The Houston events kick-off the weekend in style with golf tournaments and dinners combined with entertainment, and live and silent auctions to raise funds for cancer research. Often attracting as many as 500 participants, the days are filled with good food and lots of fun. In 1998 United Airlines joined forces with Golfers Against Cancer as the presenting sponsor and has been a fixture ever since. Corporate citizens from all over have answered the call with sponsorship dollars or in-kind gifts to ensure as much money as possible reaches the bottom line. The silent auction portion of the evening always generates a lot of high spirited competition to take home the prize by donating the highest bid. The live auction might include golf trips to exotic destinations such as Masters Weekend, Ireland, Scotland, Palm Springs, CA, Hawaii, and Bay Hill Club in Orlando. We will also introduce special honorees and the GAC Person of the Year award which is presented to an individual, nominated and voted by the GAC Board of Directors for their contributions to the success of the organization.
Houston Schedule of Events
Saturday, November 23, 2019
6:00 p.m. –Golfers Against Cancer Dinner and Auction Night for Cancer Research at the Kingwood Country Club. See the GAC web site for other details. www.GACTX.org.
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Played on Sunday of the event weekend, the Corporate Shootout recognizes the major sponsors of GAC. Play is on Deerwood and the Forest courses for Diamond and Platinum level sponsors, and the $5,000 Longpré Memorial ProAm teams. Festivities start with breakfast served by the United Airlines 777 BBQ Team, then snacks for lunch and dinner (also provided by the United Team) with beverages and entertainment. Token prizes are awarded to the winning teams from each course. Registration starts at 9:00 a.m., shotgun start at 11:00 a.m.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Main Golf Tournament and Mike Longpré ProAm are played on Monday. The Longpré Memorial ProAm is held in honor of Michael Scott Longpré, and is a South Texas PGA sanctioned event sponsored by the William Stamps Farish Fund. It is played at the Deerwood Club. Local club pros from the South Texas PGA and others with similar status from surrounding PGA sections play for the largest purse in the Houston area – 1st place payout is $10,000 of a total purse of $25,000. The pros are paired with their sponsoring amateur teams who play for token prizes. The Main Golf Tournament also takes place on Monday. Sponsors, celebrities and individual players participate in this event held at Kingwood Country Club. Players enjoy the fun of the weekend while vying for token prizes. Included in the day’s festivities are breakfast snacks, a box lunch and an awards dinner held at the Kingwood Country Club. For both events, registration begins at 8:00 a.m. with a 10:00 a.m. shotgun start.
In its inaugural 2004 event, tournament organizer and Board Co-Chair Dan McIntyre, raised $10,000 for cancer research. Players took on the challenging and picturesque Walden on Lake Conroe golf course, approximately 40 miles north of Houston. Today, participants in this annual event continue to enjoy golf, a party and live and silent auctions and proceeds exceed $150,000 annually. Winners participate as platinum sponsors at the GAC Houston November events. Walden on Lake Conroe enjoys tremendous support from the Club Members and local community who look forward to the tournament each year. To date, Walden on Lake Conroe has generated over $1,500,000 for cancer research.
The 11th annual Denver Golfers Against Cancer event was held July 28th and 29th and was a huge success!! The Denver chapter will be donating $135,000 to cancer research projects at the University of Colorado Cancer center.
GAC has been named as the beneficiary for a number of golf tournaments around the world as shown below. Contact us if you are interested in naming GAC as a beneficiary for your event.
This Champions Tour Event is held each year at The Woodlands Country Club, Tournament Course, Woodlands, Texas. The host sponsor, Insperity, is a Kingwood, TX-based company and long-time GAC supporter. GAC joins fellow beneficiaries M.D. Anderson, the Bush Foundation and the First Tee Program at this event. This event is televised by the Golf Channel.
GAC has friends across the pond with Golfers fro Rosemere. This group holds an annual golf tournament and dinner to generate funds for cancer research. Because of the common goals, our organizations support each other. We have been pleased to have the Rosemere golfers join us at our annual Houston events in recent years.
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