Tour Professional Brad Faxon Appointed Player Director

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January 16, 2008 561/624-8446

TOUR PROFESSIONAL BRAD FAXON APPOINTED PLAYER DIRECTOR

OF THE PGA OF AMERICA’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ORLANDO,Fla. –Veteran PGA Tour Professional Brad Faxon of Barrington, R.I., has been appointed to Player Director, becoming one of eight new members of The PGA America’s Board of Directors.

Faxon, who succeeded Joe Ogilvie of Austin, Texas, was sworn in Wednesday, Jan. 16, at The Association’s 91stAnnual Meeting at the OrangeCountyConvention Center in Orlando, Fla.

Faxon is joined on the PGA Board by the following new directors: Junior Bridgeman of Louisville, Ky., Ray Cutright of Macon, Ga., Rod Loesch of Easton, Conn., David Mocini of Harbor Springs, Mich., Derek Sprague of Malone, N.Y., Mike Thomas of Goshen, Ky., and Roger Wallace of Polston, Mont.

The PGA Board of Directors is composed of the Association’s President, Vice President, Secretary, Honorary President and 17 Directors. The Directors include representatives from each of The PGA’s 14 Districts, two Independent Directors and a member of the PGA Tour. New District Directors are elected by their local PGA Sections.

Faxon, 46, who succeeded Joe Ogilvie as Player Director, has been a member of the PGA Tour since 1983. He competed on the 1995 and 1997 U.S. Ryder Cup Teams, and is the winner of eight Tour titles between 1991 and 2005, and 11 other career victories including the 1993 Heineken Australian Open.

Since 1991, he has teamed with Tour professional Billy Andrade for the Billy Andrade/Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc., which has donated more than $7 million to youngsters in the Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. The organization received the 1999 Golf Writers Association of America’s Charlie Bartlett Award for unselfish contributions by playing professionals to society.

Faxon and Andrade also host the CVS Charity Classic, which has raised more than $10 million for charity, and is serving his third term on the PGA Tour Policy Board. Faxon was the recipient of the 2005 Payne Stewart Award for his respect for the traditions of the game, his commitment to uphold the game’s heritage for charitable support and his professional presentation of himself and the sport.

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