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CHICK-FIL-A BOWL CHALLENGE PLAYED AT GREAT WATERS

TO AIR AUGUST 7 ON ESPN

Greensboro, Ga. (July 28, 2010) – ESPN will debut the 2010 Chick-fil-A Challenge hosted by Reynolds Plantation on August 7th at noon EDT. The event features some of the biggest names in college sports representing 12 different universities and competing for $400,000 in scholarship money.

Coaches, including Steve Spurrier, Nick Saban, Frank Beamer and Houston Nutt, play in a unique format that pairs an NCAA head coach with a celebrity alumnus from the same school against their collegiate rivals. The competition was conducted over 18 holes on the newly renovated Great Waters course, a Jack Nicklaus design at Reynolds Plantation.

“We really had a spectacular day on the golf course and this incredible group of coaches and celebrities represented their universities in a first-class way,” said Gary Stokan, Chick-fil-A Bowl president and CEO. “But the privilege was all ours in being able to give so much back to these great schools and great competitors.”

The Chick-fil-A Challenge was filmed by ESPN at Great Waters in April with commentators Rece Davis and Andre Ware calling the action and giving viewers a peek inside the lives of these coaches and celebrities “off the field.”

University teams include:

Florida State             

(Jimbo Fisher/Terrell Buckley)                    

Georgia Tech                       

(Paul Johnson/Jon Barry)                

South Carolina         

(Steve Spurrier/Sterling Sharpe)                                        

North Carolina

(Butch Davis/Natrone Means)

N.C. State

(Sidney Lowe/Monte Towe)

Alabama

(Nick Saban/Steve Sloan)

Maryland                   

(Ralph Friedgen/Stan Gelbaugh)               

Vanderbilt

(Bobby Johnson/Will Perdue)                     

Wake Forest            

(Jim Grobe/Billy Packer)                 

Ole Miss                    

(Houston Nutt/Wesley Walls)                      

Clemson                    

(Dabo Swinney/Dwight Clark)                    

Virginia Tech

(Frank Beamer/Brad Clontz)                      

For more information on the Chick-fil-A Bowl Alma Mater, visit www.Chick-fil-ABowlAlmaMater.com.

About Reynolds Plantation

Named the “Best of the Best” Golf Community by Robb Report and the community with the “Best Golf” in America by the editors of GOLF Magazine, Reynolds Plantation, located between Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia, is situated along 374 miles of shoreline on Lake Oconee. Reynolds Plantation features 117 holes of championship golf from designers Bob Cupp, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Rees Jones and Jim Engh. Reynolds Plantation is also home to The Reynolds Golf Academy, as well as the exclusive TaylorMade Kingdom.  The community offers members a variety of dining options, swimming pools, walking trails, four full-service marinas and The Lake Club Wellness Campus with its award-winning Tennis Center.  Reynolds Plantation is also home to The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, a 251-room lakefront resort and spa ranked No. 5 in the “Top 100 Golf Resorts” worldwide by Condé Nast Traveler Magazine.  For more information or real estate inquiries, call 800-800-5250 or visit www.reynoldsplantation.com.

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