Alexandria, VA – May 18, 2009 – On Monday, May 18, 2009, participants in the 2009 Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Golf Classic gathered at the Mount Vernon Country Club in Alexandria, Virginia to launch the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation’s 2009 national fund raising campaign.  This was the fourteenth annual Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Golf Classic.   It was a great golfing day with supporters donating over $150,000.   

 

Fifty corporations/business groups, from throughout the nation, supported this year’s tournament.  The 132 participating golfers represented 29 of these corporations and included corporate executives, Marine Corps officials and Toys for Tots supporters.  Participants traveled from throughout the east coast and from as far west as Kansas.   

 

The tournament, which began with a shotgun start at 9:00 a.m., was preceded by a continental breakfast and followed by a luncheon and awards ceremony.  The format was a best ball scramble.  Team winners were selected based on either team low gross scores or team low handicap adjusted scores.  Team prizes were presented in two categories:  The Commandant’s Flight (gross scores) and the President’s Flight (handicap adjusted scores).  Prizes were presented to the first through third place teams in the Commandant’s Flight and to the first through sixth place teams in the President’s Flight.  A Sportsman’s Award was presented to the team with the highest gross score.  Individual prizes were presented for the longest drive, straightest drive and closest to the pin.  Hole-in-one prizes were available on each of the four par 3 holes.    

 

Each player received a Toys for Tots Favor Bag which included a golf shirt, golf cap, golf towel, sun glasses case and one dozen golf balls.  Participants had an opportunity to bid on twelve silent auction items and to win one of ten raffle prizes.   Team photos were presented to each participant. 

 

Team Competition Winners

Commandant’s Flight (Gross scores)

Finish	Sponsor	Captain
1st Place	AMKON	Greg Bedner
2nd Place	Boeing Company	John Harris
3rd Place	Tremco	Leon Halip

 President’s Flight (Handicap adjusted net scores)

Finish	Sponsor	Captain
1st Place	Raytheon	Greg Kuzniewski
2nd Place	Big Lots	Greg Berrigan
3rd Place	Atlanta Capital Management	Cal Swain
4th Place	Elbit Systems of America	George Simpson
5th Place	Bank of America -A	Steve Herndon
6th Place	BIA	Mark MacDonald

           

Sportsmen’s Award                Bank of America - B               Jay Darnell

           

Individual Competition Winners

Event	Winner	Sponsor
Longest Drive (Men)	John Halip	Tremco
Longest Drive (Women)	Susan Laver	Sikorsky
Straightest Drive (Men)	Mike O’Neal	Elbit Systems
Straightest Drive (Women)	Lee Wampler	AMKON
Closest to Pin # 2	Cliff Jennings	AMKON

Tournament Sponsorship

 

The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and the United States Marine Corps extend special thanks to this year’s tournament Co-Sponsors:

Coca-Cola and OnTime Toys

The Foundation extends thanks to the fifty corporations and businesses that sponsored foursomes, holes and/or donated prizes for the 2009 Golf Classic:

 

AMKON	AT&T Government Solutions
Atlanta Capital Management	Bank of America
Big Lots	Boeing Company
Bridgestone Americas Holdings	Business Intelligence Association
CDS Global	Creative Direct Response
Data Management Inc.	Edwin Watts Golf
Elbit Systems of America	Exxon Mobil Corporation
Fleet	Fretz Consulting
Frito-Lay	General Dynamics Corporation
Grace Family - CDR	Group Sales
GS-5, LLC	International Graphics, Inc.
Jill James Associates	Jones Consulting
JPMorganChase	Leatherneck
Lindsay Cadillac	Lockheed Martin
Lucci Family	MacDonald Family
Marine Corps Association	McGladrey & Pullen
Medifast, Inc.	Merrill Lynch
Mount Vernon Country Club	Nadolski Family
National Defense Industrial Assoc.	Nyland Family
OnTime Toys	Osman Family
Pete’s Golf Shop	Raytheon
Reece Family	Rolls-Royce, North America
Sikorsky Aircraft Company	Textron, Inc.
Tompkins Builders	Tremco
Burke Whitman	Xerox Corporation