Graced with two admirable backward summer canicule in Chicago, the countdown Ted Rhodes Classic featured outstanding golf by all accomplishment levels from juniors to seniors, amateurs to professionals, blemish players to high-handicappers – in the spirit of assortment for the account of the Ted Rhodes Foundation. After 17 years of administering the allegorical Ted Rhodes Legends Tour (TRLT), The TR Classic saw golfers appear calm from above the country from the TRLT, the International Players Tour (IPT), and bounded Chicago juniors for this memorable tournament. Sponsors played a big role in the success of the accident as well, with Titleist, Golf Digest, Basic Golf, Lexus of Orland Park, and Attorney Thomas E. Vaughn accouterment abundant abutment for amateur ability and prizes. In an affecting presentation at the awards banquet, Peggy Rhodes-White, President of the Ted Rhodes Foundation stated, "I can feel my ancestor Ted Rhodes' attendance with us with a big smile, alive that we are accouterment opportunities for the adolescence of today in this abundant bold that he admired and spent his absolute activity pursuing. I apperceive he would be admiring with what we are accomplishing and would say - ‘Continue accomplishing what you are doing.’”
The Junior Division antagonism provided some abundant attempt making, and the golfers absolutely showed what agitative accomplishment exists in the inferior ranks. Katie Kim, an 11 year old from Central School in Glencoe IL, becoming 1st Place in the Girls competition, with 10 and 8 year old sisters Erica and Myah Jackson finishing in 2nd and 3rd. Jason Mathus, an 11 year old from Carnegie Elementary in Chicago, begin the Winner’s Circle in the Boy’s Competition, followed by Michael Owens and AJ Hopkins.
Amateur Division play featured players from above the country in some agog competition. In the end, however, it was Dorothy Chemenju from Chicago capturing the 1st Place Trophy, with Diane Meades as the Runner-up in the Women’s Division. Joe Lambert collection in from Pine Bluff Arkansas to accompany home the win in the Men’s Division, followed by Michael Woods from Fairview Heights, IL, and Ronald McPherson from Lanham, MD.
In the Professional Division, adept 14-handicapper Tom Collins affected a playoff with Danny Keslinke with some arch play during the 36 aperture event, but Keslinke, a 6 handicapper from the Chicago area, ultimately claimed achievement on the aboriginal playoff hole. Keslinke becoming the account as the aboriginal Ted Rhodes Classic Pro Division champ and took home over $1500 in cost money.
Ron Beaman, Founder & CEO of the IPT, summed up the actual accident by saying, “This was absolutely a memorable accident for golf and The Ted Rhodes Foundation, and we were accustomed to barrage this anniversary accident with Peggy and her team. The accord of the kids aswell brought a new ambit to the competition, and it was abundant to accommodated so abounding parents acknowledging their kids as they accompany their dreams. We attending advanced to planning approaching contest and accretion the arena opportunities for all.”
About Ted Rhodes Foundation
Since demography the reigns of the foundation in 1994 Peggy Rhodes White has formed active to accomplish the mission account of the foundation, which is to digest “To accommodate opportunities for able and amateurs of all ages to play golf at its accomplished akin and to brainwash the accessible as able-bodied as the absolute golfing association of Ted Rhodes accomplishments as an African-American golfer as able-bodied as his abounding contributions to the association and the bold of golf.
The foundation accomplishes these goals by several means. Yearly, back 1994, we accept presented a PGA above accident area golfers from all over the USA appear to play. The accident has fatigued golfers from as far abroad as Australia. There are a amount of golfers accommodating in PGA Events and The Nationwide Tour who acid there abilities by arena in the Ted Rhodes tournament. Recently we accept provided opportunities for inferior golfers to attempt with added golfers as able-bodied as accustomed scholarships to assorted inferior golf programs throughout the USA. The foundation has been advantageous abundant to accept a lot of media abutment such as Golf Digest, Golf World, PGA Golf.com, and Local Newspapers throughout the country. Fox 32(Chicago) aired a ten minute articulation on Ted Rhodes with interviews of Peggy and others who knew Ted Rhodes. Check out Uneven Lies by Pete McDaniel (Senior Writer for Golf Digest) for some little accepted advice on the foundation and Ted Rhodes. ABC afresh aired a documentary “Rainbow on the Green” that is allotment of the American Legacy Series that was created by acclaimed abecedarian & administrator Tim Reid (WKRP in Cincinnati) with annotation by Pete McDaniel. There were some abundant pictures which were provided by the Foundation on Ted Rhodes. The documentary aswell provided some agitative advice about Ted Rhodes struggles as able-bodied as his accomplishments.
About International Players Tour (IPT):
International Players Tour (operated by above-mentioned administration of Champions Golf Tour (CGT), was launched in January 2008 for the purpose of bringing PGA appearance antagonism to ardent golfers everywhere. Operations began in April 2002 beneath the banderole of the Champions Golf Tour, which was founded by Ron Beaman in the Dallas/Ft.Worth area. Ron developed a business archetypal that would accommodate ardent recreational golfers a adventitious to play in an ambiance agnate to above bout contest – “inside the ropes” for cogent cost money – utilizing a proprietary affliction system.
After administering its aboriginal accident in June, 2002, CGT followed with 17 tournaments in 2002 and awarded about $60,000 in cost money. Significant and abiding advance has occurred in consecutive years in amateur participation, amount of events, and cost money. With over 1200 players in their system, IPT administration conducted over 150 contest in 2007 aural ten accompaniment and twelve city city-limits areas with payouts beyond $570,000. In 2008, the IPT will conduct 200+ contest in fifteen altered busline areas, culminating in the Tour Championship at Horseshoe Bay Resort in Texas, with the champ demography home $20,000 in GUARANTEED aboriginal abode cost money!
“The Model that Works” is now accepting adopted bigger and implemented auspiciously in assorted cities, with projected amplification into 5-10 new markets anniversary year – including all-embracing locations - through a different licensing rights program.
For Information Contact:
Peggy Rhodes-White
Ted Rhodes Foundation
(773) 785-9009
TedRhodesGolf@aol.com
Bill Conwell
International Players Tour
6709 Alexandria LN
Charlotte, NC 28270
(704) 366-2047
bill.conwell@ipgtour.com http://www.ipgtour.com
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