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Texas Players Eager for Return to Lone Star Home in 2007 AT&T Championship September 25, 2007 - San Antonio, Texas: Nearly a dozen Champions Tour players from Texas are expected to take part in the 2007 AT&T Championship presented by Alcatel-Lucent, Oct 15-21 at historic Oak Hills Country Club in San Antonio. For most, the chance to return to their Texas homes and their Lone Star roots is an offer too good to pass up. “It’s pretty neat to come back,” said Champions Tour past winner Lanny Wadkins, who has lived in North Texas for nearly 20 years. “Oak Hills is one of the best courses we play anywhere, and I really like San Antonio,” he added. “My buddies are already talking about coming down to watch me.” Wadkins is one of several Texas players who have committed to return to San Antonio, the historical home of Texas Golf, and its famed A.W. Tillinghast designed Oak Hills layout. Other state players to commit include Austin twosome Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite along with Austin’s Tom Jenkins. Corpus Christi native Phil Blackmar, a former Houston Open winner on the PGA Tour, will be making his first AT&T Championship appearance. Frisco’s D.A. Weibring will be there in 2007 along with another expected appearance by Dallas native and resident Lee Trevino, always a huge fan favorite. San Antonio’s Bill Rogers, a Texas Open winner at Oak Hills on the PGA Tour, will be in the field along with Texas native and multiple Champions Tour winner Brad Bryant. Perhaps the Texas player most looking forward to the San Antonio return is Crenshaw, whose fourth place finish last year was his best ever AT&T Championship appearance. Already, in 2007, Crenshaw is enjoying his best Champions Tour season with three top 10 performances in 17 starts. His current 15th place standing in the Charles Schwab Cup Points Race should guarantee his first appearance into the season-ending Charles Schwab Championship. “Oak Hills is outstanding, and holds a place close to my heart since I won there in 1986,” Crenshaw said. “I understand the field will be especially strong this year, which should make for a great week for spectators. “ Not only has Crenshaw won at Oak Hills before, but he captured his first professional win in San Antonio at the 1973 Texas Open at nearby Woodlake CC. “The Champions Tour event in San Antonio is one that all of the players enjoy, both because of the city and the venue,” he said. Wadkins is coming back from multiple back surgeries which have kept him out for most of the year, but is glad to be in San Antonio once again. “Oak Hills is always a delight to play, and when we get to return to the site of a former (PGA) Tour event, that means a lot of us have good memories here,” he said. To purchase tickets for the 2007 Champions Tour memories and magic, call 210-698-3582 or go to www.attchamp.com > from press release <
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