GRAND BLANC, Mich., July 28 — Corey Pavin, who set the PGA Tour record for nine holes (26) yesterday (at the U.S. Bank Championship), has committed to the 2006 Buick Open at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc.
Pavin, 46, has 14 career PGA Tour wins, including the 1995 U.S. Open.
This will be Pavin’s first appearance at the Buick Open since 2002 and his sixth overall. His best finish was a tied for second to Fred Couples in 1994.
For Buick Open tickets and information, call 1800 878 OPEN or go to www.buickopen.pgatour.com
Following is the preliminary field for the tournament. There might be changes between now and when the tournament starts.
Michael Allen
Robert Allenby
Stephen Ames
Alex Aragon
Tommy Armour III
Arjun Atwal
Woody Austin
Eric Axley
Paul Azinger
Briny Baird
Craig Barlow
Doug Barron
Brian Bateman
Shane Bertsch
Henrik Bjornstad
Jason Bohn
Steven Bowditch
David Branshaw
Jeff Brehaut
Mark Brooks
Olin Browne
Bart Bryant
Jonathan Byrd
Tom Byrum
Alex Cejka
Greg Chalmers
Daniel Chopra
Michael Connell
Chris Couch
Kris Cox
Ben Curtis
John Dal Corobbo
John Daly
Robert Damron
Brian Davis
Marco Dawson
Bubba Dickerson
Chris DiMarco
James Driscoll
Joe Durant
Steve Elkington
Danny Ellis
John Engler, Jr.
Bob Estes
Brad Faxon
Todd Fischer
Steve Flesch
Carlos Franco
Harrison Frazar
Fred Funk
Jim Furyk
Robert Garrigus
Brian Gay
Brent Geiberger
Bill Glasson
Lucas Glover
Mathew Goggin
Jeff Gove
Paul Goydos
Nathan Green
Mathias Gronberg
Bill Haas
Matt Hansen
Dudley Hart
J.J. Henry
Ryan Hietala
Charley Hoffman
J.B. Holmes
John Huston
Ryuji Imada
Lee Janzen
Zach Johnson
Kent Jones
Jonathan Kaye
Greg Kraft
Stephen Leaney
Ian Leggatt
Justin Leonard
Thomas Levet
Frank Lickliter II
Steve Lowery
Will MacKenzie
Hunter Mahan
Daisuke Maruyama
Troy Matteson
Bob May
Billy Mayfair
David McKenzie
Rocco Mediate
Shaun Micheel
Jon Mills
Ryan Moore
Sean O’Hair
Mark O’Meara
Arron Oberholser
Geoff Ogilvy
Jeff Overton
Ryan Palmer
Rod Pampling
Corey Pavin
Pat Perez
Tom Pernice, Jr.
Kenny Perry
Tim Petrovic
D.A. Points
Ted Purdy
Brett Quigley
Tag Ridings
John Rollins
Jeff Roth
Jason Schultz
Patrick Sheehan
Wes Short, Jr.
Joey Sindelar
Vijay Singh
Heath Slocum
Jeff Sluman
Jerry Smith
Mike Sposa
B.J. Staten
Boyd Summerhays
Roger Tambellini
Hidemichi Tanaka
Phil Tataurangi
Vaughn Taylor
Nicholas Thompson
David Toms
D.J. Trahan
Bob Tway
Bo Van Pelt
Vance Veazey
Scott Verplank
Camilo Villegas
Jimmy Walker
Charles Warren
Nick Watney
Mike Weir
Brett Wetterich
Ron Whittaker
Dean Wilson
Mark Wilson
Tiger Woods
Lian-Wei Zhang
Ian Ziska
Contact:
Al Abrams
646 210-7016
