Special
Events - 1st Annual Arizona PH Golf Tournament
Arizona’s First PH Golf Tournament: A Big Success
By Mandy Kimbrough
Arizona did it! We held our first successful golf tournament at
Stonecreek Golf Club in Phoenix. Patients, family, friends, and
medical professionals—all came together on a very warm and
sunny April 16, 2005, to raise awareness and funds for
pulmonary hypertension. All proceeds went to PHA for research and patient support services.
The day started off at 6 a.m. with registration, mulligan
sales, raffle tickets and PHA merchandise items followed by a
Shot Gun Tee time at 7:30 a.m. Golf registration included green
fees, range balls, golf cart, yardage book, catered lunch, goody
bag, and gift certificates. A barbeque lunch was served after
golfing followed by a silent auction, raffles, and award
ceremony. A 2005 Ford Mustang donated by Earnhardt Auto
Centers was the hole-in-one prize for hole three. Although there
was no lucky winner of the car, golfing was great and a good
time was had by all!
There were over 40 auction items up for bid including a
Leroy Neiman painting that sold for $1,150, his-and-hers Molina
watches, jewelry, gift baskets, golf foursomes and equipment,
and sports memorabilia. Raffle tickets were sold for over 60
items. There was also an airline ticket raffle that generated
almost $1,000. All silent auction and raffle items were donated
by various individuals and businesses within the
community. A basket of golf balls was donated for
a “Guess the number of golf balls” in the basket
for $1 per guess—the closest guess went home
with the tub of balls! A special thank you goes to
all parties for their donations for our event.
Prizes included two sets of Ping irons
donated by GoDaddy.com for the first place team,
two Craz-E Ping putters donated by GoDaddy.com
for the second place team, and two $125 gift
certificates to McCormick & Schmick’s for the
third place team. Prizes for closest to the pin were
two free rounds of golf at Stonecreek provided by Stonecreek.
A very big thank you goes to all our sponsors: Actelion,
Earnhardt Auto Centers, GoDaddy.com, McCormick &
Schmick’s, Myogen, CoTherix, Priority Healthcare, Accredo
Therapeutics, Cucina Tagliani Restaurant, Hensley Beer, PRN
Medical, Res Med, Pulmonary Associates, Southwest Capital
Advisors LLC, and United Therapeutics. Numerous general
donations were made for the event as well.
People visited the PHA merchandise table purchasing
wristbands, bracelets, car magnets, and pins. Educational
materials about pulmonary hypertension were also handed out.
All in all, we netted over $20,000 for this most awesome
event! Committee members received so many positive
comments by participants and were pleasantly surprised with our
final outcome from the event. Plans are already beginning for another tournament next year with high hopes of raising even
more money. Hole sponsorships for next year’s tournament will
be available for $1,000 a piece. If you are interested in
sponsoring a hole or any level of sponsorship, please contact
Marianne Curran at 602-258-4951 or Mandy Kimbrough at
800-232-1199.
This event would not have been possible without the
dedicated efforts of committee members Marianne Curran,
Wendy and Bill Bockhorst, Trish and Mark Duque, Lee
Billington, Robert Taylor, Mandy Kimbrough, Trish Dorrell,
Marilyn Haney, and our many volunteers who put this event
together. We hope everyone had a wonderful time and will join
us again next year. Thank you very much from the Pulmonary
Hypertension Support Group of Arizona.
