Former Kirkland resident plays LPGA Legends Swing for the Cure Golf Tournament on home ground
LPGA Legends Swing for the Cure Golf Tournament was held at the Inglewood Golf Club and was a major success.
The highlight of the tournament was the former resident of the nearby Kirkland, JoAnne Carner. The well known star was very enthusiastic about the tournament and travelled all the way from Palm Beach, Florida, to play in the event.
JoAnne Carner has a long association with the Inglewood Golf Club. She got her taste for golf here and started her career by practicing in the afterhours.
She put in a great deal of efforts in her career and was rewarded when she was inducted into the World Golf Hall-of-Fame.
JoAnne Carner recalled those days of struggle and said, “We were allowed to play after the paying customers, so we played a lot of golf when everybody was having dinner”.
LPGA Legends Swing for the Cure Golf Tournament was a great success this year. This was the first time that the organizers of the event teamed up with LPGA to bring the top legends onto the golf course.
The event was organized to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Puget Sound organization. This organization is at the forefront of breast cancer research.
JoAnne Carner is a great supporter of this cause and her activities in this regard have caused her to look into the efforts of the organization closely.
Talking about the organization and its efforts, JoAnne Carner expressed satisfaction. She commented, “Not only is Susan G. Komen such a great charity — everybody wants to do something to give back a little bit. And, of course, being from this area and having
played Inglewood a lot, it’s fun to be back here”.
The presence of players like Carner proved to be a great crowd puller. Almost a thousand people attended the event. This is a record turnout for an event that featured no current big names and was just a day long charity tournament.
The organizers hope that the proceeds from the event will exceed the previous year’s amount. The money will be distributed in two ways. 75 percent of the money will go in awareness programs focused on local women.
This includes paying for various programs, treatments and diagnostic tests. The rest will go to fund international breast cancer research.
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