Big fun and fundraising come with 38th annual charity event
The 2011 Lou Grubb Friends Fore Golf (LGFFG) netted more than $225,000 for Barrow and St. Joseph’s, making it the most successful in the event’s 38-year history. Thursday’s dinner attracted 480 people, and Friday’s tournament drew a full field of 260 golfers.
The dinner event on April 28 at Scottsdale Plaza Resort featured a cocktail party, raffle, silent auction of more than 130 items and a live auction. New this year was the Cardinals Grab Bag Raffle. Sixty grab bags priced at $100 each sold in just 20 minutes. Top prizes in this raffle were a 42” flat screen TV with audiovisual package, a one-year family membership at Starfire Golf Club and a case of limited-edition Hewitt Vineyards cabernet sauvignon.
The Party Putt Raffle also offered a shot at some great prizes, including a 65” 3D TV, $1,500 in US Airways vouchers and a McCormick Ranch Golf Club mini tournament for 16. The high point of the evening was the live auction of a one-of-a-kind golf collector’s starter kit contributed by Roger Maxwell. It sold for $25,000, a record for LGFFG.
Friday’s golf tournament at McCormick Ranch Golf Club began with lunch and a golf clinic run by golfers Daffodil Sanchez and Tina Tombs. After the 18-hole tournament, golfers enjoyed dinner and an awards ceremony. Each winner received a framed classic golf club from Lou Grubb’s personal collection.
Major sponsors were the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Arizona Cardinals, CBIZ, DPR Construction, Greenberg Traurig, and Symmetry Software. Other sponsors were Angelica, Kathy and Dan Grubb, Evelyn and Lou Grubb, the Health & Wealth Raffle, Linda and Bill Hunt, LifeLock, Kathy and Roger Maxwell, Panoramic Press, Republic National Distribution, and Xerox.
Planning committee members were Greg Anderson, Scottie Button, Brent Cannon, Hamilton Espinosa, Booker T. Evans, Lou Grubb, Bill Hunt, Stuart Kirk, Roger Maxwell, Mike Medici, Loui Olivas, Anne Robbs, Lee Rosenthal, Tom Reahard, Dennis Sage, Dennis Scully and Joanne Springrose.
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