Here’s your chance to aid the wearin’ of the green with a day on the greens.
The Jack McNamee Masters of the Green Golf Tournament tees off Monday (October 4) at Paxon Hollow Golf Club in Media. Play in it, and you’ll help pay for the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
The contribution is $110, but that includes golf cart, prizes (Eagles tickets, sports memorabilia and such) and gifts (there’s a spiffy new jacket) and dinner.
Sign-in is at 12 noon, with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start, scramble format.
All you have to do is take half a day off–surely they can spare you for an afternoon–and spend your day on the links. How hard is that?
The tournament has been going great guns for about 15 years. Last year, it was named after the late 2008 parade grand marshal and parade committee board member Jack McNamee, but this year it’s also dedicated to the memory of Jim Kilgallen, 2004 grand marshal of the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade and owner of Kilgallen’s Tavern, who died in March.
“Jimmy Kilgallen really helped out on this golf outing, right from the beginning,” says Mike Callahan, president of the St. Patrick’s Day Observance Association board of directors, who’s coordinating the tournament.
The day of golf is all fun, but it has a serious purpose. “We need to keep raising money,” says Callahan. “Even though we’re working with the city (on lowering costs), we still need to pay for insurances, port-a-jons, electricians, set-up people…”
The tournament typically attracts about a hundred golfers, so–do the math–a successful tourney can a big shot in the arm.
You can do your bit. Head over to the Paxon Hollow Golf Club, 850 Paxon Hollow Road, Monday at lunch time, and support the parade.
For more information, contact Mike Callahan at (215) 983-7224.
