George Von Elm Memorial Golf Tournament a success

Rancho Park event benefits SCGA Foundation and The SCGA Foundation presented a certificate of recognition to the Rancho Park Starters Youth organizers of the George Von Elm Memorial Golf Tournament. Golf Program From left: Daniel Kramer, Devesh H. Purohit, Charles Vides, SCGA President Ed Holmes, and SCGA Foundation President Marc Myers.

embers and guests of Rancho Park Golf Club enjoyed GRANTS ANNOUNCEMENTS M a spirited two-day charity tournament on March 9 The SCGA Foundation is proud to announce that it has and 10 at the historic course and were able to awarded $40,680 to five deserving non-profit youth raise more than $6,000 for both the SCGA Foundation and organizations for their efforts to teach life skills and the Rancho Park Starters’ Youth Golf Program. The event promote education through the game of golf: $10,680 to was held in honor of the late George Von Elm, a former the Get a Grip Foundation (Corona); $10,000 to The First member at Rancho and winner of the 1926 Tee of the Central Coast (Santa Barbara); $10,000 to where he defeated . First Tee of Ventura County ; $5,000 to the Young Golfers Von Elm is also the only person to win the SCGA, NCGA Association of America (Los Angeles); and $5,000 to and California Amateur in the same year, which he Grandfathers for Golf (Hemet). The SCGA Foundation will achieved in 1925. announce the final 2007 grant awards in the next issue of Rancho Park Golf FORE Magazine . Club is a member of the SCGA and its members Two organizations have signed on decided to support the to sponsor the 2007 SCGA work of the Foundation Foundation Charity Golf through the event. Tournament. Callaway Golf has “This was a fantastic agreed to be the presenting event,” said Kevin Gigax, sponsor, and will donate a very managing director of the generous gift prize package SCGA Foundation. “The including a $300 gift card, a dozen golf balls, and a golf golf course was in great shirt to every participant. Callaway representatives will shape and the members also be on-site to showcase Callaway’s new equipment here are so welcoming. and accessories. Copies on Premise, Inc. , We are certainly hon- founded in 1989 by SCGA member Phil ored to have Rancho Frengs, will be a hole sponsor for the Park Golf Club support event. COPi provides on-site our Foundation through operations and management of this golf tournament.” George Von Elm (right) is document processing services to This was the first- pictured here with Dr. Paul premier law firms which include ever George Von Elm Hunter in 1927. Both were management of document scanning, Memorial Golf Tourn- SCGA championship photocopying, digital printing, fax and mail services, and records management. ament and the Rancho titleholders in the early Park Golf Club Board of 1900s. Directors has voted SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY unanimously to schedule the second event for next year. The SCGA Foundation recently sponsored the 2007 This was also historic for the SCGA Foundation as it is the Southern California Community College Golf Championship . first time that an SCGA member club has held a charity See page 28 for more details. The Foundation will again tournament to benefit the Foundation. be sponsoring the CIF-SCGA High School Boys’ Southern More information about the event can be found at Regional Championship on May 31 at The SCGA Golf www.scga.org/foundation_ranchopark.htm . Course.

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