Every year, the Better Business Bureau Gerry Wilson Golf Classic keeps getting bigger and better with terrific sponsors, attractive auction items and fabulous players!
Our 11th annual tournament, played on Friday, June 8, at the Maderas Golf Club in Poway, kept the tradition alive with a sold-out field!
The tournament featured a shotgun start with four-man scramble format, lunch, food and beverages on the course, raffle tickets, an "after-golf" awards dinner and a pair of personally fitted Callaway Golf shoes for each golfer. Bill Griffith of KGTV-TV 10News, returned as the celebrity auctioneer for his third consecutive year.
The tournament also featured special live and silent auction items, including rounds of golf and golf equipment, jewelry, airline tickets, hotel rooms, tickets to Padre games, Sea World, Pat Benatar concert and "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno and home items such as a mattress, screen door, TV, home security system and gardening equipment. Special items included a weekend rental of a BMW, flying lessons, music lessons and a football autographed by LaDainian Tomlinson. The live auction items included skybox tickets for a Padres game, four passes to a Chargers training camp session and airline tickets to Europe and any continental U.S. destination.
And, as a tribute to our late CEO Gerry Wilson, the tournament featured its third annual "wacky slacks" contest. A foursome of players was selected by Joan Wilson as this year's winners.
Donations of merchandise and services for the silent and live auction are tax deductible since the tournament is operated under the auspices of the Better Business Bureau Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
According to Sheryl Bilbrey, San Diego BBB president/CEO, "How can you beat it? The weather was gorgeous, the course was terrific. It was a great day of golf for a good cause. I am very happy. I want to thank everyone who supported the event. It was a great time to catch up with acquaintances we had not seen since the last tournament. We heard a lot of positive comments about this year’s tournament. Overall, it was a lot of fun. Spending a work-day on the golf course wasn’t a bad gig. I can’t say enough about the sponsors and their support."
2007 Flag Event Winners:
First Place Low Net:
Ken Andersen, Dave Henderson, Rodger Price, Scott LaLoggia
Second Place Low Net:
John and Mark Pellegrino, Stephen Orton, Robert Bacon
Third Place Low Net:
Bill Griffith, Trace Wilson, A.J. Chedrick, Keith Padgett
First Place Low Gross:
Lorenzo Baker, Eric Schlinder, Rich Calderon, Ryan Hensch
Closest to the Pin:
Art Acosta
Women's Longest Drive:
Vicki Ingalls
Men's Longest Drive:
Mark Milocco
THANK YOU TO OUR 2007 GOLF CLASSIC SPONSORS!
The BBB is grateful to the generous sponsors of the 11th annual Gerry Wilson Golf Classic. College Loan Corporation was the presenting sponsor.
Among the other sponsors:
Sycuan Resort & Casino, eagle sponsor;
Union Bank of California, birdie sponsor;
Pellegrino Heating & Air Conditioning, golf shirt sponsor;
Time Warner Cable, par sponsor;
Jack in the Box Inc., golf shoe sponsor
Luce Forward, 19th hole sponsor;
Barney & Barney, beverage cart sponsor;
Marrokal Construction, golf hat sponsor; and
Aflac, putting challenge sponsor.
Hole sponsors included ASI Hastings Heating and Air Conditioning, Cloud 9 Shuttle, Collisions Plus, Encore Capital Group, John Hine Pontiac Mazda Dodge, PAETEC Corp., Sharp Business Services, The Business Cleaning Company, Inc., Toyota of El Cajon, University of California at San Diego, Walter Andersen Nursery, Walter Anderson Plumbing, Heating and Air and Westfield Corp.