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ADVISORY/Photo Opportunity: Briefing to Announce the Awarding of the 2010 Ryder Cup Matches To Wales Will Feature First Minister of the National Assembly for Wales.


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ADVISORY...for Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath.  (March 2)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:   A media briefing and lunch to formally announce Wales and the
        Celtic Manor as the host and venue of the 2010 Ryder Cup, and
        to unveil details of a $70 million program to generate
        golf-related development and tournament play in Wales over the
        coming years. Wales, a small nation within the United Kingdom,
        has never before hosted the Ryder Cup matches, one of the most
        prestigious golf tournaments in the world, pitting Europe's
        best players against their U.S. counterparts since 1927.

WHO:    Rhodri Morgan, the First Minister of the National Assembly for
        Wales, is a graduate of Oxford and Harvard Universities. A
        Member of Parliament at Westminster from 1987 to 2001, Morgan
        is in New York to lead in the celebration of a special Welsh
        Weekend honoring St. David, the patron saint of Wales.

        Terry Matthews, Chairman of The Celtic Manor Resort, is also
        Chairman and CEO of March Networks. A highly successful
        telecommunications entrepreneur, Matthews has overseen the
        investment of more than $200 million in Celtic Manor,
        currently home to the $1.6 million Celtic Manor Resort Wales
        Open.

        Richard Hills is the Director of the European Ryder Cup.

WHEN:   Saturday, March 2
        11:30 a.m. followed immediately by lunch

WHERE:  The Harvard Club
        27 West 44th Street
        New York, NY

        B-Roll is available upon request.
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