FOR USE AS DESIRED NFL-177 1/13/05 SUPER BOWL NFL CHARITIES GOLF CLASSIC Twenty-eight members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be among 80 celebrities who will join amateur golfers from around the nation on Saturday, February 5 for the 20th Annual Super Bowl NFL Charities Golf Classic in Jacksonville, Florida, it was announced today. Participating Hall of Famers include WILLIE LANIER, DON MAYNARD, LYNN SWANN, PAUL WARFIELD and KELLEN WINSLOW, among others. The tournament -- to be played on all three courses at the seaside Amelia Island Plantation -- will benefit the Youth Education Town Center that the NFL will build at Brentwood Park in Jacksonville as a lasting legacy to the city for hosting Super Bowl XXXIX. YET Centers are inner-city facilities at which at-risk youths can find family counseling, opportunities to improve learning skills, educational guidance, vocational training, and recreation. YET Centers have been built in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Phoenix, San Diego and Tampa after those cities hosted Super Bowls. The YET Center in Houston, site of last year’s Super Bowl, is under construction. Classic participants may enter as an individual or foursome. Each team will be assigned a celebrity captain. A tax deductible donation to NFL Charities of $1,500 per player includes a pairings party and auction on Friday, February 4 at the Amelia Island Plantation, as well as breakfast and an awards party the day of the tournament. Along with a club bag containing official Reebok NFL Super Bowl XXXIX golf apparel, each golfer will receive a commemorative plaque bearing a photograph of his/her team with its celebrity captain. Prizes will be awarded to the members of each of the top three finishing teams on each course. Hole-in-one contests will be conducted on a par-three hole on each course, with a winner awarded a 2005 Cadillac For information on the tournament, contact tournament director Nick Nicolosi at 201-489-0049 or by email (n.nicolosi@verizon.net). |