1980, TPC's have provided rent-free venues for PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour tournaments, helping to boost purses and increase charitable donations to grass roots non-profit organizations. At the same time, TPC's have provided recreational golfers with the unique opportunity to test their skills on the same layouts where the world's best golfers compete.

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