PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The PGA TOUR Tournaments Association (PGATTA), the trade association of PGA TOUR tournament directors and key volunteers, recognized the charitable endeavors of member tournaments and announced its 2006 Board of Directors at its recent Annual Meeting at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida.
In addition, it celebrated One Billion Dollars in charitable giving by PGATTA tournaments and the PGA TOUR.
One of the PGATTA’s key missions is to promote charitable giving within the communities where member tournaments are held. For the sixth consecutive year the association recognized the EDS Byron Nelson Championship as the recipient of the PGATTA Benefactor Award, which acknowledges the member tournament that donates the largest amount to charity. The EDS Byron Nelson Championship will contribute $6,060,000 in proceeds from the 2005 tournament to the Salesmanship Youth and Family Centers, a nonprofit organization dedicated for more than 80 years to enriching the quality of life for children and their families.
The association also recognizes the tournament whose charitable giving has increased the most from the previous year. The 2005 recipient was the 84 LUMBER Classic, which increased their charity donation by 138%, raising $1.5 Million for local Pittsburgh-area charities, and more than $930,000 for Hurricane Katrina Relief.
The 2006 Board of Directors was also nominated at the meeting. The three Board positions available for nomination were filled by the following directors: Ted May, past Chairman of the Buick Championship, Ollie Nutt, Executive Vice President of the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, organizers of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, and Steve Timms, President and CEO of the Houston Golf Association, operators of the Shell Houston Open.
Kym Hougham, Tournament Director of the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte, was nominated for a two-year term as President. "I look forward to cultivating the existing lines of communication between the PGATTA with the PGA TOUR and its constituents," Hougham said. "The PGATTA leadership and membership looks forward to the continuation of our mission of promoting charities within our communities and to reaching the next billion dollars in charitable giving."
The full slate of directors is as follows:
Officers
Kym Hougham, President. Mr. Hougham is the Tournament Director of the Wachovia Championship.
Ollie Nutt, Vice President. Mr. Nutt is Executive Vice President of the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, organizers of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Tom Knoll, Secretary/Treasurer. Mr. Knoll is an Independent Director and an attorney practicing out of Akron, Ohio.
Frank Houseman, Immediate Past President, EDS Byron Nelson Championship. Mr. Houseman is a member of the Salesmanship Club of Dallas and a former chairman of the Dallas tournament
Directors:
About the PGATTA
The PGATTA is the umbrella organization of 47 PGA TOUR tournament host committees, whose objective is to continuously improve the quality of PGA TOUR tournaments and to promote charitable giving within the communities where member tournaments are held. Tournament staff and the 60,000-plus volunteers associated with PGATTA events have collectively raised more than $770 million for charity since 1977. The association recognizes the charitable and volunteer aspects of PGA TOUR tournaments when it bestows yearly awards at its annual meeting. The 2006 annual meeting will be held Dec. 3-7 at the Fairmont Princess in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Contact:
Suzanne Bohle
Executive Director
suzanne@pgatta.org
Phone: (904) 285-4222
