Allianz Championship

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address: 6450 E. Rogers Circle

city: Boca Raton state: FL zip: 33487
phone: 561.241.4653url: AllianzChampionship.com

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Allianz Founded in 1896 and based in Minneapolis, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America provides fixed and variable annuities, life insurance products, and long term care insurance products.

Known for innovation and commitment to its customers and community, the company has become a leader in the North American life insurance industry. Allianz products are offered through a network of over 220,000 independent financial professionals. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America is one of the primary companies of Allianz SE, the 15th largest corporation in the world based on revenue (Forbes, March 2007) and one of the world’s largest providers of financial services. Allianz SE employs over 177,000 people who serve more than 70 million customers worldwide.

Allianz Championship tournament took place on February 4th-10th, 2008 at The Old Course at Broken Sound. Bringing the legendary champions of golf to Boca Raton for a celebrated week-long PGA Champions Tour tournament, the Allianz Championship hosted a variety of events that was driving all net proceeds to Boca Raton Community Hospital. The Allianz Championship Tournament players included a long roster of golf legends such as Gary Player, Nick Price, Tom Kite, Lee Trevino, Jay Haas, Bernhard Langer, Dana Quigley, Loren Roberts, Fuzzy Zoeller, Andy Bean, Chip Beck, John Harris, Hale Irwin and Tom Purtzer.

The Allianz Championship increased the Champions Tour’s early-season Florida swing to three tournaments with the Golf Channel televising live all three rounds of the championship from The Old Course at Broken Sound Club. The purse will be $1.65 million in 2008, escalating $50,000 the following year. Events included a Junior Pro-Am & Pro Skills Challenge and the Championship Pro-Am, followed by the televised 54-hole competition.

The tournament -- is sponsored by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, JM Lexus; Charles Schwab; 3M; Administaff Small Business; Woolbright Development, Inc.; City of Boca Raton; Boca Aviation; Republic National Distributing; Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce; 200 East; Penn-Florida Companies; Lynn University; Rosenberg Diamonds & Co.; Palm Beach Post; Toshiba Business Solutions; Boca Raton Magazine; LXR Luxury Resorts; Boca Raton Resort & Club; HP; Clear Channel Outdoor; Clear Channel Radio; Boca News; Kaye Communications, Inc.; Palm Beach County Sports Commission; PTC; ESPN AM 760 and Bonds.com.--is being managed by Pro Links Sports, headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Directing six tournaments on the Champions Tour schedule, all are continuously voted in the top ten tournaments by the players.

The second day of the week-long PGA Champions Tour’s Allianz Championship will feature its Junior Pro-Am that teams up local male and female high school golfers with PGA Champions Tour professionals for a wide variety of opportunities/experiences.

12 Noon -- Boca Raton Community Hospital Junior Pro-Am-Local high school golfers and Champions Tour professionals
2:30 p.m. -- Boca Raton Community Hospital Pro Skills Challenge on the 18th green-Pros and participants boast their golf skills in attempting difficult shots around the green.

The third day of the Allianz Championship, a PGA Champions Tour event, will feature two Pro Am events, pairing up four amateurs with one professional golfer.

The fourth day of the Allianz Championship, a PGA Champions Tour event, will feature two Pro Am events, pairing up four amateurs with one professional golfer.

The beginning of the championship rounds will take place for the inaugural Allianz Championship.

The second round of championship play will take place for the Allianz Championship.

About Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. Founded in 1896 and based in Minneapolis, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America provides fixed and variable annuities, life insurance products, and long term care insurance products. Known for innovation and commitment to its customers and community, the company has become a leader in the North American life insurance industry. Allianz products are offered through a network of over 220,000 independent financial professionals. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America is one of the primary companies of Allianz SE, the 15th largest corporation in the world based on revenue (Forbes, March 2007) and one of the world’s largest providers of financial services. Allianz SE employs over 177,000 people who serve more than 70 million customers worldwide.

Broken Sound is considered one of the premier golf course communities in Palm Beach County, FL. It features resort-style, country club living in 27 private villages and has 23 tennis courts, a state-of-the-art fitness/spa center, aquatic area, dining facilities and two of the finest golf courses in south Florida. The original Broken Sound Club, now affectionately known as the “Old Course”, was founded in 1978 and designed by Joe Lee. It will host the Allianz Championship. Gene Bates completed a redesign of the Old Course in January 2004. The Old Course features an abundance of trees unique to south Florida and rolling fairways that give it a feel similar to courses in the Pinehurst, NC area. It includes the largest stand of natural Florida maples trees in the county. The Club Course, another Lee design, was opened in 1985 and also recently renovated by Bates. Broken Sound is located on the north side of Yamato Road on Old Course Way between Congress Avenue and Military Trail.

Serving the community since 1967, Boca Raton Community Hospital (www.brch.com) has 400 beds and more than 700 primary and specialty physicians with privileges. Areas of expertise include cancer, cardiovascular disease and surgery, minimally invasive surgery and women’s health.The Christine E. Lynn Heart Institute opened in September 2006, eliminating the need for patients to travel potentially life-threatening distances to receive comprehensive emergency cardiac care. This was the first time in 22 years that a new open-heart program opened in Palm Beach County. The Eugene M. and Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute’s Harvey and Phyllis Sandler Pavilion will open in 2008. Upon its completion, the facility will house oncology, imaging, radiation, chemotherapy, support services and clinical research.

Plans are currently underway to build the Charles E. Schmidt Medical Center, the first new academic medical center to open in the United States in nearly thirty years. The hospital’s design combines best practices in technology, architecture, education and patient care to pioneer a new era in hospital safety and become the safest hospital in America.The Charles E. Schmidt Medical Center will be the cornerstone of the new academic medical center and the primary teaching hospital of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine at FAU and the Lynn College of Nursing at FAU.

Woolbright Development is teaming up with Boca Raton Community Hospital to present an on-site Woolbright Wellness Center. Sponsored by Woolbright Development, Inc., which is returning as a second year tournament sponsor with more than a 100% increase in participation level, this exciting partnership between the hospital and Woolbright Development will support the hospital’s community outreach mission of providing quality healthcare to the community it serves. Inside the Woolbright Wellness Center, medical, nursing and healthcare personnel will provide health screenings for blood pressure and BMI. In addition, the Wellness Center will feature health information on a wide variety of topics ranging from breast and skin cancer awareness to nutrition information, and exercise demonstrations.

The week-long 2008 Allianz Championship schedule, includes a Boca Raton Community Hospital Junior Pro-Am & Pro Skills Challenge on Tuesday, Feb. 5th, Championship Pro-Ams on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 6th and 7th, and the Golf Channel televised 54-hole competition Friday through Sunday, Feb. 8th-10th. All tournament play will be held at The Old Course at Broken Sound 1401 NW 51st Street, (Yamato Road) in Boca Raton, FL, on the north side of Yamato Road on Old Course Way, between Congress Avenue and Military Trail.

2008 sponsors include Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, JM Lexus; Charles Schwab; 3M; Administaff Small Business; Woolbright Development, Inc.; City of Boca Raton; Boca Aviation; Republic National Distributing; Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce; 200 East; Penn-Florida Companies; Flagler Development; Lynn University; Rosenberg Diamonds & Co.; Palm Beach Post; Toshiba Business Solutions; Boca Raton Magazine; LXR Luxury Resorts; Boca Raton Resort & Club; HP; Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County; Clear Channel Radio; Boca News; Kaye Communications, Inc.; Palm Beach County Sports Commission; PTC; ESPN AM 760 and Bonds.com.

The 2007-2008 Boca Raton Champions Golf Charities (BRCGC) board serves as the operational and financial oversight group for the annual Boca Raton event as well as the oversight group for the distribution of all charitable funds. BRCGC board members include Tournament Board Chairman and City of Boca Raton Councilman Mike “MJ” Arts, Christine Lynn, Dick Schmidt, Boca Raton Deputy Mayor Susan Whelchel, Don Allison, Gary Strack, Franklin Loh, Hollis Cavner, John Crean, Keith O’Donnell, Harvey Sandler, Jan Savarick and Ann Kagel. New BRCGC board members include Jim Dunn, Mark Gensheimer, Brent Colston, Larry Bernick, Troy McLellan, Stephen Ast, Don Schaevitz, Gary Bhojwani, Juli Wall, and Dr. Robert Colton.

For more information on sponsorship and volunteer opportunities, and to purchase tickets (ranging from $15 for One Day Passes to $1,000 for Executive Skybox Seating), contact the tournament office at 561-241-GOLF (4653); fax 561-241-4658, or visit www.allianzchampionship.com.

In addition to bringing the legendary champions of golf to Boca Raton for a celebrated week-long PGA Champions Tour event, the Allianz Championship will be driving all net proceeds to Boca Raton Community Hospital. The Old Course at Broken Sound in Boca Raton, Florida will play host to the event February 4-10, 2008. The Allianz Championship with a purse of $1.65 million increases the Champions Tour’s early-season Florida swing to three tournaments with the Golf Channel televising live all three rounds of the championship from The Old Course at Broken Sound Club.