Players
supporting CHARACTER COUNTS! in
Martin County had a day full of
enjoyment, contests and prizes at
the annual Tee It Up for Character
Charity Golf Tournament April 24 at
Monarch Country Club.
The tournament
is the one-and-only fund-raiser for
the CHARACTER COUNTS! program, which
provides character-building
activities in schools, civic
organizations and businesses. This
year, the event netted about $23,000
thanks to sponsors, auction bidders
and a record 144 players.
"CHARACTER
COUNTS! encourages sportsmanship and
increases public awareness of the
importance of core ethical values,"
said Holly Laiben, the program’s
director. "This golf fund-raiser
will help to ensure these activities
continue."
The sixth
annual event featured an exciting
new addition this year: The $10,000
Shoot-Out Putting Contest, sponsored
by John Pierson’s Toyota of Stuart.
For a $20 fee, entrants competed for
the chance to sink a 50-foot putt
worth $10,000. Finalist Todd Newman
came close, but his putt fell about
9 inches short of the hole.
Other golfing
results included the following:
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Low gross
winners – (58) Jim Parrish,
William Staub, Steve Simon,
Travis Leonard.
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Low net
winners (55) -- Guy Dockerill,
Susan Dockerill, Jay Knipe,
Perry Ware.
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Low net
second place (55) -- Wayne Hundt,
Dan Covey, Bill Holder, Kevin
Fandrey.
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Low net
third place (55) -- Jimmy
Walker, Mike Muller, Eric Bauer,
Bill Smith.
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Low net
fourth place (56) -- Al
Thurston, Ed Connell, Frank
Guillot, Nick Vassalotti.
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Low net
fifth place (56) -- Jim Vanover,
Haig Soghigian, Bill Jaros, Jim
Griffin.
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Closest to
the Line – Tom Colucci and Linda
Williams.
The buffet
dinner following the tournament
featured a live auction, with prizes
including foursomes at top-flight
local golf courses: Jupiter Hills
Club (one of Golf Magazine’s Top 100
golf courses in America), Old Marsh
Golf Club and Loblolly (both ranked
among the top 25 golf courses in
Florida by Golf Digest), Harbour
Ridge Yacht & Country Club, Jupiter
Island Club, Jupiter Ritz-Carlton
Golf Club, McArthur Golf Club, The
Tesoro Club and Willoughby Golf
Club.
An array of
fund-raising prizes were awarded,
including foursomes at Frenchman’s
Reserve Country Club and Frenchman’s
Creek Country Club; gift
certificates for Peter’s Steakhouse,
Baer’s Furniture, and Just Gold
Jewelers; and tickets to the Library
Foundation of Martin County’s 2009
Bookmania Meet the Authors Cocktail
Party.
On the course,
each par-3 hole had a hole-in-one
prize, including a 2008 Toyota Camry
and other gifts courtesy of John
Pierson’s Toyota of Stuart and a
resort getaway courtesy of Monarch.
The corporate
sponsor of the event was Publix
Super Markets Charities Inc. Other
major sponsors were John Pierson’s
Toyota of Stuart, Monarch Country
Club, The Enjoyment Book, Hometown
News, Palm Beach Post, Phyllis
Kordick, Paul Hartman LLC, Arlington
Electric, Ampersand Graphics,
Florida Coca Cola Bottling Co., Key
Lime Café and Bank of America.
CHARACTER
COUNTS! is a program of United Way
of Martin County. For further
information, contact CHARACTER
COUNTS! director Holly Laiben at
(772) 283-4800, ext. 234.
