(THE COLONY, Texas) – Old American Golf Club – a pure golf experience from award-winning architect Tripp Davis and PGA TOUR player Justin Leonard – will host the 2014 Rod Pampling Classic charity golf tournament, Sept. 29.
Benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the shotgun tournament has a 1 p.m. start with registration at 11:30 a.m. Fellow professional golfers John Senden, Steven Bowditch, Nathan Green, Greg Chalmers, Todd Hamilton, James Nitties, Tag Riding and Carlos Ortiz are scheduled to join Pampling in the field.
To participate in the event or to learn more about the benefits of becoming a sponsor (including hole sponsorships), contact Amy Van Vranken of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at 214.871.2222 or email her at avanvranken@cff.org.
A pre-tournament cocktail reception and live auction including special guest entertainment will be held from 6 – 10 p.m. on Sept. 28 at the Cactus Glass at the Gaylord Texan. Tickets are $100 per person.
Auction items up for bid include a trip for two to New York City, dove hunt for 10 participants with Rod Pampling, golf getaway for four to The Players Club at TPC Sawgrass, “ski with an Olympian,” and more.
Last year, the event raised more than $135,000 bringing the overall total of funds generated to more than $1 million.
“We’re honored to join Rod in helping raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation,” says Mike McCabe, general manager of Old American. “This is a noble cause and we challenge area golfers to sign up and help cure and control this devastating disease.”
PGA TOUR veteran Pampling is a Dallas area resident and sports the Old American logo on his bag. He holds the Old American course record of 66.
For more information: (972) 370-4653, www.oldamericangolfclub.com.
About Old American Golf Club
Inspired by the ‘Golden Age’ of golf course architecture between 1911 and 1937, Old American’s natural contours, hazard styles, native grasses and green shapes were influenced by such masterpieces as Shinnecock Hills, National Golf Links, Prairie Dunes and Crystal Downs.
Acclaimed architect Tripp Davis, an accomplished amateur player and former All-American at the University of Oklahoma and PGA TOUR/Ryder Cup star Justin Leonard, who played golf at the University of Texas, toured and played a handful of America’s classic Golden Age golf courses prior to starting the design process for Old American.
The result is a golf course that emphasizes strategy and shot-making and flows with a natural rhythm from first tee to 18th green. Old American features six sets of tees, ranging from the 5215-yard forward markers to the 7174-yard “Leonard” tournament tees. Davis and Leonard conceived the routing and layout with both medal and match play in mind, as golfers are required to hold “steady to par” through a number of holes, but enticed to gamble on birdie or better during select stretches of the course.
Contact:
Shane Sharp
704.519.8381
Buffalo Communications
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David Wood
703.635.0577
Buffalo Communications
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