NJGF QuarterlyAugust, 2014

Page Two President’s Message

Page Three Special Olympics USA Games

Page Four Peter Famiano Memorial Pro-Am

Page Five 8th Annual Golf Classic

Page Six NJGF Junior Carnival

Page Seven Caddie for a PGA Tour Pro

Charity Hockey Game

Page Eight NJGF Triple Crown

President MessageDear Foundation Supporters,

2014 is off to a great start!

Thank you to all the NJPGA Professionals for stepping up their efforts to help the NJGF Capi-tal Campaign reach its goal of $2.5 million. A special thanks goes out to the golf staff andmembers at Upper Montclair Country Club. Through their golf marathon this summer, theyraised $40,000 for the NJGF. Many other clubs are running similar golf marathons, and welook forward to hearing their success stories.

I'd like to thank all the board members and committee members for their time and focus. Ourmission has not changed and we strongly believe we will have a significant impact on livesand communities through the game of golf. NJGF programing will continue to expand this fall.We have at least two teacher trainings scheduled, which will add nine more schools, bringingour total to approximately 210 schools.

The NJ Golf Foundation Golf Classic was held on August 4 at Baltusrol Golf Club. Thanks toall the participants and sponsors, we raised over $200,000 to continue growing the game ofgolf. Baltusrol Golf Club was a wonderful host for this great event once again.

I would like to mention Norm Lewis as the 2014 recipient of the Chairmans Award, presentedat the Golf Classic last week.Norm has been a personal friend of mine for many years and supporter of the NJGF. He grewup playing Springdale GC and now is president of Morris County GC. He displays a undyinglove for the game and we are honored to have him as our 2014 Chairmans Award winner.

The Famiano Scholarships were awarded at the July outing at Crestmont. I’d like to congratu-late our recipients for 2014, Jessica Wild from Hunterdon Central & Nicholas Cappetti of Burl-ington Township. Jessica will be playing golf at the University of Tampa and Nicholas hasentered the PGM program at Campbell University.

We have launched PGA H.O.P.E. at the VA Hospital in Lyons, NJ. We had over 13 NJPGAProfessionals instruct 15 veterans at the training in April. Due to the success of the first ses-sion, we will add a second session beginning September 10.

Keep the NJGF Holiday Party on Friday, December 12 at Plainfield Country Club in your cal-endar. Its always at nice way to celebrate the successes from the year.

As we enter the second half of the golf season, I wish everyone the best.

Sincerely,Gregg Angelillo

2014 Special OlympicsUSA Games

The 2014 Special Olympics USAGames were held in June in MercerCounty, New Jersey. The golf com-petition took place at Mercer OaksGolf Course on June 16-18, withover 170 golfers participating in fivedifferent levels:Level One: Individual Skills Com-petition, includes, putting, chipping,pitching, bunker shots, iron shotsand drives.Level Two: Nine hole, UnifiedSports Alternate Shot Team PlayCompetition

Level Three: Eighteen hole, Unified Sports Alternate Shot Team Play CompetitionLevel Four: Nine hole, Individual Stroke Play CompetitionLevel Five: Eighteen hole, Individual Stroke Play Competition

Congratulations to these athletes from Team New Jersey who won Gold MedalsLevel Four (9 Hole Individual

Stroke Play)Pauline Naturile

Christopher HaroldGerard Cobum

Level Two (9 Hole Alternate ShotTeam Play)Athlete: Carissa Sommers & partner:Brain MillenAthlete: Bradford Hennefer & partner:Bob Hennefer

6th Annual Peter FamianoMemorial Pro-Am

Congratulations to our 2014 Famiano Scholarship recipients, Jessica Wild & Nicholas Cap-petti! Jessica graduated in 2014 from Hunterdon Central Regional High School where she wasinvolved in many activities including National Honor Society and Mock Trial. Jessica will beattending University of Tampa as a member of the Class of 2018 and plans to major in Gov-

ernment and World Affairs. Nicholas graduated in 2014 from Burlington Township HighSchool where he was the captain of the golf team for his senior year. He also volunteeredmany hours with the New Jersey National Guard. Nicholas plans to receive his PGM Golf

Management Business Degree at Campbell University.

Beverly Famiano with current& past Famiano ScholarshipRecipients at the 2014 PeterFamiano Memorial Pro-Am.

8th Annual NJGFGolf Classic

The 8th Annual NJGF Golf Classic presented by Wells Fargo was held onAugust 4, 2014 at the beautiful Baltusrol Golf Club. We are proud to an-nounce that over $200,000 was raised at the event and we would like tothank the 244 golfers who came out to support the NJGF and its efforts to

grow the game of golf in New Jersey!

Left: The Special Olympics NJ YAP clinic, heldon site at Baltusrol during the Golf Classic, gavechildren the opportunity to learn the game of golffrom a number of NJPGA Professionals as well as

PGA Tour Professional, Kevin Foley.Bottom Left: One of the many on course contestsduring the day was a “Beat the NJGF VIP” closerto the pin contest. Here, former NJPGA JuniorTour Member & current member of the UnitedStates Military Academy golf team, Peter Kim,

gives a high five to a participant on the 15th holeof the Upper Golf Course.

Bottom Right: NJGF Executive Director, ChrisHunt & NJGF President, Gregg Angelillo, presentthe 2014 Chairman’s Award to Norman E. Lewis.

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Caddie for a PGA Tour Professional at theBarclays Championship!

On Wednesday, August 20th, during The Barclays Championship Pro Am, youhave the opportunity to caddie for Bill Haas or Matt Jones! There are twoshotguns during the Pro Am and we will confirm which shotgun Bill & Matt

are in.

Please send your bid to Chris Hunt at chunt@pgahq.com. The opening bid forboth experiences is $2,500. You will only have one shot at this! Your email

must include 2 numbers; your opening bid and your maximum bid. Everythingmust be in $100 increments. The two highest bidders will win and the highestbidder will get the first selection. For example: If your opening bid is $3,000

and your maximum bid is $5,000 and someone’s maximum bid is $3,100, youwould win the bid at $3,200, not $5,000. Feel free to email Chris if you have

any questions.The winning caddie must be at least 18 years old and please remember the caddie will be

carrying a PGA Tour golf bag that can weigh upwards of 40 plus pounds.All proceeds will go to any or all of the New Jersey Golf Foundation’s three pillars; Youth,Special Needs & Military. As the donor, you have the choice to earmark your donation.The New Jersey Golf Foundation would like to thank the PGA Tour, The Barclays & Title-

ist for arranging this unique opportunity.

Click here to view Bill Haas’ Tour Profile Click here to view Matt Jones’ Tour Profile

NJGF/NJPGA Charity Ice Hockey Game

Friday, October 24, 2014 ~ 7:30pmFloyd Hall Arena at Montclair State University

Come watch club professionals & their celebrity coaches in the most exciting hockey game of the year!General Admission Seats $20

VIP Seating $75

Save the Date

NJGF Triple CrownPlay The Ridgewood Country Club, Plainfield Country Club & Somerset

Hills Country Club!www.njgftriplecrown.org

The Triple Crown will consist of three days of golf in a better ball of part-ners format. There will be 120 players (60 teams), 10 flights in the fieldand 6 teams per flight. Flights will be determined by team combinedhandicap. The team with the most points at the end of the three days

will be named the Overall Champion. Partners must have a USGA handi-cap index but do not need to be from the same facility.

The cost of the event is $2,000 per person and includes greens fees,gifts, awards and food & drink for all three days.

$1,000 of the entry fee will go to the New Jersey Golf Foundation & willbe tax deductible.

Contact Danielle Osowski to sign updosowski@pgahq.com - (732) 465-1212

Upcoming Events