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Many of the areas amateur golf tournaments will get you out on some of the premier desert golf courses for a good cause. Whether it be your favorite charity or a day on the course with your foursome, here's your chance to compete and test yourself where the countries top amateur and pros play. Play for pride, prizes or bragging rights at: Bermuda Dunes Country Club, Desert Willow Golf Resort, JW Marriott Resort & Spa, Rancho Las Palmas Country Club, Stone Eagle Golf Club, Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort, or The Classic Club to name a few.
Think you are ready for the tour? Sign up for individual play at the Golf Channel's Battle @ Silver Rock to see how you stack up. Silver Rock Resort was a host course for the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and played host to the Golf Channel Amateur Tour National Championships in 2006. On Sunday, September 14, 2008, in association with the Golf Channel Amateur Tour - Palm Springs, Silver Rock is now a stop on the Golf Channel Amateur Tour for 2008 and it should be a fun and challenging course for all. Anyone can join and the event is open to amatuer players. Entry Fee: $110.00, Start Time: 8:00 AM, Registration Deadline: 9/9/2008 Tournaments You Can Play
Rally for the Cure
Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort
Wednesday September 3rd - Time: 8:00 a.m. shotgun
Rally for the Cure, in partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Golf for Women magazine, is a grassroots golf program dedicated to spreading awareness in the fight to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. Rally brings the breast cancer awareness message to women golfers, and its events provide the platform for special fundraising opportunities for Komen for the Cure.
4 Person Scramble (coed teams allowed)
Entry Fee: $70 per person ($280 per team - entry deadline Aug 27th) includes Golf, Cart, Range, and Lunch. Everyone receives breast cancer awareness material, Golf Towel, Rally signature pink ribbon/golf club enamel pin, Goody bags, Pink Tees, and your choice of one of the six magazines. (Golf for women, Golf Digest, SELF, Bon Appetite, Portfolio, and Architectural Digest) There is also a Rally hole on one par 3 closest to the pin for men and women which will be giving away an Adams 3 wood. Entry Form At - http://tahquitzgolfresort.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/RallyCure.doc
Or Contact Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort at (760) 328-1005
Southwestern Growers Golf Tournament
Bermuda Dunes Country Club
Sep 11, 2008 to Sep 14, 2008 - 9:00 am
The format is match play, better-ball net, with play in eight flights determined by handicaps. Entry fee includes green and cart fees, breakfast, lunch, dinner-dance, refreshments and root beer floats served daily. Entries limited to first 96 teams. Benefits the Boys and Girls Club of the Coachella Valley.
Event Cost: $1,200 per two-man team. For more information: Telephone: (760) 836-1160 / Contact name: Lucy Fox or Jim Ducatte
Rally for the Cure®
Classic Club
Sep 20, 2008
As part of the Rally for the Cure® activities, a Hole-in-One and closest-to-the-pin contest will be held at the par-3 Rally hole. Titleist® golf balls bearing the pink ribbon breast cancer awareness symbol are awarded to every player who Lands and Stays on the green on the first swing and a golf club will be presented to the player whose shot lands closest to the hole. All players will receive important early detection information, an exclusive Rally pink ribbon golf pin and are entitled to a one-year subscription to Golf For Women magazine. In addition to Golf For Women and Titleist®, Adams Golf and Etonic Shoes continue as sponsors of the Rally program. Event Cost: $125 registration/$150 sponsorship For more information: Telephone: (760) 416-0052
Kelly's Desert Adult/Junior Open
Desert Willow Golf Resort
September 21, 2008
Presented by the Palm Desert Youth Committee, 2008 Honorary Chairperson is Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack. Event will be benefiting Joselyn Senior Center's "Meals on Wheels Programs. Juniors and Adults team up to compete on the course, Format-Best Ball by Age Division. Event Cost: $130 per team Junior Sponsorships available at $65 each - Silver, Gold and Platinum Sponsorships available as well. Please contact Mike Osgood at (760) 346-7060 for more information
Trading Places International Sixth Annual Golf Tournament
Cimerrón Golf Resort
Oct 10, 2008 - 12:45 pm
All proceeds from this tournament go to the Marine Scholarship Fund for Marines from Twentynine Palms who have been severely injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. Shotgun start is at 12:45 p.m. For more information: Trading Places International Telephone: 800-365-1048
Ninth Annual Steve Platt Memorial ‘Par-Tee’ Golf Tournament
Rancho Las Palmas Country Club
Mar 23, 2009 - 8:30 am
The Steve Platt Memorial Golf Tournament was established in 2001 to benefit Temple Isaiah’s Education Department. This major fundraiser is named in memory of a man who worked passionately for the synagogue and its youth, a man with a vision and commitment to Jewish continuity at Temple Isaiah. Foursomes of men, women or mixed are encouraged to join. Immediately following, there will be a luncheon, a silent auction, and the awards presentation.
Event Cost: Call for details. For more information: Temple Isaiah - Telephone: (760) 325-2281
Desert Hope Charity Golf Tournament
March 31, 2009
Desert Willow Golf Club
Golf, lunch, and dinner hosted by Gems of the Desert. For more information: (760) 202-3885
Serra International Golf Tournament
Monterey Country Club
Mar 23, 2009 - 8:00 am
This annual event features a shotgun start, cart, and range balls included. Prizes are awarded to the top three foursomes.
Event Cost: $150 For more information: Serra International - Telephone: (760) 340-1660 - Contact name: Tom Lienhard
14th Annual Heart of the Desert Golf Tournament
Private Pete Dye course at Mission Hills
April 14, 2009
Benefiting American Heart Association. This event is a day of golf education, lunch, silent auction, and dinner. A blood pressure check and receive complete CPR training by certified volunteers.
For more information: American Heart Association, Greg Fisher (760) 346-8109
Website: www.americanheart.org
Friends of the Desert Mountains Annual Golf Tournament
Stone Eagle Golf Club
Apr 14, 2009
Join the Friends of the Desert Mountains for golf, a live auction, and other festivities at Stone Eagle Golf Club. Proceeds benefit the Friends' mission of conserving critical lands in the Coachella Valley and providing support to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. Event Cost: Call for information - For more information: Friends of the Desert Mountains - Telephone: (760) 568-9918
Rita Hayworth Invitational
Thunderbird Country Club
April 21, 2009
Benefits Alzheimer's Association.
Mousetrap Invitational Golf Tournament
April 29, 2009
The Reserve
An all-ladies amateur golf tournament, started by the late Diana "Mousie" Powell. Proceeds help support The Living Desert's native wildlife rehabilitation program, as well as educational and endangered species breeding programs.
For more information: Christine Janson (760) 346-5694, ext. 2506.
Fifth Annual Power Golf Tournament|
Indian Canyons Golf Resort
May 2, 2009
This fundraising golf tournament helps pay expenses of visiting ballplayers for the summer, It includes a silent auction, buffet style dinner, and raffle of baseball memorabilia. For more information: (760) 864-6278
Palm Springs Lions Club Tournament
Cimarron Golf Resort
May 7, 2009
Benefits Lions Club community-service projects.
YMCA Fifth Annual Charity Golf Tournament
JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort
May 28, 2009 - 10:30 am
This is a charity golf tournament with pre- and on-course games and awards after-party with raffle and heavy hors d’oeuvres in Costa’s Nightclub. 11:30 a.m. registration and 12:30 p.m. shotgun start. The tournament benefits Palm Springs YMCA activity and after school programs. Event Cost: Call for information, For more information: Family YMCA of the Desert - Telephone: 760-320-6430 - Contact name: Alison Elsner. Contact email: aelsner@desertymca.org
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