25 Years and Golf Rally’s The Boy’s

25 Years and Golf Rally’s The Boy’s

April 15th, 2010

As a tournament director for the FORE! Jack & Jill Golf Marathon Series I run events across the country. The great part of my job is reaching out to golfers and asking them to participate in an event for a great foundation, The Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation.

Over the past year my task has been to go to cities and start a new event and gain commitments from players and sponsors. I have a decent network of friends and business contacts across the country and that is always my first step in building an event. Having a few good men on the ground passionate about helping families in which Mom or Dad has late stage cancer is great but I am always looking for more. I spend countless hours networking and introducing myself to golfers all over the place and I love it.

Next month I am doing an event in Northern New Jersey with Brandon Moore the NY JETS right guard and some of his teammates. Since I grew up in NJ you would think it would be a lay up to recruit players but its harder than you would think. I used my typical honey holes to find players than it dawned on me….golf, football and my home state.

So off I went, on a mission to get the old guys together from the 1985 Bridgewater High School East Football team. Its been 25 years and with jobs, family, moves and the withering of time it might be tough but why not try. Out went an email to the boys. Would they respond, would they want to play golf all day for a great cause?

YES!! These guys are the best!! We spent so many years playing football together from Pop Warner all the way through High School and its a bond that transends time. I sent the call out to the old offense and it looks like we have 8 of the 11 guys in for this cause.

I am so looking forward to this event and the giving back to the Foundation. Yeah we the NY JETS but what we also have is 8 guys from 25 years ago huddling up one more time!! Stay tuned for more…..

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