BOYNE Golf PGA professionals have a good time 29 years of elevating funds for Manna Meals Challenge and First Tee-Northern Michigan to affect households and youth by means of golf
Harbor Springs, Mich. – The Harbor Cup golf occasion, which brings collectively PGA professionals from BOYNE Golf and the Petoskey/Harbor Springs area, has turn out to be a part of the material of vacation giving in Northern Michigan. Over the previous 29 years, the occasion has raised greater than $1.2 million, benefiting the native charities Manna Meals Challenge, First Tee-Northern Michigan, and PGA HOPE (Serving to our Patriots All over the place).
The annual fall occasion was held September 29-30 at Hidden River Golf & Casting Membership, close to Petoskey, Michigan. PGA professionals from BOYNE Golf properties have been matched in opposition to PGA professionals from Petoskey/Harbor Springs space golf programs (Group Harbor) in a enjoyable 54-hole Ryder Cup-style format. Group Harbor gained this 12 months’s occasion 16-8, however the true winners have been the charities.
Group BOYNE professionals raised greater than $125,000 for the designated charities this 12 months. The donations resulted from the year-long fundraising effort main as much as and following the occasion and supporting the Harbor Cup Charitable Fund, a part fund of the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Space Neighborhood Basis. Many donations got here from members of the Nation Membership of Boyne and the Bay Harbor Golf Membership, merchandise gross sales, and pro-am golf occasions within the space.
The BOYNE Golf Harbor Cup crew proudly offered donation checks to Manna Meals Challenge ($90,000), PGA HOPE ($25,000), and First Tee-Northern Michigan ($10,000) by means of the Harbor Cup Charitable Fund.
Manna Meals is a foodbank and warehouse that provides meals to greater than 35 pantries and businesses in Antrim, Charlevoix, and Emmet counties. This 12 months’s charitable contribution will assist present about 156,250 meals to neighborhood members. As well as, First Tee is a corporation that promotes character improvement and life-enhancing values to space youth by means of the sport of golf. The donation helps to extend programming alternatives and attain extra youth. PGA HOPE introduces and teaches golf to Veterans and Energetic-Responsibility Army to boost their bodily, psychological, social and emotional well-being. The donation will assist safe and enhance the event of their 6-8 week curriculum.
“The Harbor Cup is all the time a particular occasion for all the gamers, however what really issues is the great it permits us to do,” mentioned Corey Could, Crooked Tree Golf Membership Head Skilled and Group BOYNE’s Harbor Cup Captain. “For practically three a long time, this occasion has turn out to be certainly one of Northern Michigan’s most cherished traditions and rallies our golf neighborhood to boost significant {dollars} for native charities, and that affect is much extra vital than any scorecard. We couldn’t do any of this with out all of the assist we obtain from the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Space Neighborhood Basis, together with the Nation Membership of Boyne and Bay Harbor Golf Membership members, space companies, distributors, and owners. We’re extremely proud to proceed a practice that brings folks collectively and makes a distinction throughout Northern Michigan.”
The Group BOYNE Harbor Cup included crew captain Corey Could and assistant captains Josh Richter, Bernie Friedrich, Bob Prange, and Jeff Roth. Gamers included Casey Powers, John Myers, Steve Niezgoda, Zach Zondlo, Chaz Babin, Scott Pussehl, Avry Freel, Brian Jakeway, Bob Wilson, Katie Milliman, and Mac Montagne.
For extra data on Manna Meals Challenge, go to www.mannafoodproject.org, for First Tee Northern Michigan, go to www.firstteenorthernmichigan.org, and for PGA HOPE, go to https://www.pgareach.org/pgahope.
For extra data on BOYNE Golf, go to www.BOYNEgolf.com.
