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15th Annual Ann Liguori Foundation Charity Golf
Classic Huge Success
An early morning fog in Eastern Long Island burned off and a
gloriously beautiful, hot sunny day emerged just in time for
the golfers to enjoy the spectacular views at The Bridge
in Bridgehampton, NY for the 15th Annual
Ann Liguori Foundation Charity Golf Classic on
Monday, May 20th.
A sold-out field gathered to support the Ann Liguori
Foundation and radio and television sport’s personality
Ann Liguori, who founded the Foundation five years
ago after hosting the annual charity golf tournament in The
Hamptons for ten straight years for the American Cancer
Society.
The Ann Liguori Foundation raises money and awareness
for cancer prevention and cancer research and continues to
support the American Cancer Society and a list of
other
notable charities.
Each year, the Foundation brings nutrition education expert
Jill Jayne to the East End to conduct assemblies for young
people, teaching them about good nutrition and the
importance of regular exercise for over-all good health
benefits.
“I thank all of our wonderful volunteers, sponsors, the
golfers, donors and the staff at The Bridge who helped make
our charity golf tournament a huge success,” says Liguori.
“And a very special thanks to the man upstairs who is
responsible for the weather and in 15 years, we have had
quite an amazing track record in
that department!”
Sponsors included: Platinum Maintenance, TaylorMade
Adidas, Greg Norman Apparel and North & West Coast Links.
Donors included: Nespresso, TaylorMade Adidas,
Dunning, Maui Jim, Skillern Foundation, Hamptons Jitney,
Lynn’s Nursery, Estee Lauder, Modell’s Sporting Goods,
Scratch Wedges, Loud Mouth Golf, The American Golfer,
Spotless Swing Towels and Alex McGugan/Jack Jolly & Son Inc.
The live auction items included foursomes at prestigious
courses on the East End of Long Island, a golf trip to
Northern and Western Ireland, a foursome and lessons at Glen
Arbor Golf Club in Bedford, NY, a limited edition print from
Linda Hartough, tickets to the U.S. Women’s Open at Sebonack
and a reception and evening of cabaret at a private
residence in Manhattan.
The winning team, Jason Dove of Rockland Country Club in
Sparkill, NY, and his teammates, Gene Bonniberger, Martin
Gjelaj and Chris MacArthur, shot an 11 under 61 in the best
ball of foursome (using 80 percent handicap) format. Eleven
foursomes received prizes as well as Robert Martin of Winged
Foote and Nancy Moon of Southampton Golf Club for longest
drives.
For more information on the Ann Liguori Foundation, visit
www.annliguorifoundation.org
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About Ann Liguori
Ann is President of Ann Liguori Productions and owner of
Sports Innerview Radio & Television properties. She is
the owner of the longest running sports show, hosted, owned
and produced by a woman. Sports Innerview with Ann
Liguori aired on sports cable networks from 1989-2005
and featured interviews Ann did with sports legends such as,
Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim Brown,
Brett Favre and Julius Erving, among many others.
Visit her website at
www.annliguori.com to see the full list.
Ann Liguori is the Golf & Tennis Correspondent for WFAN
Radio and CBS Sports Radio Network covering the Majors
including The Masters, US Open golf, PGA Championships,
Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup and US Open Tennis
Championships. She is the first woman to host a call-in
sports show on WFAN and hosted a five-hour weekly call-in
sports show from 1987-2008.
You can listen to Ann's popular talk show, 'Sports
Innerview with Ann Liguori,' Saturday mornings, 9-10am
EST which airs each week on WPPB 88.3 FM and globally on www.peconicpublicbroadcasting.org
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Ann is a featured columnist for http://newyork.cbslocal.com/tag/Ann-Liguori/ and
author of the book 'A Passion for Golf, Celebrity
Musings About the Game.' Ann was named among the top
forty women in sports media in the last 40 years by LA Daily
News.
For more information on Ann visit her website, at
www.annliguori.com.
Follow Ann on Twitter: @annliguori
Like Ann on Facebook: www.facebook.com/annliguori
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