Dan Quayle '69 Among Celebrities Participating in BMW Charity Pro-Am Tournament
April 29, 2005
April 29, 2005, Greencastle, Ind. - Dan Quayle, America's 44th Vice President and 1969 graduate of DePauw University, is among the celebrities taking part in this weekend's BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament at The Cliffs in Sunset, South Carolina. Others participating in the event -- which continues through Sunday and is being televised by the Golf Channel -- include "Wayne Gretzky, Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, Cheech Marin, Catherine Bell," Gary Player, and Steve Spurrier, reports the Herald of Rock Hill, S.C.
Read more at the newspaper's Web site.
The BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs is the only tournament on the Nationwide PGA Tour where amateurs and celebrities are grouped with Nationwide PGA Tour professionals in a three-day best-ball competition. Last May's event raised a record $763,646 for 31 charities in upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina.
In its four year history, the event has raised a total of almost $2.5 million for area charities.
Learn more about the tournament by clicking here.
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