UPDATE: BMW Charity Pro-Am Names 2008 Tournament Celebrities — Who’s In? Who’s Out.

There are a few field changes in this year’s BMW Charity Pro-Am.

Tournament officials announced yesterday that four event celebrities were forced to withdraw due to production schedules of their latest projects. They are:

• Lucas Black
• David James Elliott
• Samuel L. Jackson
• Kevin Sorbo

Replacing them in the field are:

• Ty Gretzky
• Joe Pesci
• Sterling Sharpe
• Kordell Stewart

Additional tournament information and celebrity biographies are available from the tournament’s news release.

This year’s sites move from The Cliffs Communities’ various courses to three new venues (Thornblade Club in Greer, Bright’s Creek Golf Club in Mill Spring, NC, and The Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg).

The tournament will take place from May 15-18 with all four rounds televised live on The Golf Channel.

– Matthew Wills