2014 Annual Charity Golf Classic

Mark your calendar now!  An exciting day of golf, fun and camaraderie with South Florida’s business aviation community will be held Friday, November 14th at the prestigious PGA National Golf Resort and Spa in beautiful Palm Beach Gardens.  We have expanded the event to two courses to accommodate the continual demand for this event.

EVENT IS SOLD OUT!  Registration is now closed, as we have reached maximum capacity of 184 golfers.  All proceeds benefit the SFBAA Scholarship fund, Angel Flight, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.  

Format:  As always, this is a four person best-ball scramble with trophies, prizes, and bragging rights at stake.  Skills challenges and side competitions along the way give even the highest handicappers a chance to win.  All players receive a complimentary goodie bag, lunch, beverages on the course, and an expanded cocktail reception after play ends which will include hors d'oeuvres, trophy presentations, and a raffle.

Schedule:                                                       

Registration:  Begins at 10:30 am

Lunch:  11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Shotgun Start:  12:45 pm

Reception:  5:45 pm - 8:00 pm

Sponsorship opportunities still available!  Most of our headline sponsorships have been filled, but the drink car sponsorship still remains.  For $5,000 your company becomes a headline sponsor and receives a complimentary foursome.  Please contact Jeff Ramsden (954-359-0208) if you are interested.  We also welcome any contributions to our raffle or goodie bags.  If you are going to send items for the goodie bag, please include at least 200 pieces.  Please write "SFBAA - Nov. 14" on the box and send these items directly to the golf course:          

PGA National Resort & Spa

Attn: Pro Shop

400 Avenue of the Champions

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418

The Courses

THE FAZIO COURSE

Formerly the Haig Course

The Fazio is a reinvention of The Haig, PGA National Resort & Spa's original 18-hole course that opened in 1980.  The Haig was designed by George and Tom Fazio in tribute to five-time PGA champion Walter Hagen, and its renovation is being led by third-generation designer Tom Fazio II, who emphasized modernizing the course layout.  While the original par-72 routing remains intact, the renovation improves the classic golf architecture with modern advances, including:

• A 70% increase in total green surface to 2.5 acres, grassed with TifEagle on the greens and Celebration Bermuda grass on tees and fairways
• Reconfigured tee boxes and bunkers
• Player-friendly tees allowing the course to be played at 5,100 yards in accordance with the popular “Tee it Forward” initiative sponsored by the PGA and USGA

Fazio II himself believes his renovation “[achieves] that ideal balance where single-digit golfers will be fully challenged while higher handicaps will have a layout ideal for a day of enjoyable resort golf.”

THE SQUIRE COURSE

Named after the immortal Gene Sarazen, the first golfer ever to win the professional Grand Slam, "the thinking man's course" is the ultimate test of accuracy and precision.  Designed by Tom and George Fazio, The Squire is the shortest and most exacting of the courses at PGA National Resort.  Accuracy with fairway woods and long irons is tested on many tees, and the new smaller "Emerald Bermuda" greens demand precise approach shots.  Several doglegs provide a risk/reward opportunity for any longer hitter as well. The Squire is surrounded by natural areas teeming with vegetation and wildlife – the 5th hole even runs along part of a wilderness preserve, which borders the west side of the PGA National community.