On Monday, April 23, 2007, seventy-seven golfers enjoyed wonderful weather and a great game of golf at the Friends’ annual Golf Tournament at Stone Eagle, sponsored by Southern California Edison.
The Honorable Roy Wilson, Riverside County Board of Supervisors, served as guest of honor and Al Geiberger, “Mr. 59,” was tournament host.
Thanks to Desert European Motors, participants also had the opportunity to test drive a Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Maserati or Aston Martin throughout the day.
At 3 p.m., the cocktail party at Stone Eagle’s beautiful Aerie restaurant began and another forty people joined the golfers for cocktails and dinner. In addition to the open bar, partygoers were treated to margarita and tequila tastings provided by Restaurante Guillermo’s and an “around-the-world” whisky tasting by Johnnie Walker and Diageo. Complimentary massages were given by students from Maric College while Pyro the Magician roamed among the guests performing card and coin magic tricks.
Participants had a chance to bid on fantastic auction items such as trips to Hawaii & Mexico and future rounds of golf, as well as win prizes & a raffle.
First prize for the lowest net score in the tournament went to the team of Steve Owen, Jackie Clemens, Andy Komor, and Rick Dunwell all of Pacific Aquascape; second place went to Garry Fawcett and Rick Stoddard of Kaiser Ventures, Mark Lawrence of Ace Direct and Kay Hazen of Hazen & Company; and third place went to the Southern California Edison team of Vincent Haydel, Jack Sahl, Tom Davis, and Rick Prokay. Closest to the pin was won by Torsten Leines and the longest drive was made by Chris Hector.
But the biggest winner of the night was Friends of the Desert Mountains, as the event raised over $70,000.
Be sure to get your reservation in early for next year’s tournament, scheduled for April 22. Call the Friends office for more information and check back to the website for online registrations coming soon.
The Friends would like to thank all of the sponsors and participants who not only made the event possible, but so enjoyable!
Please patronize our sponsor and donors:
Southern California Edison
Andalusia Country Club
Burrtec Waste & Recycling Services, Inc.
Trilogy at La Quinta
Norwalk Toyota
Desert Pacific Properties
Shields Date Gardens
Twenty Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians
Bentley of Rancho Mirage
Desert European Motors
Palm Springs Life
Season in the Sun
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
BIGHORN
Bill MacMillan
Building Industry Association
Castelli's Ristorante
Cedar Creek Inn
Cuistot
Dan's Wine Shop, Inc.
Desert Willow Golf Resort
Destination Resorts, Hawaii
Don Diego's Restaurant
Elizabeth Green, Creative Spirit Designs
Estancia La Jolla
Eureka Casino Hotel
Fedderly & Assoicates
GolfTEC Rancho Mirage
Granite Construction
Hi-Lites Aveda
HotelZoso in Palm Springs
Jillian's
Joe & Laurie Winkelmann
Kaiser Restaurants
Kay Hazen and Company
Lamp Post Pizza
Las Casuelas
Las Palomas Seaside Golf Community
L'auberge Del Mar
Limont Financial Services
Lowe Destination Development
Luggage Bag Store
Marriott Desert Springs
McCallum Theatre
Mimi's Café
Miracle Springs Resort & Spa
Miramonte Resort & Spa
Morongo Casino Resort & Spa
Mountain View Country Club
Orr Builders
Pacific Western Bank
Palm Springs Follies
Palm Springs International Film Society
Palm Springs Power Baseball
Palm Springs Tours & More
Paul Selzer, Attorney at Law
Pete Carlson's Golf & Tennis
Randy Myers Nursery
Red Robin
Restaurante Guillermo's
Rick Daniels, Salton Sea Authority
Right Bank Restaurant
Royal Palms
Roy's
San Diego Chargers
Smoke Tree Ranch
Stone Eagle Golf Club
Stuft Pizza in La Quinta Old Town
Sub Zero
Sundance Escrow
Teton Mountain Lodge in Teton Village, WY
The Beer Hunter
The Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX
The Inn at Deep Canyon
The Reserve
Tony Roma's
Trader Joes
Trilogy at La Quinta
Wally's Desert Turtle
Wayne Connor & Associates
And a Big Thank You also to our Volunteers:
Sue Adams
Betty Ahrens
Deborah Baker
Marga Baker
Linda Belasco
Brian Evangelist
Jim Finnerty
Peta Henderson
Bernie Hobaugh
Amy Kemper
Ed Kibbey
Pat Larson
