Titans Help Round Out Classic Skins Game Field

The First Tennessee Bank Pro-Celebrity Skins Game has taken on an all-Tennessee flavor.

The game is a part of the Chattanooga Classic Presented by Cummings Cove RealtyCenter/GMAC Super Tuesday on May 31.

Country music superstar Vince Gill, who lives in Nashville, was the first celebrity announced for the Skins Game.

Three of the four pros were also announced and they have Tennessee connections. Kip Henley, Big Break II winner, lives in Crossville and was born in Chattanooga. Casey Wittenberg is from Memphis. Jim Gallagher Jr. is arguably the best golfer in University of Tennessee history.

Now the Tennessee Titans are chipping into the connection.

A trio of Titans round out the celebrity field for the First Tennessee game. Frank Wycheck, Billy Volek and Craig Hentrich have committed to participate with Gill in the May 31st contest at Black Creek Club.

Wycheck, who played for the Titans for nine seasons before retiring in January of 2005, was one of the most popular members of the team and one of the most prolific tight ends in NFL history. When he left the game, Wycheck ranked as the fourth all-time pass catcher among tight ends with 205 career receptions.

Volek started eight games at quarterback for the Titans when Steve McNair went down with an injury. Volek has established himself as one of the top back-up quarterbacks in the league and is heir apparent to McNair’s job when he retires.

Hentrich has long been one of the NFL’s top punters and like Wycheck is a two-time All-Pro. He is also one of the most versatile of the NFL punters. In addition to punting, he kicks off, holds on place kicks and kicks long-range field goals.

Hentrich has played in three Super Bowls, winning one with the Green Bay Packers (XXXI). He has also played in two Pro Bowls.

Hentrich and Wycheck are also stellar golfers. Hentrich won the NFL Cadillac Classic in 2000 and finished in the top five of that event two other times. Wycheck is a 6-handicapper and a five-time participant in the NFL Cadillac Classic.

The Skins Game is one of three activities on Super Tuesday. The day begins at 10:30 with The First Tee of Chattanooga Youth Clinic at the Black Creek driving Range. At noon, the Franklin American Mortgage Long Drive Contest will be held at the course’s ninth tee.

The Skins Game begins at 1:30 at No. 1. Charities involved in the $10,000 Skins game are Alexian Brothers (Jim Phifer Endowment for Alzheimer’s, Bethel Bible Village, Hospice of Chattanooga and Orange Grove. Cost of admission is $5. All proceeds will go to the charities.