HS HS St. Anthony's Foundation Golf Benefit Deadline Today

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Published on July 10 2017 8:46 am
Last Updated on July 10 2017 9:35 am
Written by Millie Lange

The HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital Foundation's Ninth Annual Golf Benefit will be held Friday, July 21 at the Effingham Country Club. The theme for this year's event is "Keeping Our Community in Rhythm with 'Holes for Heart Care."

Registration begins at 10 a.m., with lunch being served from 10:30 to 11:45 a..m. New this year is a putting contest that will be held from 10:30 a,.m. to 1:45. p.m. The noon tee-off begins the four-person scramble which consists of 32 teams of four players.

Special features this year include:

• Putting Contest before tee-off: The winner will receive $500 in gift cards.

• Closest to the Pin Contest: This will be held on the front and back nines, with the winners receiving a one-week resort stay or a five-day, four-night cruise.

• $1 Million Hole-in-One Challenge: This $1 Million Hole-in-One Challenge, in conjunction with "Perfect Golf Event," will be held once all the golfers have completed play. The post-event reception will be on the clubhouse patio overlooking the 18th green. Six registered golfers will be chosen by raffle drawing to 'participate in the Hole-in-One Challenge and take one Tee to Green 150-yard shot on the 18th hole. A Hole-in-One wins $1 Million. Multiple Hole-in-Ones will split the winnings.

The entry fee is $200 per golfer and the entry deadline is today, July 10.

If interested in participating, volunteering, becoming a golf benefit sponsor or purchasing a raffle ticket to support "Holes for Heart Care" and the HSHS St. Anthony's Foundation, contact Michael Wall, Director of Philanthropy, at (217) 347-1854 or email him at michael.wall@hshs.org. Sponsorship and registraton is also available on St. Anthony's website at stanthonyshospital.org/giving.