Private club operations company ClubCorp is celebrating its 50th anniversary by opening the doors and golf courses of its private clubs to the public for the first time ever during the company's Oct. 19 world's largest one-day charity golf and dining event, "The ClubCorp Charity Classic: Celebrating 50 Years of Service.”
In honor of ClubCorp's 50th anniversary, country clubs will include 50-foot putt contests, as well as longest drive contests in which prizes will be awarded on the club level and at the national level. Hole-in-one prizes include Ace Adventures resort trips to KSL Resorts and a one-year lease of a 2008 Acura MDX. Prizes also have been donated by JetBlue Airways through Colona Sports Group along with the JetBlue challenge. Business clubs will hold silent auctions and will offer "A Night of Classics” menu that includes such items as Steak Diane, Asparagus Hollandaise, and Bananas Foster.
In addition to the two golf and dining events, ClubCorp is also holding a "virtual” auction that allows people across the country, and even around the world, to participate - something ClubCorp's founders could have never envisioned in 1957. The online auction is available and open to anyone who wishes to bid. Auction items include five nights deluxe accommodations at the Fairmont Banff Springs in Alberta, Canada; a private dinner for 10 prepared by an executive chef; two nights accommodations at a Firestone villa plus three rounds of golf for four at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio; tickets to the 2008 PGA Championship, and many more unique and valuable items. The online auction, which can be found at www.clubcorpcharityclassic.com, will be available through Oct. 21.
All proceeds raised during the ClubCorp Charity Classic will be divided and donated to four separate charities:
The Muscular Dystrophy Association's (MDA), specifically "Augie's Quest,” an initiative within MDA that is an aggressive, cure-driven effort singularly focused on treatments and cures for ALS, (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease). Augie's Quest will receive 40 percent of the net funds.
The PGA Foundation, which provides people of every ability, race, gender, and social and economic background an opportunity to experience the game of golf and learn vital life lessons. PGA Foundation will receive 20 percent of the net funds.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all, and energize science to find the cures. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Susan G. Komen will receive 20 percent of the net funds.
ClubCorp's Employee Partners Care Foundation (EPCF), a fund created to help ClubCorp's employees and their families by providing financial assistance in times of crisis. EPCF will receive 20 percent of the net funds.
For more information on the event, how you can participate, and to access the online auction, please visit www.clubcorpcharityclassic.com.
