World’s Top Professional Golfers Race Cars During 2010 BMW Championship

Lemont, IL – September 9, 2010… PGA TOUR players Camilo Villegas, Rickie Fowler, Martin Laird, Charley Hoffman, Vaughn Taylor and Marc Leishman practiced a different type of driving – at the racetrack – during the 2010 BMW Championship.  The dynamic racing event took place at the Autobahn Country Club racetrack in Joliet, IL at the conclusion of the first day of competition at the tournament. 

The BMW Championship is the third leg in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup and features the world’s top 70 professional golfers.  All proceeds from the BMW Championship will again benefit the Evans Scholars Foundation, one of the nation’s largest privately funded college scholarship programs, providing full university tuition and housing grants to deserving young caddies.  Since BMW became a presenting sponsor of the tournament in 2007, the BMW Championship has raised a total of $7.3 million for the Evans Scholars Foundation.

Photos of today’s racing event, along with additional BMW Championship information, videos and photos, are available at www.bmwusanews.com/BMWChampionship.  Information about BMW Group products is available to consumers via the internet at: www.bmwgroupna.com. Consumers can also follow BMW of North America at www.facebook.com/BMWUSA.

BMW Group In America

BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since 1975.  Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003.  The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, a strategic design consultancy in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley and various other operations throughout the country.  BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group’s global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all X5 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 Sports Activity Coupes.  The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car centers, 336 BMW Sports Activity Vehicle centers, 143 BMW motorcycle retailers, 99 MINI passenger car dealers, and 31 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers.  BMW (US) Holding Corp., the BMW Group’s sales headquarters for North America, is located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

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