CARY, N.C. – Triangle-area golf fans will have an opportunity to see some of golf’s greatest players when the SAS Championship presented by Bloomberg Businessweek returns to Prestonwood Country in Cary, Sept.24 – 26. Tournament officials today announced the field will feature six World Golf Hall of Fame members. Tom Kite, Larry Nelson, Nick Price and Curtis Strange join previously committed Hall of Famers Hale Irwin and Bernhard Langer in the field.

“We are excited to have six Hall of Fame members in our field this year and hope to still add more,” said Tournament Director Jeff Kleiber. “Not only are these golfers some of the best in the game, but they are also extremely fan-friendly. Fans of all ages will have a chance to see them up close and personal at this year’s SAS Championship.”

A 2004 inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame, Kite owns 19 PGA TOUR titles, 10 Champions Tour titles and the 1972 NCAA Individual Championship trophy. He was the runner-up to Eduardo Romero in the 2008 SAS Championship and also holds the tournament course record with a final-round 61 in 2004.

Nelson, a two-time PGA Championship winner (1981, 1987) and the 1983 U.S. Open champion, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2006. Since joining the Champions Tour in 1997, Nelson has won 19 events.

Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003, Price was regarded as one of the best golfers in the world in the mid-1990s. During his prime, Price captured three major championships including back-to-back majors at the 1994 British Open and PGA Championship. A native of South Africa, Price has won three career events on the Champions Tour including two in 2010.

Strange was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007. One of the most dominant golfers of the 1980s, Strange carded 16 of his 17 PGA TOUR victories during that decade. Named the PGA TOUR’s Player of the Year in 1988, Strange won back-to-back U.S. Open tournaments in 1988 and 1989.

A 1992 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee and three-time U.S. Open champion, Irwin holds the Champions Tour record with 45 career victories and was the Tour’s Player of the Year in 1997, 1998 and 2002. Irwin’s victory at the 2005 SAS Championship, his 44th on the Champions Tour, is one of the top 10 moments in the tournament’s 10-year history.

Langer was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001. A two-time Masters champion (1985, 1993) while a member of the PGA TOUR, Langer has competed on the Champions Tour since 2007. This season, Langer won the first two Champions Tour majors of his career in back-to-back events, The Senior Open Championship and the U.S. Senior Open Championship.