Is Tiger your caddie?

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Want to play a few holes of golf with Tiger Woods as your caddie? Can you imagine Tiger reading your putts. All you have to do is predict what he'll shoot during tournaments and sign up at www.teeoffwithtiger.com....
The press release follows:

WHO?S YOUR CADDY? IF YOU WIN BUICK CONTEST, IT COULD BE TIGER WOODS

DETROIT ? Buick, the premium international automotive brand of
General
Motors, is giving one lucky person an exclusive opportunity to play
golf
alongside Tiger Woods, the world?s top golfer. Only this time, Woods
will
serve as the winner?s personal caddy in Buick?s new ?Tee-Off with
Tiger?
online contest that begins today and runs through Sept. 28, 2008.

Contestants who register at www.teeoffwithtiger.com will have an
opportunity to vie for the grand prize to partner with Woods or to
win a
high-end collectible only Buick can provide: Woods? personal Buick
vehicle
? driven by the golf phenom himself ? at several tournaments in which
he
competes during the promotion window. Every Buick vehicle Woods
drives
will come with a Tiger Woods autographed plaque, which is
authenticated by
Upper Deck.

?This is going to be as much fun for me as it is for the winners,?
said
Woods. ?I?m looking forward to sharing some golf tips, maybe a few
jokes
and certainly a lot of laughs,? he said.

To participate, entrants record their scorecard predictions for each
of 18
holes Woods plays during four rounds of golf at each tournament he
competes during the promotion period. If the contestant chooses not
to
pick the scores for a specific round, an ?auto-fill? option is
available.
If this feature is selected, random, computer-generated scores will
be
assigned to each hole for that round.

The entrant who best guesses the most holes closest to Woods? actual
score
for that particular tournament will win Woods? Buick. The top 10
entrants
from each tournament will become finalists and be placed in a pool.
From
that pool, the grand prize winner will be drawn.

The grand prize winner will receive two round-trip, coach airfare
tickets
to La Jolla, Calif., site of the 2008 Buick Invitational and U.S.
Open,
two nights? hotel accommodations, golf merchandise and more. Woods
will
serve as the winner?s personal caddy for nine holes on Mon., Oct. 20
at
Torrey Pines in La Jolla.

Buick?s ?Tee-Off with Tiger? promotion also features several
instant-win
prizes for each tournament in which Woods competes. Participants have
a
chance to win a $25 gift certificate to either Nike Golf or the PGA
Tour
Superstore while navigating through vehicle tours at
www.teeoffwithtiger.com. Prizes are selected randomly.

Participants in Buick?s ?Tee-Off with Tiger? promotion must be U.S.
residents 18 years of age or older with a valid driver?s license as
of the
date of entry. Entrants need only register once and can participate
each
time Woods competes in tournaments during the promotion window. To
register, or for more details, visit www.teeoffwithtiger.com.

About Buick golf
Buick is the original corporate sponsor of the PGA Tour and partner
with
Tiger Woods since 2000. Buick has been the official car of the PGA
Tour
since 1984, the PGA of America and the PGA Championship since 2002.
Buick
is the title-sponsor of two PGA Tour events in 2008 ? the Buick
Invitational in La Jolla, Calif. (Jan. 21-27) and the Buick Open in
Grand
Blanc, Mich. (June 23-29). Buick will celebrate the 50th anniversary
of
the inaugural Buick Open this year with a variety of special events.
Buick
has donated nearly $40 million to local charities in its tournament
cities
since 1982.

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