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Centex Homes Golf Villa Is Largest Prize In The History Of The Dupont World Amateur Golf Tournament

By Anonymous

Myrtle Beach, SC July 10, 2004 -- Centex Homes Myrtle Beach Division is awarding a golf villa to the winner of a special contest at the 2004 DuPont World Amateur Golf Tournament, the world's largest single-site golf tournament. The villa is located at Barefoot Resort & Golf in North Myrtle Beach, S. C. and is valued at approximately $125,000. The tournament will be held Aug. 30 through Sept. 3 along the Grand Strand of South Carolina.

The winner of the "Centex Homes Barefoot Villa Quest" will receive a two-bedroom, two-bathroom 1,050-square-foot unfurnished golf villa at Barefoot Resort. The resort is home to four championship golf courses and numerous other amenities including a private oceanfront Beach Cabana, swimming pools, and golf memberships. Centex Homes is the primary developer at Barefoot Resort.

The Centex Homes golf villa that is at the core of the Centex Homes Barefoot Villa Quest is the largest prize ever awarded in the 21-year history of the World Amateur tournament. The villa winner will be determined during a two-part skills contest during the World Amateur tournament. In the tournament's second round, scheduled to be played Aug. 31, each flight will have a closest-to-the-pin contest. The winner of each closest-to-the-pin contest will advance to a putting competition that will be held during the evening of Sept. 1 at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Each contestant will have one chance to sink a 25-foot putt. Four players who sink the putt (or are closest to the hole) will advance to the finals of the "Centex Homes Barefoot Villa Quest" on Sept. 2.

In the final putt-off on the evening of Sept. 2, the four contestants will have one chance each to sink a 10-foot putt; the winner will be whoever sinks the putt or is closest to the hole. In case of a tie, players will repeat the putt from 10 feet until a single winner emerges.

About Centex Homes
Over the past 12 years, Centex Homes has become the largest and most respected homebuilder along the Grand Strand. Centex Homes' developments stretch from the northern end to the southern tip of the area, with current offerings at Barefoot Resort & Golf (North Myrtle Beach, S.C.), BelleGrove Preserve at Carolina Forest (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), Berkshire Forest at World Tour Golf Links (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), Camden Creek at Allston Plantation (Pawleys Island, S.C.), LinksBrook at Prince Creek (Murrells Inlet, S.C.), PineCrest at Palmetto Glen (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), Sandpiper Bay Golf and Country Club (Sunset Beach, N.C.), and Wellington (Myrtle Beach, S.C.).

Centex Homes is one of the nation's leading homebuilders, operating in approximately 90 markets in 25 states. The company is a subsidiary of Dallas-based Centex Corporation (NYSE: CTX), a Fortune 500 company.

Centex, through its other subsidiaries, ranks as one of the nation's largest non-bank-affiliated retail mortgage loan originators and general building contractors. The company also has operations in home services and investment real estate and owns a majority interest in a publicly held construction products company. In December of 2003, Centex was named residential construction's "Most Admired Big Builder" by its homebuilding peers.

About The DuPont World Amateur
The DuPont World Amateur Handicap Championship, which attracts 4,000 players annually, is a 72-hole event played on more than 80 courses in the Myrtle Beach area. The tournament field includes six divisions: men (49 years of age and younger), senior men (50-59 years of age), mid-senior men (60-69 years of age), super senior (70 years of age and older), women (49 years of age and younger) and super senior women (50 years of age and older). Players are flighted according to their handicap index, with a maximum handicap index of 36.4 for men, and 40.4 for women. Each flight averages 100 players.

About DuPont
The title sponsor of the World Amateur, DuPont, is a science company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by solving problems and creating solutions that make people's lives better, safer and easier. Operating in more than 70 countries, the company offers a wide range of products and services to markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel.

Media Contact: Bridgette Johnson, LHWH
843.448.1123 or bjohnson@lhwh.com

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