KISSIMMEE, FL. (Oct. 03, 2011) --- PlayGolfPlanet.com, a web community that links golfers with area courses, has partnered with Fairways for Warriors, Inc. to organize the first annual Fairways for Warriors Veteran’s Day Golf Tournament at Eagle Creek Golf Club (top left photo) Friday, Nov. 11.Eagle Creek Golf Club is located on Emerson Lake Blvd. off Narcoossee Rd. near Lake Nona in Southeast Orlando.
Tom Underdown, President for Fairways for Warriors, said the first annual Fairways for Warriors Veteran’s Day Golf Tournament has a noble mission: to raise more than $10,000 to buy a SoloRider golf cart equipped for the disabled.
“Fairways for Warriors is a 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation formed this year to bring the game of golf to combat-wounded veterans as a form of mental and physical rehabilitation,” Cameron Cress (middle right photo), founder and chief executive officer of PlayGolfPlanet.com, said.
“Relearning the fine motor skills required for golf helps accelerate the physical rehabilitation of disabled soldiers,” Cress explained.
The first annual Fairways for Warriors Veteran’s Day Golf Tournament is a 4-man scramble format and is open to all players for $60 per person which includes lunch.
Participants can take part in a silent auction that includes a golfing foursome at California’s famous Pebble Beach Golf Club (bottom left photo) with a caddy, a $2,500 set of Ping golf clubs, and golf foursome at Celebrations Golf Club, Legends Golf Club in Clermont, Kings Ridge Club in Clermont, the Golden Bear Club in Windermere, Eagle Creek Golf Club and the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Grand Lakes in Orlando, One day passes for six people to Universal Studios or Islands of Adventure.
In addition, a threesome for Bay Hill Golf Course – fourth will be the donating member - Dr. Jay Strack.
PlayGolfPlanet.com is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program in Kissimmee at 111 E. Monument Avenue.
For more information, contact
Tom Underdown, President Fairways for Warriors, 407-399-0977 Tom.Underdown@fairwaysforwarriors.org
Cameron Cress, Founder/CEO PlayGolfPlanet, 407-615-7106, ccress@playgolfplaneat.com
Rafael Caamano, Site Manager Kissimmee UCF Business Incubation Program, 407-343-4300, Rafael.Caamano@ucf.edu
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142 or LvershelCo@aol.com
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