Golf Fore Kids
Star Power
14th annual CSI golf benefit at Deer Creek raises $70,000
Ndamukong Suh leads Nebraska Golf Classic to another success
Story and photos courtesy of CSI.
Story courtesy of the Nebraska Golf Classic. Photos by Bliss Photography.
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Top: Two-Person Challenge winner Beau Reid accepts the trophy on behalf of himself and his partner Jack Struyk. Presenting the award are Sid and Mike Meridith from trophy sponsor SEI Security and title Sponsor Greg Rutherford of Tagge-Rutherford Financial Group. Above: One of the teams from the foursome scramble: Nick Kalin, Colin Adley, Staci Mueller and Shawn Heine.
Top: Event co-chair Matt Hickey, Ngum and Ndamukong Suh and co-chair Sam Tynan. Above: Randy Troxell, Chuck Cooper, celebrity Sterling Sharpe, Charlie Salter and Tony Moody.
he 14th annual Golf Fore Kids, hosted by the Child Saving Institute Guild, drew 144 golfers to The Players Club at Deer Creek in June and raised $70,000 for CSI. Now dubbed the Tagge-Rutherford Omaha Open after its title sponsor, nearly $15,000 in prizes were distributed through premium hole prizes and silent and live auctions. Co-chairs for the event were Jennifer Rutherford, Carol Knobbe and Laura Worick. The 19th Hole awards ceremony was emceed by retired WOWT Sports Director Dave Webber. Child Saving Institute, a 501(C)(3) not-for-profit child welfare organization, is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Since 1892, CSI’s mission has never wavered from providing care for abandoned, neglected and abused children. CSI has met the changing needs for children in the Omaha metro area based on the belief that children are the community’s most valuable resource.
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ormer Nebraska star Ndamukong Suh served as keynote speaker and special guest in July for what proved to be another successful year for The Nebaska Golf Classic, the annual fundraiser for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Suh spoke at the banquet on July 29 before a crowd of 630 at the Embassy Suites LaVista after mingling with patrons at the VIP reception and signing autographs for other guests in attendance. Guest bid on array of auction items, including Indy 500 penthouse tickets, access to the Home Depot College Football Awards Show and trips to Napa, Florida, Seattle and New York. The following morning , hot, humid weather greeted golfers at Quarry Oaks for the annual golf tournament. After a full breakfast buffet and a few shots on the driving and putting ranges with Suh, the tournament began. The golfers enjoyed crab cake sandwiches and Bang-Bang shrimp from Bonefish Grill and Omaha Steaks hotdogs while playing the picturesque course. After 18 holes, they made their way inside for post-play massages and an awards ceremony. The event surpassed its fundraising goal, netting $225,000 for disease research.
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