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Michelob ULTRA Celebrates 5th Anniversary of Asian LPGA Players Reception
Michelob ULTRA Celebrates 5th Anniversary of Asian LPGA Players Reception
Williamsburg, VA. -- Michelob ULTRA hosted a special reception to salute over 45 Asian LPGA Tour golfers participating in the LPGA Tour at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill for the fifth year in a row.
Participating LPGA Asian golfers that attended the reception included former Michelob ULTRA Open champions Grace Park (2003) and Se Ri Pak (2004), 2006 champions Seon Hwa Lee, ShopRite LPGA Classic and Jin Joo Hong, KOLON-Hana Bank Championship, 2007 tournament winners Stacey Prammanasudh, Fields Open in Hawaii and Mi Hyun Kim, SemGroup Championship. Forty-seven of the top 50 LPGA Tour players competed in the Michelob ULTRA Open for a share of the $2.2 million purse. The winner, Suzann Pettersen, received $330,000.
Welcoming remarks at the reception were given by Wayne Nooe, Tournament Director, Michelob ULTRA Open. Key guests attending the reception included Chris Higgs, LPGA Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Olympic Medalist Skier Toby Dawson and officers and board members of the Korean American Grocers Association (KAGRO) from Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Arizona and Colorado. LPGA player Mi Hyun Kim, winner of the recent SemGroup Championship, received special recognition from Chris Higgs for donating $100,000 of her winnings to the Kansas tornado victims.
“We are honored to be celebrating the achievements of the Asian LPGA golfers at the Michelob ULTRA Open for the fifth year,” said Jason Pak, Senior Director, Asian Marketing, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. “With each passing year this reception grows in significance as the presence of Asian players within the LPGA becomes evermore prominent. This is apparent in the current LPGA standings with over 20 from the top 50 of the Official Money List players being Asian.”
The tournament took place at the Kingsmill Resort and Spa, owned and operated by Busch Properties, Inc., the real estate subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch Companies. The Michelob Family is one of golf's strongest corporate sponsors with an association that dates back more than 33 years. In addition to the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, Anheuser-Busch has sponsored the LPGA since 1994. Michelob ULTRA now serves as the “official beer,” and O'Doul's serves as the “official non-alcohol brew” of the LPGA, PGA TOUR and the Champions Tour.
For more than 15 years, Anheuser-Busch has contributed to Asian Pacific American communities through the development and support of a variety of programs that help meet the needs of these diverse communities. These programs are designed to provide immediate and long-term benefits to the communities through joint efforts with national, regional and local organizations who are developing the next generation of leadership.
Based in St. Louis, Anheuser Busch is the leading American brewer, holding a 48.4 percent share of U.S. beer sales. The company brews the world’s largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser Busch also owns a 50 percent share in Grupo Modelo, Mexico’s leading brewer and a 27 percent share in China brewer Tsingtao, whose namesake beer brand is the country’s best-selling premium beer. Anheuser-Busch ranked No. 1 among beverage companies in FORTUNE Magazine’s Most Admired U.S. and Global Companies lists in 2007. Anheuser Busch is one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and one of the world’s largest recyclers of aluminum cans. For more information, visit http://www.anheuser-busch.com/ or http://www.asianbud.com/.
Participating LPGA Asian golfers that attended the reception included former Michelob ULTRA Open champions Grace Park (2003) and Se Ri Pak (2004), 2006 champions Seon Hwa Lee, ShopRite LPGA Classic and Jin Joo Hong, KOLON-Hana Bank Championship, 2007 tournament winners Stacey Prammanasudh, Fields Open in Hawaii and Mi Hyun Kim, SemGroup Championship. Forty-seven of the top 50 LPGA Tour players competed in the Michelob ULTRA Open for a share of the $2.2 million purse. The winner, Suzann Pettersen, received $330,000.
Welcoming remarks at the reception were given by Wayne Nooe, Tournament Director, Michelob ULTRA Open. Key guests attending the reception included Chris Higgs, LPGA Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Olympic Medalist Skier Toby Dawson and officers and board members of the Korean American Grocers Association (KAGRO) from Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Arizona and Colorado. LPGA player Mi Hyun Kim, winner of the recent SemGroup Championship, received special recognition from Chris Higgs for donating $100,000 of her winnings to the Kansas tornado victims.
“We are honored to be celebrating the achievements of the Asian LPGA golfers at the Michelob ULTRA Open for the fifth year,” said Jason Pak, Senior Director, Asian Marketing, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. “With each passing year this reception grows in significance as the presence of Asian players within the LPGA becomes evermore prominent. This is apparent in the current LPGA standings with over 20 from the top 50 of the Official Money List players being Asian.”
The tournament took place at the Kingsmill Resort and Spa, owned and operated by Busch Properties, Inc., the real estate subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch Companies. The Michelob Family is one of golf's strongest corporate sponsors with an association that dates back more than 33 years. In addition to the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, Anheuser-Busch has sponsored the LPGA since 1994. Michelob ULTRA now serves as the “official beer,” and O'Doul's serves as the “official non-alcohol brew” of the LPGA, PGA TOUR and the Champions Tour.
For more than 15 years, Anheuser-Busch has contributed to Asian Pacific American communities through the development and support of a variety of programs that help meet the needs of these diverse communities. These programs are designed to provide immediate and long-term benefits to the communities through joint efforts with national, regional and local organizations who are developing the next generation of leadership.
Based in St. Louis, Anheuser Busch is the leading American brewer, holding a 48.4 percent share of U.S. beer sales. The company brews the world’s largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser Busch also owns a 50 percent share in Grupo Modelo, Mexico’s leading brewer and a 27 percent share in China brewer Tsingtao, whose namesake beer brand is the country’s best-selling premium beer. Anheuser-Busch ranked No. 1 among beverage companies in FORTUNE Magazine’s Most Admired U.S. and Global Companies lists in 2007. Anheuser Busch is one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and one of the world’s largest recyclers of aluminum cans. For more information, visit http://www.anheuser-busch.com/ or http://www.asianbud.com/.
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