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8.19.2008 - 03:40pm ET
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Wendy's International, Inc.
Rio Secco Golf Club To Host 2008 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge
(CSRwire) DUBLIN, Ohio, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Officials from the
Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge today announced a new two-year agreement with
Harrah's Entertainment to host the made-for-television event in 2008 and
2009. For 2008, Rio Secco Golf Club, located in Henderson, Nevada, will
host the official pro-am on November 10 and the Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge
professional competition on November 11.
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The Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge is the only professional golf tournament
that pits three players from the PGA, LPGA and Champions Tours against
each other in competitive, head-to-head threesomes for Tour bragging
rights and a share of the $1 million purse. Each threesome consists of one
player from each Tour competing in two separate, nine-hole stroke play
matches. The one-of-a-kind contest is scheduled to air on ABC Television
December 13 and 14, 2008.
The primary objective of the Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge has remained
constant throughout the 16-year history of the event -- generate national
awareness and funds for foster care adoption programs for the event's sole
beneficiary, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Through 2007, more
than $25 million has been raised.
"We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Harrah's," said
Denny Lynch, Wendy's Senior VP, Communications. "Harrah's and the Wendy's
3-Tour Challenge have the same commitment to providing the ultimate golf
experience. We look forward to working in partnership with their team to
provide a world-class setting for our Event and continue to generate
funding and awareness for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption."
"We look forward to serving as host for the Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge,"
said Eric Dutt, Vice President - Las Vegas Golf Operations at Harrah's
Entertainment. "The event will allow us to showcase Rio Secco Golf Club to
a national audience. Equally important, we are pleased to align our company
with the tremendous work being done by the Dave Thomas Foundation for
Adoption."
Home to the Butch Harmon School of Golf, Rio Secco Golf Club was
designed by renowned architect Rees Jones. The golf course lies at the
foothills of the Black Mountain Range, and features six holes through
steep canyons, six holes on a plateau overlooking The Strip, and six holes
in a broad desert plain.
About the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a nonprofit 501(c)3 public
charity dedicated to dramatically increasing the adoptions of the more
than 150,000 children in North America's foster care systems waiting to be
adopted. Created by Wendy's(R) founder, Dave Thomas, who was adopted as a
child, the Foundation leads programs such as Wendy's Wonderful Kids,
placing adoption recruiters throughout the U.S. and Canada to find
permanent, loving families for children in the foster care system, and
Adoption-Friendly Workplace, encouraging employers to offer adoption
benefits to their employees. The Foundation also works with adoption
advocates and officials to streamline the adoption process and make
adoption more affordable for families. As the only foundation dedicated
exclusively to foster care adoption, we are driven by Dave's simple value:
Do what's best for the child. To learn more about the Foundation's work,
please visit www.DaveThomasFoundationforAdoption.org.
About Rio Secco Golf Club
Gracefully draped across 240 acres in the foothills of the Black
Mountain Range and located 15 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, Rio Secco
Golf Club is renowned for its world-class golf experience and acclaimed
Butch Harmon School of Golf. The 7,318-yard, par 72 course was named in
USA Today newspaper among the "Top Ten Golf Destinations in the World."
Offering instruction for newcomers and professionals alike, The Butch
Harmon School of Golf is famed for working with such talents as Tiger
Woods, Greg Norman, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink and Natalie
Gulbis. Located in Henderson, Nevada, Rio Secco is a Harrah's
Entertainment golf destination. Other Harrah's Entertainment golf courses
are: Grand Bear, in Biloxi, Mississippi; The Links at Cottonwoods, in
Tunica, Mississippi; the historic Atlantic City Country Club, in Atlantic
City, New Jersey; Chariot Run, in Laconia, Indiana; Cascata, in Boulder
City, Nevada; and The Orient Golf Club, in Macau. More information about
Rio Secco Golf Club is available online at www.riosecco.net; Ph
(702) 777-2400.
For more information please contact:
Tom Sprouse
HNS Sports Group
+1-614-889-6791
www.wendys-invest.com
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