2007 Bank of America Championship, Craig Stadler And Smith & Wollensky Boston Team Up for Charity
For Immediate Release, June 8, 2007:
CONCORD, MA– For the third consecutive year the Bank of America Championship, Craig Stadler, the tournament’s 2004 champion, and Smith & Wollensky Boston are teaming up for charity.
The Craig Stadler-Smith & Wollensky Dinner will take place at Smith & Wollensky Boston at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, during the Bank of America Championship’s tournament week. Once again this year, Stadler will be joined by 11 other Champions Tour pros competing in the Bank of America Championship, and the dinner, which will feature silent auction items of Champions Tour memorabilia, will benefit The Genesis Fund and Disabled Sports USA.
Smith & Wollensky Boston’s chef Matthew King will prepare a five-course meal for guests, and the bar will be complimentary. In addition, each guest will receive a gift package that will include a Cross pen, bottle of Greg Norman Estate wine, a bottle of Smith & Wollensky steak sauce, Stadler-autographed hat and Bank of America Championship tickets.
Tickets for the event are limited to 12 tables of nine, and a Champions Tour player will be seated at each table. Champions Tour players expected to attend the dinner so far include Stadler, Mark McNulty, Dana Quigley, Tom Purtzer, Des Smyth and Dave Stockton.
A table of nine is $4,500, and individual seats are $500 each. To order dinner tickets, please call Denise Greska at 978-266-0266 or email dgreska@bankofamericachampionship.com.
Founded in 1982 by long-time WBZ-TV and radio medical commentator Murray Feingold, M.D., The Genesis Fund is a nonprofit organization that raises money for the specialized care and treatment of New England-area children born with birth defects, mental retardation and genetic diseases. One of its major goals is to provide state-of-the-art, coordinated, humanistic care to these patients. The Genesis Fund has raised more than $20 million dollars in the past 25 years through special events and private and corporate contributions.
A favorite cause of Craig Stadler’s, Disabled Sports USA is a national nonprofit organization established in 1967 by disabled Vietnam veterans to serve the war injured and now offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent disability. Activities include winter skiing, water sports, summer and winter competitions, fitness and special sports events. Participants include those with visual impairments, amputations, spinal cord injury, dwarfism, multiple sclerosis, head injury, cerebral palsy, and other neuromuscular and orthopedic conditions.
The Bank of America Championship has given back to the community throughout its 26-year history, having donated more than $4.5 million over the years to more than 50 charitable organizations in eastern Massachusetts, with a focus on those in the Assabet Valley region. Local beneficiaries have included Emerson Hospital and the Boys and Girls Club of Assabet Valley, as well as The Genesis Fund.
The Bank of America Championship is the oldest 54-hole tournament on the Champions Tour and has been held at Nashawtuc Country Club, Concord, since 1984. The 2007 Bank of America Championship takes place at Nashawtuc Country Club June 18-24. Up-to-date tournament information is available and tickets may be purchased online at www.bankofamericachampionship.com. For corporate or group ticket packages or to order tickets by phone, call toll-free 1-877-559-GOLF.
Smith & Wollensky
The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group develops, owns and operates high-end, high-volume restaurants in major cities across the United States. The original Smith & Wollensky, a traditional New York steakhouse, opened in 1977 and is currently the largest-grossing à la carte restaurant in the country. Since its inception, the company has grown to include 13 restaurants, including Smith & Wollensky in Miami Beach, Chicago, Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Columbus, Ohio, New York, Houston and Boston. Smith & Wollensky features USAD Prime steaks that are dry-aged and hand-butchered in-house at each location.
Contact:
Nick Ingala, Media Relations, Bank of America Championship, 617-291-3495 Cell, njingala@comcast.net
Allison Good, Smith & Wollensky, 212-838-2061, ext. 2379, agood@swrg.com.
