Annual Golf Outing Exceeds Last Year’s Donation; 100% Of All Proceeds Donated To The Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, AZ – September 17, 2007â?¦JW Marriott Wildfire Golf Club, one of the premier golf resort destinations in Arizona, today announced that $66,644 was raised at the 6th annual Children’s Miracle Network Charity Golf Tournament held on Monday, August 20, 2007. All of the proceeds from this year’s tournament were donated to the Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
The 2007 event marked the 6th consecutive year that Wildfire Golf Club hosted this charitable event. With an outstanding turn-out of 256 participants, golfers teed up on two of the Valley’s most beautiful golf courses, the Palmer Signature Course and the Faldo Championship Course, while supporting a very worthy cause.
This year’s first place winners for the Palmer Course were Terri Oeullette, Ray Oeullette and Ted Torres. For the Faldo Course, first place winners were Pete Ophardt, Randi Picard, Keith House and John Huguelet. All winners received a colorful, framed picture of one of the kids from the Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Additional activities included raffles and a silent auction, featuring items donated by local vendors.
"For the sixth consecutive year, the Children’s Miracle Network Charity Golf Tournament has been a tremendous success," said John Wright, Director of Golf, Wildfire Golf Club. "We are thrilled to see members of our local community continually support this worthy cause, and raise even more money each year."
About Marriott Golf
Marriott Golf manages 63 golf courses at 47 locations in 15 countries, offering more than 1,000 holes of championship golf. Marriott has been managing golf operations since 1970, is one of the world’s premier golf operators, and is the world’s largest resort golf management organization. Marriott provides golf management and consulting services to a variety of operational environments including resort, private club, daily fee, golf school and franchises. For more information, visit www.marriottgolf.com.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE: MAR) is a leading lodging company with nearly 2,900 lodging properties in the United States and 67 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Grand Residences by Marriott brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2006 year-end. It is ranked as the lodging industry’s most admired company and one of the best places to work for by FORTUNE®. The company is also a 2006 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR® Partner. In fiscal year 2006, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $12.2 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.
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