Golf Classic
MONDAY, JULY 31ST, 2023 COUNTRY CLUB OF PEORIA
Title Sponsor:
2 3 R D A N N U A L
Best Dressed Award
AWARD FOR BEST-DRESSED FOURSOME: COME IN YOUR MOST CREATIVE ATTIRE
Million Hole-in-oneDollarPrize
AGAIN, SPONSORED BY RLI
Something for Everyone
Each golfer receives non-prescription Maui Jim Sunglasses for them and their guest, a commemorative tournament luau shirt, a premium item and other golf goodies. There will also be team trophies and prizes for longest drive, longest putt, and closest to the pin.
Summary of Events
Play will follow a golf scramble format. Events include a pro clinic Q&A, on-course lunch, and an after-golf awards ceremony.
REGISTRATION AT PRO SHOP
8:30am - 12:00pm
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30am - 10:00am
PRO CLINIC & FIRESIDE CHAT
9:30am - 10:30am
Pick up a few tips from a pro. Every golfer may attend the morning clinic Q&A with pros Craig Stadler, Dave Stockton, Morris Hatalsky, and Don Pooley.
PICTURES WITH THE PROS
10:30am - 11:00am
by Ching Photo
TRICK SHOT EXHIBITION
Featuring Dan Boever
11:00am - 11:45am
Dan Boever is one of the world’s premier entertainers, performing hundreds of golf clinics and long drive exhibitions around the world.
TEE OFF
12:00pm
FAIRWAY BUFFET
As in the past, lunch will be served while you play! On several holes, you’ll be treated to delicious lunch items from the Country Club of Peoria and various Peoria restaurants—as well as some unique treats.
COCKTAILS AND AWARDS
6:00pm
Immediately following tournament cocktail hour, prizes and awards
Golf Instructors
DAVE STOCKTON
Dave Stockton, well known for his putting prowess since joining the PGA Tour in 1964, has 25 career Tour wins including 2 PGA Championships, 2 Senior Player Championships and a U.S. Senior Open to his credit. Dave captained the victorious Ryder Cup team at Kiawah Island in 1991. His success continued when he transitioned to instruction becoming known as the pre-eminent short game guru after working with notables such as Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy.
CRAIG STADLER
After 13 PGA Tour career victories, Stadler made history in 2003 at the B.C. Open when he became the first Champions Tour player to win a PGA Tour event with a one-stroke victory. With two other Champions Tour victories and nine top ten finishes, Stadler was voted “Champions Tour Rookie of the Year” in 2003. He currently has 8 Champions Tour victories. Nicknamed the “Walrus,” Stadler is one of golf’s most colorful and popular personalties.
DON POOLEY
Despite winning the 1980 B.C. Open, the 1985 Vardon Trophy and the 1987 Memorial Tournament, Pooley is probably best known in his PGA Tour career for his dramatic million-dollar hole-in-one at the 1987 Bay Hill Classic. Arnold Palmer’s Children’s Hospital also received $500,000 for his once-ina-lifetime shot. Pooley enjoyed a resurgence after turning 50 in 2001, when he joined the Champions Tour. In 2002, Pooley won on the biggest stage in men’s senior golf, The U.S. Senior Open.
MORRIS HATALSKY
In 1996, Hatalsky retired from a successful 20-year career on the PGA Tour, winning four tournaments and 32 top ten finishes, earning him the distinction of “Putter of the Decade”. After turning 50, Morris returned to golf’s Champions Tour, where he was named “Rookie of the Year”in 2002. He has three Champions Tour wins overall, finishing twice in the top ten for 2009, and had another top finish in 2010.
Entertainment
DAN BOEVER
World Long Drive Champion Dan Boever ranks among the most popular performers on the golf exhibition circuit. Known for his quick wit and amazing repertoire of trick shots, Boever can light up an audience like few others in the golf entertainment business.
Over the past decade, Boever has performed 1100+ times all around the world for many of our countries top companies and charities. He has been invited on two Goodwill trips to entertain troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mahalo to Our Sponsors
TITLE SPONSOR
Pekin Insurance
LUAU SPONSOR:
Skadden
COCKTAIL SPONSOR:
Standard Heating and Cooling
BEVERAGE SPONSORS:
GyanSys Inc.
Younger Optics
CART SPONSORS:
Bank of America
FNTS
BIG KAHUNA SPONSORS
Bad Birdies
Better Banks
e2companies
Finch Cos & Mercedes Restaurants
Fore the Kids
Great Plains ‘NBN’
Hole-in-One Gang
Maloof Commercial
Maui Jim
Meils/Peterson/Schachtrup
/Sullivan
MH Equipment Company
Midwest Orthopaedic Center
Mike Miller Auto Park Team
O’Brien Auto Team
OSF HeathCare
OSF Orthopedics—Maxey
P.J. Hoerr Inc.
Pearl Insurance
Pekin Insurance
PNC
Professional Benefit Administrators, Inc., ProAct Rx, Cottingham & Butler, & Zelis
RLI
Skadden
Stevenson’s Folly
Stratus
The Leisy Brewing Company
The Screaming Eagles
Trade Winds
50/50 MILLION DOLLAR
HOLE-IN-ONE SPONSOR:
RLI
HOLE-IN-ONE SPONSORS:
Scherer Volvo Cars
Peoria & Bloomington-
Normal Genesis
Mike Miller Kia
HOLE SPONSORS:
CEP Exhibit Productions, Inc.
Coburn Technologies, Inc.
David Vaughan Investments, LLC
David Vaughan Investments, LLC
—Glenn Maxey
FedEx
HH Global
IOT America
Maui Jim
OSF Orthopedics—Jim Maxey
RLI
Schneider Optical Machines, LLC
Visual Marketing, Inc.
FOOD SPONSORS:
Alexander’s Steakhouse
Alwan & Sons Meat Co.
Chick-fil-A
Country Club of Peoria
Cyd’s in the Park
Nick-N-Willy’s Pizza
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS:
American Silkscreen Inc.
Baumgarten Distributing
Ching Photo
Friar Tuck
HOI Vending
Home City Ice
Hy-Vee
PDC Services, Inc.
Simmons Little Johnies
Super Liquors
Tommy Bahama
Wingate by Wyndam
Yadira Soter
Zeal
Mahalo, Friends
AT CHILDREN’S HOME, WE ARE CHANGING AND SAVING THE LIVES OF KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
Having served the children in our community for 157 years, our staff understand the complex issues that our kids and families face on a regular basis. We work to provide help through our programs which include: residential care, foster care, supervised independent living, private school, crisis intervention, mental health assessment, homeless services, counseling and family preservation. This wouldn’t be possible without the tremendous generosity and support of each of you.
Last year, with your help, $800,000 was raised to support Children’s Home! We thank you for joining us in our efforts to “help the kids and families who need it most” as you enjoy a day of golf, professional instruction, food and entertainment...Hawaiian style.
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