WHAT Toshiba Senior Classic WHEN March 14-20,...

WHAT

Toshiba Senior Classic

WHEN

March 14-20, 2005

PLAYERS

78 PGA Champions Tour professionals, led by defending champion Tom

Purtzer

FORMAT

3 rounds (54 holes), stroke play with no cuts

PURSE

$1.65 million, up from $1.6 million in 2004. The winner will

receive $247,500.

SITE

Newport Beach Country Club

Par 35-36 -- 71; 6,584 yards

TICKETS

Advance purchase Good-Any-One-Day coupon, $18

Single-day ticket, Monday through Sunday (admission gate prices),

$20.

Week-long Grounds Badge, good Monday through Sunday, (grounds

only), $50

Season Clubhouse Badge, good Monday through Sunday (grounds and

clubhouse), $100

Corporate ticket packages also available.

Tickets are available at tournament admission gates.

TELEVISION COVERAGE

Friday, March 18 -- 2-4:30 p.m. (The Golf Channel)

Saturday, March 19 -- 2-4:30 p.m. (The Golf Channel)

Sunday, March 20 -- 2-4:30 p.m. (The Golf Channel)

WEBSITE

Tournament information and updates are at

https://www.toshibaseniorx classic.com.

QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT

Monday, March 14

Industry Hills, Eisenhower Course

City of Industry

PAST CHAMPIONS

2004 -- Tom Purtzer (198)

2003 -- Rodger Davis (197)

2002 -- Hale Irwin (196)

2001 -- Jose Maria Canizares (202 -- won nine-hole playoff against

Gil Morgan).

2000 -- Allen Doyle (136 -- won rain-shortened, two-round event).

1999 -- Gary McCord (204 -- won five-hole playoff against John

Jacobs, Al Geiberger and Allen Doyle. Geiberger and Doyle were

eliminated after the first hole).

1998 -- Hale Irwin (200)

1997 -- Bob Murphy (207 -- won nine-hole playoff against Jay

Sigel).

1996 -- Jim Colbert (201)

1995 -- George Archer (199 -- at Mesa Verde Country Club).

CHARITY

The lead charity and event organizer is Hoag Hospital Foundation.

In its seven years under the auspices of Hoag Hospital Foundation,

the Toshiba Senior Classic has raised more than $6.7 million for more

than 20 different charities. Hoag Hospital Foundation also received

the inaugural PGA Champions Tour Charity of the Year Award in 1998.