Enjoy “Links & Laughs” in August to Fight Prostate Cancer
Third Annual Celebrity Golf Tourney & Gala Set for Long Bay Club, Kingston Plantation
The 3rd annual Know Your Score Links & Laughs Golf Tournament and Gala is scheduled for August 28 at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Long Bay Club in North Myrtle Beach. Proceeds from the event will benefit ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer. This year, the event will also include a comedy night and live auction at Kingston Plantation. Those interested in purchasing team or individual golf tickets, sponsorships or tickets to the comedy show and gala should visit KnowYourScoreMB.com.
Four-person teams for the celebrity golf event can be purchased for $800, which also includes eight tickets to the Saturday night comedy show and live auction. Individual tickets to participate in the golf event can be purchased for $100 each. Individual tickets to the comedy show can also be purchased for $100.
Raffle tickets are also available to purchase for 13 extravagant prizes including an all-expenses paid trip to South Africa including a safari experience. Raffle tickets are $150 each and will be limited to the first 350 people purchasing them. Some of the other prizes include a Steelers football weekend in Pittsburgh, two entries into the ESPN Radio “Mike & Mike Show” celebrity golf tournament featuring hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, four tickets to attend the PGA Tour Championship and an all-sports weekend in New York City including tickets to a Yankees versus Boston Red Sox baseball game and an NFL game between the Jets and Baltimore Ravens, among many others.
“The Know Your Score Links and Laughs Golf Tournament and Gala is an event we highlight on the calendar every year,” said Bill Golden, president of Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday. “From the golf to the comedy show to the amazing raffle prizes we have this year, it promises to be an incredible day of fun and evening of entertainment. The celebrities that participate are so giving and generous with their time and we ultimately do it all to raise money for the Know Your Score campaign, so we can assist in the fight to find a cure for prostate cancer.”
Emmy award-winning essayist and commentator for Turner Sports, Jim Huber, is the 2010 national spokesperson for the Know Your Score Fight Prostate Cancer campaign. Huber has been spreading awareness about prostate cancer research and the importance of regular screening through national and regional interviews, and will serve as host for this high-profile event. The golf tournament is expected to attract some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment.
“I am honored to serve as the national spokesperson for such a worthy cause,” said Huber. “The Myrtle Beach community has been enormously supportive of the Know Your Score Fight Prostate Cancer campaign. My link to the disease comes through my father who was diagnosed, but survived. So, I personally know the importance of ‘knowing your score.’”
Since April of 2008, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday has joined forces with ZERO and supported the annual campaign to fight prostate cancer. The Know Your Score campaign slogan refers to the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test given to men 50 years of age or older to help detect prostate cancer. A low score on the PSA test is good news and is the best screening tool currently available when used with the physical prostate exam, according to ZERO.
So far this year, more than $21,000 has been raised by the Know Your Score campaign to benefit ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer. The Links & Laughs Know Your Score Golf Tournament and Gala is expected to raise more funds to allow the overall goal of $70,000 for the year to be achieved.
For more information about Know Your Score, or to participate in the Know Your Score Links & Laughs Celebrity Tournament and Gala, visit KnowYourScoreMB.com or call 1-800-833-8798.
Photo Caption: Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday and the Know Your Score campaign presented a check for $21,477 to ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer campaign on Monday in North Myrtle Beach. The funds were raised during a spring “Closest to the Pin” contest at nearly 30 Myrtle Beach area golf courses. Pictured from left to right: Skip Lockwood, CEO, ZERO – The Project to End Prostate Cancer; Bill Golden, president, Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday; Mark Dente and colleague, Atlantic Golf Promotions; Jim Huber, national spokesperson, Know Your Score; and Mitch Laurance, actor, prostate cancer survivor.
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