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Farber Golf Tournament Celebrates 25th Year

April 9, 2009 - One of the longest running local golf tournaments will celebrate its silver anniversary when the 25th Annual Rev. Paul Farber, C.S.C., Memorial Golf Tournament is held on Friday, June 12, at Mill Race Golf and Camping Resort in Benton.  Proceeds benefit the King’s College Scholarship Fund.
           
The cost per golfer is $150 and includes greens fees and cart, refreshments and post-tourney special steak and chicken grille and awards ceremony.  The tournament will begin at 11 a.m. with a shotgun start.
           
Five golfers who are closest to the pin on the par-three holes will be given the opportunity to participate in a $1 million hole-in-one shootout.  Golfers will also have the opportunity to participate in a chipping and putting contest.

Hole sponsorships are available starting at $100 and major sponsorships beginning at $500.  For more information or to register, contact Kim Cardone, King’s College Institutional Advancement Office, at 208-5900, x. 5677 or by e-mail at kimberlycardone@kings.edu.

Shown in photo are, seated from left,  David Stevens; Milly Jones; Bill Runner, Chair of the Executive Committee of the Century Club; Jim Bone, Chair of the Farber Tournament; Rose Marie Panzitta, Chair of the Gift Donation Committee; Joe Pringle; and, Mary Rosto.
Second row, from left, is Kim Cardone, Director of Annual Giving Programs; Burt Berrettini; Mike Dennen; Mary Wood, Director of Dining Services for Sodexo; Jackie Grant, Assistant to the Vice President of Institutional Advancement; Bill Behm, Director of Alumni Relations; Kathie Daskalakes; and, Rick Williams, co- owner of Mill Race Golf and Camping Resort.
Third row, from left, is Frank Oliver, Ed.D., Vice President of Institutional Advancement, King’s College; Brian Vinsko; Tom Zabresky; Kirk Borchert; and, Tom Landon, Senior Assistant Director of Admissions, King’s College

King's College is a Catholic College sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross.