FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 25, 2009

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Julie Hatch, (817) 919-7648
ccjhatch@sbcglobal.net

Rusty Greer & Norm Hitzges Celebrity Golf Classic

Tees Up to Help Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth

May 18 at Trophy Club

Limited Golf Spots Still Available for Annual Favorite

FORT WORTH, TX – Fore! Start practicing your swing now so you can join Rusty and Norm for a great day of golf on the magnificent, private course at Trophy Club Country Club. There are a limited number of golf spots still available for this exclusive scramble tournament, so sign up today for the Rusty Greer/Norm Hitzges Celebrity Golf Classic benefitting the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth, presented by Bob’s Steak & Chop House in downtown Fort Worth’s new Omni Hotel.

Monday, May 18 Trophy Club Country Club 500 Trophy Club Drive, Trophy Club 76262

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Registration, Driving Range Open & Gift Shop Open for Prize Selection

11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Hot Lunch

11:30 a.m. Putting Contest

12:15 p.m. $100,000 Shootout

12:30 p.m. Shotgun Start

5:15 p.m. Helicopter Golf Ball Drop – a chance to win $5,000!

5:30 p.m. Cocktails, Awards & Auction

Player fees start at $500, and sign-up is available on-line at www.ftworthrmh.org/golf. Sponsorships are also still available, ranging from $300 to $10,000.

OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP
  • Always exciting is the one-of-a-kind helicopter golf ball drop, where participants have a chance to win $5,000 if their ball is first in the hole! Also, balls closest and farthest from the pin each win $1,000.
  • Make a $50 donation and receive a limited edition autographed baseball by former Texas Ranger Rusty Greer! Please allow two weeks for processing and shipping.

Golf balls and Rusty Greer autographed baseballs can be purchased at www.ftworthrmh.org/golf. Participants in the golf ball drop contest need not be present to win.

Sponsors of the Rusty Greer/Norm Hitzges Celebrity Golf Classic benefitting the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth include presenting sponsor Bob’s Steak & Chop House in downtown Fort Worth’s new Omni Hotel. Additional support is generously provided by Galligaskin’s Submarines, Lexus Champions for Charity, Fort Worth, Texas Magazine, MAALT Transport, Omni Fort Worth Hotel, Pop’s Safari Cigars & Fine Wines/Pop’s Safari Room, Sewell Lexus of Fort Worth, The Printing Store and The Ticket Sports Radio 1310 AM/104.1 FM.

All proceeds from the Celebrity Golf Classic will help make the Ronald McDonald House a better place for families of sick children. Located across the street from Cook Children’s Medical Center, the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth provides help, hope and a “home-away-from home” for the families of critically ill children who travel to the area for medical treatment.

For more information about the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth, or to get involved with the Celebrity Golf Classic, please call (817) 820-8933, email Alicia.Jenkins@ftworthrmh.org, or go to www.ftworthrmh.org.

Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth

1004 7th Avenue

Fort Worth, TX 76104

(817) 870-4942

www.ftworthrmh.org

 

 
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