2009 Knights of
Columbus Charity Golf Classic
by Pat Joy
This year’s Knights of
Columbus Charity Golf Classic was held on Monday,
October 5th at Makefield Highlands Golf Course. Thanks
to the generous support of our sponsors, golfers, diners
and committee members, we enjoyed our most successful
outing to date, raising over $14,000 for our charity
funds.
For the fifth year in a
row, our council joined forces with our brothers of St.
John the Evangelist Council to host the Golf Classic and
once again, The Lord blessed us with good weather. One
hundred-seven golfers gathered for lunch and at 12:30
PM, everyone teed off at the beautiful links of
Makefield Highlands, which has become one of the premier
municipal courses in the area. The course was in
excellent condition and the scramble format plus
numerous “mulligans” gave every foursome a chance to
shoot par golf. After a great afternoon on the course
the golfers were joined by another 30 Knights, wives and
guests for a delicious buffet dinner of London broil,
chicken and pasta prepared and served by the Makefield
Highlands catering staff.
Monsignor Shoemaker
led us in prayer before the meal and Father Kennedy
also attended. Tom Rossi of St. John’s was the MC
and he started the festivities by inviting all of us to
join in the silent auction, the Chinese auction and the
50-50 drawing. The silent auction prizes included six
rounds of golf at area golf courses, Yankees baseball
and Flyers hockey tickets, jewelry and a basket of
cheer.,
The Chinese auction of
over 30 items included numerous gift certificates at
local restaurants.
The 50/50 drawing realized
$300. The foursome led by Andy Strock took first
prize for the lowest score. At the end of the evening
the golfers, wives and guests agreed that the annual
golf classic was a most enjoyable afternoon and evening
of fun, food and fellowship.
Once again, we were
blessed with many generous sponsors who made this
charitable event a great success. Many thanks to Jim
McCaffrey and McCaffrey’s supermarkets for their
platinum ($2500.) sponsorship. Our other major sponsors
at the gold ($1000.) level include Dan and Thelma
Pisano of St. Ignatius Aid for friends, Chris
Mahle of Benefit Watch, Inc., Jack and Sean
Sammon/A.C.&S contractors, and Richard Rudd
of HILTI Corp., Over 90 individuals and businesses
supported the golf classic. This year’s net profit will
be divided evenly between our two councils and will fund
the important charitable work of our brotherhood.
The golf committee,
co-chaired by Len Kuchera of St. John’s and
Pat Joy, PGK , included Jack Sammon, Bill
Gibney, Peter Revis, GK Dom Licastro
and PGK Frank Fazzalore of our council and eight
members of St. John’s council. A total of fifteen men
and wives volunteered their time on the day of the
outing.
Please save this date:
October 4, 2010, for the annual Knights golf classic at
Makefield Highlands. See you there!!!!
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