* What Toshiba Senior Classic * When...

* What

Toshiba Senior Classic

* When

March 17-23, 2003

* Players

Eighty-one PGA Champions Tour professionals, led by defending

champion Hale Irwin

* Format

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

* Purse

$1.55 million, up from $1.5 million in 2002. The winner will

receive $232,500.

* Site (Since 1996)

Newport Beach Country Club

1600 East Pacific Coast Highway

Newport Beach, CA

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

* Tickets

Advance-purchase Good-Any-One-Day exchangeable coupon, $15

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 Roger Dunn Golf Shops or by calling the

tournament headquarters at (949) 660-1001.

* Television Coverage

Friday, March 21, 2003 -- 2:00-4:30 p.m. PST (The Golf Channel)

Saturday, March 22, 2003 -- 3:00-5:00 p.m. PST (Live on CNBC)

Sunday, March 23, 2003 -- 3:00-5:00 p.m. PST (Live on CNBC)

(TV times subject to change)

* Web site

Tournament information and updates are available at

www.ToshibaSeniorClassic.com.

* Qualifying Tournament

Monday, March 17, 2003

Goose Creek Golf Club

Mira Loma

* Charity

The lead charity and event organizer is Hoag Hospital Foundation.

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

Toshiba Senior Classic has raised more than $4.7 million for over 20

different charities. Hoag Hospital Foundation also received the

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

Additional charities for the 2003 Toshiba Senior Classic include

the Toshiba Senior Classic Scholarship Fund, Orangewood Children’s

Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Orange County, Explorer

Scouts of Orange County and Los Angeles Conservation Corps.