Cannonball Golf Tourney Features Senior Tour Pros

Organizers of the Cannonball Invitational Pro/Am at Creighton Farms recently announced the names of confirmed participants in this weekend’s event in Aldie. The two-day event benefits the Piedmont Community Foundation and features professionals golfers from the Sunbelt Senior Tour (SST), which is recognized as the top tour in the world for players 45 and over, and attracts proven players from the PGA, Nationwide, and Champions tours as well as the European and European Senior tours.

“The Piedmont Community Foundation is a good fit for the Cannonball’s charitable partnership,” said Rick Bechtold founder and director of the Cannonball. “This is a group that builds local grantmaking endowment, so this event will help those in need in the Piedmont region for generations to come.”

The winning amateur teams will be honored with their own winner’s “purse” with a $10,000 permanent endowment fund held at PCF.  They will name the fund and decide the grant-making focus of the fund, creating a legacy of grants in their honor and with their vision in perpetuity.

PCF will apply additional charitable proceeds from the event toward its overall grant-making and community development work.

The following golfers are scheduled to appear for the Cannonball Sept. 15-16:

•          Jim Chancey 2011 SST Champion
•          Gary Trivisonno 2010 SST Champion
•          Danny Edwards five-time PGA Tour Winner
•          Blaine McCallister five-time PGA Tour Winner
•          David Rummels 2011 Cannon Runner Up
•          Paul Way European Tour Champion/Ryder Cup
•          Dick Mast European Senior Tour Medalist
•          Tim Conley Two-Time Nationwide Tour Champ
•          Grant Waite PGA Tour Champion
•          Donnie Hammond Two Time PGA Tour Champion
•          Guy Boos PGA Tour Champion and Three Time Nationwide Tour Champion
•          Fred Gibson Champions Tour Champion
•          Fulton Allem Three-Time PGA Tour Champion
•          Willie Wood PGA Tour Champion
•          Ken Green Five Time PGA Tour Champion
•          Barry Lane Five Time European Tour Champion Ryder Cup Member
•          Lonnie Nielson, Two Time PGA Tour Champion

For more information, go to www.cannonballinvitational.com or contact Bechtold at 703-344-1215.