FREE ADMISSION ANNOUNCED FOR 2010 ALLIANZ CHAMPIONSHIP

Tournament officials with the Allianz Championship, held February 15-21, 2010 at The Old Course at Broken Sound, announced that the PGA Champions Tour event will be free for the public.  Made possible by support from the City of Boca Raton, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and others, the fourth annual Allianz Championship will be the first-ever PGA event in the state of Florida with free admission.

"Giving back is the right thing to do," said Ryan Dillon, tournament director.  "Having received such tremendous support from fans and corporate partners over the past four years, we, the City of Boca Raton, Allianz Life and our other sponsors are thrilled that we have an opportunity to say thank you and provide this free gift to golf fans, their friends, family and colleagues.  We encourage everyone to come out to The Old Course at Broken Sound and enjoy watching the legends of golf compete for the impressive purse."

The Allianz Championship is the Champions Tour's second tournamnet of the early-season Florida swing with the Golf Channel televising all three rounds from The Old Course at Broken Sound.  Competing for the tournament purse of $1.7 million will include such legends of golf as Bernhard Langer, Nick Price, and tour rookies Tom Lehman and Paul Azinger.  Driving charity to Boca Raton, tournament event proceeds will benefit Boca Raton Community Hospital.