Palm Coast, Fla. – March 24, 2006 – Professional Caddie Association (PCA) Worldwide announced today that nine years after its inception, PCA Worldwide Foundation along with its 9,000 PCA members worldwide joined forces with the PGA Credit Union. The partnership will provide PCA members with PGA Credit Unions’ low cost and easily accessible financial, health, and insurance products and services.
PCA News:
On April 6th, 2006 PCA Worldwide will be announcing the world release of the Song "Five Feet Away" Initially written and produced for Bruce Edwards, Tom Watson’s long time caddie and friend, and dedicated to all caddies worldwide. The Song was played at Edwards’ funeral when he lost his courageous battle against ALS on April 8, 2004 the first day of the Masters tournament. Now re-mastered by Nashville’s best music teams, the Song is performed by two- time Grammy Award-winner and songwriter for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Michael Bolton. "Five Feet Away" underscores the important role caddies play on and off the course and transcends beyond the Caddie/golfer relationship to everyone who has ever had a person just Five Feet Away encouraging them to be the best that they could be. The PGA Credit Union, a division of IBM Southeast Employees’ Federal Credit Union, was founded in 1969 to serve the Professional Golfers’ Association. PGA CU offers a wide variety of products and services to its Members including Checking, Savings, Money Market Accounts, Certificates, Mortgages, Auto Loans and more. PGA CU also works with other partners to offer services such as healthcare plans, dental plans, online stock trading and much more. Currently, Members have access to 13 branches in Florida and Georgia and more than 2,000 nationwide Shared Service Center Branches. Additionally, PGA CU has partnered with Allpoint and other ATM networks to offers its Members over 45,000 nationwide surcharge-free ATMs.
About the PCA:
PCA is an association open to all caddies, working or retired, dedicated to elevating respect for the professional caddie and to paying homage to those who filled a special role in the history of the game. The organization and its Foundation work to provide the youth of the world the opportunity to learn both life and social skills through the game of golf and the profession of caddying, while enhancing their knowledge and interpersonal skills both on and off the course.
In addition, PCA strives to bring back caddies to the golf courses of the world, while preserving the tradition of this greatest of all games. The PCA educational programs are used at more than 55 of the top clubs in the world and maintains offices in several countries. Visit PCA at www.PCAworldwide.com and www.PCAworldwide.org for more complete details, or call PCA at (386) 446-8721 for information and to schedule an interview.
BE PART OF THE SULUTION: BECOME A Friend OF PCA you will become a founding member of the PCA-WMP (WORLD MENTORSHIP PROGRAM ) and get direct access into the PCA Credit Union GO TO WWW.PCAWORLDWIDE.ORG.
Contact:
Dennis Cone, PCA Media
(386) 446-8721
PCA@PCAworldwide.com
