|
---FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--- CADDY FOR A CURE Participant Fred Funk Wins TPC Ponte Vedra, FL - March 28th, 2005. Caddy for a Cure participant Fred Funk won the 2005 Tournament Players Championship today in Ponte Vedra. Fred's bag is currently up for auction to have some lucky participant "caddy" for a day on April 12th, 2005 during the MCI Heritage Classic. Please visit www.caddyforacure.com to view the auction and place bids accordingly. The auction for the April 12th MCI Heritage practice round opened on Sunday, March 27th, and will run for ten days. The Tour Players to bid on for the Heritage include defending Champion Stewart Cink, Reigning Ryder Cup Captain Bernhard Langer, United States Ryder Cup Captain Tom Lehman and, TPC Champion Fred Funk. Interested parties can visit caddyforacure.com for player biographies and participation updates, current and planned event listings, Caddy For A Cure foundation information, and to place bids once auction bidding has opened. CEO and veteran PGA Tour caddy Russ Holden describes Caddy For A Cure as "A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for golf enthusiasts to be inside the ropes with their favorite Tour player, one-on-one." The program is unique in the benefits it delivers by offering the opportunity to "buy for charity" the privilege of caddying for a Tour player during a PGA Tour event practice round. Caddy For A Cure is collaborating with eBay.com and MissionFish.org to provide an online charity auction where individuals can bid on caddying for the participating Tour players for specific Tour tournaments. 100% of the proceeds generated by the auction will be donated to Caddy For A Cure, Inc. The benefiting charities are the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund, the PGA Tour Caddies Benevolent Fund, the PGA Tour player's charity of choice, and the PGA Tour host site's charity. All wonderful charities. Caddy For A Cure will offer caddy opportunities at five PGA Tour sanctioned events during 2005: The MCI Heritage Classic in Hilton Head, The Shell Houston Open, the Bank of America Colonial, the Barclay's Classic at Westchester, NY and the John Deere Classic in Illinois. For more information go to www.caddyforacure.com or call 954-341-4600. #####
|
|
CLOSE |