For those that know me (or those that read about me), you know I like to play a little GoldenTee. What does this have to do with this blog, you might ask. Well, good question. Rather than spamming the remaining people in my address book , I decided to post this publicly. I'll be playing in a GoldenTee tournament on June 5th and 6th. The big twist on this tournament though is that this is the Player's Charity Championship. Much like other fund-raisers where you get people to sponsor you by pledging x cents per lap walked (or mile biked, or whatever), this tournament is set up where you can pledge x cents (or dollars!) per stroke under par that I shoot during the 3 qualifying rounds. While I'm sure to regret posting this publicly, I typically shoot 50-60 or so under par for 3 rounds. Rest assured, I am practicing my butt off so I can maximize the donation! Things have gone really well for this event so far. In fact, we now have committed to sponsoring 2 kids' wishes through Make A Wish. If things keep going this well, we will get to sponsor more kids. Here is the info on the 2 kids we have committed to so far:

Hollis is a 10-year girl living in the northern suburbs of Chicago, not far from Splinters, the site of the 

Players Charity Championship. Hollis's favorite hobby is playing sports, pretty much any and all sports. But she especially
loves to swim...Only she doesn't want to swim alone. Hollis has it in her mind that she would like to swim with dolphins. 
She is crazy about dolphins.

Hollis has a disease called Acute Lymphocytic Luekemia (ALL). This is the most common form of Leukemia for children. ALL 
is responsible for 80% of all children with Leukemia. 

Hollis and her family leave for Hawaii in May. We should have pictures from the trip at the PCC.

And I always said this is only a video game. Silly me.  

Meet Little Joe. He's only 4 years old. He also has ALL, the most common form of Leukemia in children. 
But Joe has other issues right now.

Seems that he has a playmate who has quite an outdoor swingset set-up. It has slides and tunnels and all the 
cool stuff that any mega-swingset should have. Joe and his little brother have gotten to play on the contraption 
a couple of times...And they fell in love with it!

Problems is: Joe and his brother only get to play on the set-up every now and then. Going back home after spending 
a day playing on that set-up has got to be a bummer.

If Joe had a wish, it would be to have his own swingset playground in his own backyard, so he could play on it 
whenever he wanted to. Luckily, Joe has two things going for him. First, he does have a 
Wish....and second....he's got you.

Oh yeah...as of Monday, he's also got a swingset on order set to arrive at the end of May. Unfortunately, 
he won't be able to attend our tournament the first week of June. He and his brother have other plans 
for that weekend.  

I should have some pictures at the PCC.

I don't know about you, but just thinking about what these kids (and their families) must be going through tears me up. I hope you can find a way to pitch in and help. It's quick and painless. Just go here, and fill in the form with your pledge amount (per stroke). Everything gets taken care of automatically. The amount you end up pledging is 100% tax-deductible, too. I can't thank you enough for helping out. If you have any questions, please email me. Oh, and I promise not to abuse my blog again like this until next year's 2nd Annual Player's Charity Championship.