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2015 - The Feature at PGA WEST - A Cancer Research Charity - 13-15 May (Summary of Events)
-Thanks to all of you that donated and participated in The Feature at PGA WEST - A Cancer Research Charity. You all made the event a rousing success! Our family and the Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) thanks you very much.
Your donations this year were $49,505, another record breaking year. The total donations for the 7 Annual events held to date are $175,555. It is fantastic what all of you have accomplished in supporting our cancer research charity!
-We played the Nicklaus Private and Arnold Palmer Courses. We had 115 golfers this year and 74 non-playing donors. The UWCCC is very appreciative of your participation and generosity.
-The breakdown of the 115 golfers is as follows: 71 men and 44 ladies. Our PGA WEST Members were our core support with 104 participants. Of the non-PGA WEST participants, 2 drove in from San Diego, 3 from LA and six from Orange County.
-The Welcome Party was held at Ernie's and the staff did an outstanding job with the food. Our Golf Staff did a nice job in getting the pairing sheets posted so everyone could see what Flight they were in. The 50/50++ raffle tickets went on sale and sales were brisk up to the drawing on Friday.
-The Awards Dinner was excellent and all congratulated the PGA WEST F&B staff for an outstanding dinner. We again, had "find your number" for a prize event. It was fun to watch all the attendees looking all over their chairs/plates for the tell-tale winner's dot.
-Here are the results of Men's and Ladies Flights:
Men's Flights:
>Aces Flight: 1)Matt Nelson,2)Mark Olson, 3)Scott Fulmer
>Pinseeker Flight: 1)Dave Eves, 2)Joe Almanza, 3)Barry Smith
>Double Eagle Flight: 1)Steve Wood, 2)Wayne Byers, 3)Michael Klein
>Eagle Flight: 1)Keith Willerton, 2)Lew Blackwell, 3)Warren Fox
> Birdie Flight: 1)Bob Heller, 2)Bill Wadsworth, 3)Mark Schmitz
> Power Fade Flight: 1)Ron Boyce, 2)Bob Shipley, 3)Phil Kaplan
>Water Hole Flight: 1)JT Reuter, 2)Dee Popelar, 3)Gabriel Lee
>19th Hole Flight: 1)Rich Tompkins, 2)Tom Raycraft, 3)Allen Johnson
>Banana Ball Flight: 1)Fred Strombeck, 2)Bill Machesney, 3)Jim Lambert
Ladies Flights:
>Happy Hookers Flight:1)Cathy Condon, 2)Vicki Merchant, 3)Sharon Bunker
>Flag Knockers Flight:1)Keah Shields, 2)Wanda Wilson, 3)Anne Higgins
>Shady Ladies Flight:1) Barbara Klein, 2)Pat Locke, 3) Polly Flask
>Top Spinners Flight:1)Sandra Shanley, 2)Jackie Johnson, 3)Nini Hillebrand
>Lights Out Flight:1)Laurie Aarsby, 2)Lisa Machesney, 3)Judy Astor
Congratulation to all our Flight winners!
- Yamaha Golf Cars of Palm Springs provided a golf cart on the Nicklaus Private (NP) hole #7 Hole-in-One prize. Alas, we did not have any holes in one on this hole.
However, Mark Schmitz did have a hole in one on the NP #3. This was Mark's 2d hole in one in his golfing career. Congratulations Mark!
-The Men's and Ladies closest to the Pin Awards were won by:
>Thursday - TW
#3, Mark Schmitz (ACE) & Lisa Machesney;
#7, Ty Trbovich & Wanda Wilson (closest from the sand trap);
#11, JJ Johnson & Laurie Fox;
#17, Peter Zouvas & Debbie Brown
>Friday - AP
#3, Keith Willerton & Lynn Blackwell;
#5, Jim Stein & Lisa Machesney;
#12, Rick Gotzion & Laurie Fox;
#15, Ty Trbovich & Diana Schmitz;
#17, Matt Nelson & Lynn Blackwell
-The Flight Champions were introduced and presented their trophies. However, the Overall Champion Horse Race was cancelled due to increment weather. When was the last time it rained in the middle of May?
The 2015 Overall Champion will be determined next year on 11 May a few hours prior to the start on the 8th Annual The Feature at PGA WEST - A Cancer Research Charity Welcome Party. Remember whoever wins the Overall Championship has to give up their Flight Trophy to the 2Nd place finisher in their flight.
PGA WEST and their vendors donated a lot of good items for the raffle and fun was had by all. A special shout out to my lovely wife Sherrie, Anne Boyce, Sandy Raycraft and Anne Zouvas who valiantly went around to the participants selling raffle tickets. Great job ladies! The 50/50 raffle winner was Margo Sorenson from PGA WEST.
In addition to the raffle, the silent auction was a rousing success. Think about donating items for next year's silent auction. Silent auction items were donated by Graeme Baillie, Graeme Baxter, Brassfield Estate Winery, Karen Brown, Steve and Lori Binder, Grgich Hills Estate Winery, Oak Ridge Winery, Prairie Organic Distillery, Larry Shields and the Wine Warehouse.
Our major sponsors are:
>Ron Boyce Boyce Financial Group
>Sandi Phillips HK Lane Desert Area Luxury Homes
>Tiger Lee Dong June International Ltd.
> Steve Wood SoCal Stone Works, Inc.
(This is SoCal Stone Works, Inc. 7th year supporting KP's)
The following sponsors were merchandise donors:
-Mike Robinson (Robinson Brothers Special Projects Contractors) donated 24 doz Titleist golf balls embossed with "The Feature at PGA WEST".
-Ty Trbovich donated 5 cases of wine (3 Red and 1 White) and several of the raffle prizes.
-Ron Trbovich donated 4 cases of wine (2 Red and 2 White).
-Simon Whetzel donated a case of wine for the Silent Auction.
-Steve Wood (SoCal Stone Works, Inc) donated 18 doz golf balls (9 doz Titleist and 9 doz Callaway).
-Dale Butler donated a round of golf for two at the Indian Wells CC.
-Stephen & Lori Binder donated Arnold Palmer wine and Robert Trent Jones items for the Silent Auction.
-Char Dimond (Hot Glass Studio) donated a blown glass plate with stand and a glass blowing lesson for two for a raffle prize.
-Anonymous donated three bottles of Prairie Organic gin and six bottles of Prairie Organic vodka for the Silent Auction.
-Tom Raycraft donated one ladies PING Putter
-Larry Shields donated one Phil Mickleson Designed Putter .
-Greg Waterman donated 6 $25 gift cards.
-Rich Wingard (Yamaha Golf Cars of Palm Springs) sponsored a hole in one hole on the Nicklaus Private course. Hole #7.
-(PGA WEST) donated 2 certificates for 4 players each to play at the TPC Stadium, Nicklaus Tournament or Greg Norman courses, 2 certificates for two to dine at Ernie's grill at the Tournament Club, 1 certificate for a golf club fitting with Charlie Rodi, 1 certificate each for a 30 minute golf lesson from the following Assistant Pros - Martin Ambs, Jeremy Eccles, Brian Hughes, Dave Johnson, Kevin Mathis, Eric Schoonover and Domenic Provenzano.
I cannot thank the staffs of the PGA WEST Members Club and Ernie's enough for the outstanding job that they did to make this tournament a success.
Special thanks and heartfelt gratitude go to the Members' Club Pros and Staff that did a lot of work in putting the flights together, the PR handouts, the weekly e-blast announcements, scoring and results sheets. Great job all!
Next year's The Feature at PGA WEST - A Cancer Research Charity will be held on 11-13 May 2016. Please spread the word and mark your calendar!
Again, thank you all from the UWCCC and the Trbovich families for participating and making this cancer research charity a success.
Ty