News and ideas as we raise money to support children fighting life-threatening illness.
The Board of Directors for The James Webb Foundation has recommended that the next John Webb Golf Tournament be held in 2010. Date and new prizes and plans for even more fun will be posted here!
The next tournament has been delayed due to scheduling conflicts. Please watch here for an announcement of the new tournament dates.
Results of the 2009 John Webb Winter Golf Tournament
First Place Winners: Samantha Holt, Tate High School graduate and currently part of the Southern Miss Women's Golf team, led her team to a score of 59 for the day. Along with her sister, Joanna Holt, also a golfer at Tate High School, and Amy Roberts, a fellow Southern Miss golf teammate, and Philadelphia Phillies minor league pitcher, Darren Byrd, this team took home the top trophy for the day.
Second Place Winners: Local Pensacola educator, Pete Wright, and his team, Eric, Smith, Mark Pursell, and Paul Kattan took home the second place award.
Third Place Winners: Mark Murphy collected another third place trophy with his team, Shawn Crooks, Doug Bailey, and Darel Ferguson.
Longest Drive: Ben Sevick crushed the ball on his first tee and his first swing, winning this year's award, a Mizuno MP-600 driver.
Closest to the Pin: on Hole #4: Samantha Holt
Closest to the Pin: on Hole #16: Hunter Vick, Pensacola Pelicans First Base Coach.
(From the preliminary report.)
The 2009 John Webb Winter Golf Tournament – the seventh tournament – was played on January 31, 2009. It was a sunny, crisp day at Scenic Hills Country Club; a beautiful day to play golf. The clubhouse is beautiful after a post-Hurricane Ivan renovation! The staff, including golf event coordinator, Jason Young, were professional, friendly, and accommodating to volunteers and golfers alike.
John Webb, now a retired professional baseball player and currently coaching baseball where he lives in Scottsdale, AZ, announced that the tournament would now be played in October each year. “We want to continue to bring a charity golf tournament that is fun and raises money to support local children who must fight life-threatening illnesses. We will hold our first October tournament on October 10, 2009.”
Results of the 2009 John Webb Winter Golf Tournament
First Place Winners: Samantha Holt, Tate High School graduate and currently part of the Southern Miss Women’s Golf team, led her team to a score of 59 for the day. Along with her sister, Joanna Holt, also a golfer at Tate High School, and Amy Roberts, a fellow Southern Miss golf teammate, and Philadelphia Phillies minor league pitcher, Darren Byrd, this team took home the top trophy for the day.
Second Place Winners: Local Pensacola educator, Pete Wright, and his team, Eric, Smith, Mark Pursell, and Paul Kattan took home the second place award.
Third Place Winners: Mark Murphy collected another third place trophy with his team, Shawn Crooks, Doug Bailey, and Darel Ferguson.
Longest Drive: Ben Sevick crushed the ball on his first tee and his first swing, winning this year’s award, a Mizuno MP-600 driver.
Closest to the Pin: on Hole #4: Samantha Holt and on Hole #16: Hunter Vick, Pensacola Pelicans First Base Coach.
1:40 PM – Well, this isn’t live blogging because I forgot to publish. Everyone’s out on the course. No printer for this computer, but we have worked around that.
12:13 PM – Fighting printer problems here, but everything else is great. Folks at lunch, headed out to the course shortly.
10:11 AM – Currently John Webb is being interviewed by News 1620.
January 28, Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. John Webb and his twin sister, Janet Lister, will be sharing with the youth at Pine Forest United Methodist Church, 2800 Wilde Lake Blvd. Members of this youth group are also volunteering at the golf tournament.
January 30, Friday, at 10:30 a.m. John, Janet, and local athletes will be visiting the children at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital.
January 31, Saturday, 11:30 a.m. Registration and lunch for the golfers.
January 31, Saturday, 1:00 p.m. TEE-OFF!!! Come on down to Scenic Hills Country Club and watch the fun! There is the Official tee-off! In years past, John has shown how his fast ball (and slider!) took him to the major leagues as he has thrown the golf ball down the fairway, hit the golf ball with a baseball bat, and one year his friends presented him with a GIANT golf club and tee – making the official tee off something to watch every year!
RAFFLE!!! There will be raffle with many AWESOME items for guests to choose. Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. You may choose the item(s) that you would like to place your tickets on, getting a chance to win an item that you want! The raffle items are generously donated to the tournament so your money will go to help the children!
Join us for a grassroots, hometown opportunity
to bless the children
at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital!!!
The 2009 John Webb Winter Golf Tournament is open for corporate and personal sponsors. This is a sponsorship opportunity to support a successful golf tournament that in turn supports the Child Life Program at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Pensacola, FL.
It was the vision of James Webb is to provide an encouraging, uplifting atmosphere for children who were receiving treatment for life-threatening illness at the hospital through books, movies, games, and crafts and other diversion activity and support. James had experience in the need for that kind of atmosphere. He fought cancer for almost five years. He died at age 17 in 2004.
A sponsorship is a minimum $100 donation. This gives the sponsor:
Sponsors,
Go to www.johnwebbgolf.com for more information on the tournament, John Webb, and the golf tournament that is a big part of making James’ vision come true.
Email me at jody@johnwebbgolf.com to sign up for sponsorship or to speak to John re: the tournament or sponsorship email him at john@johnwebbgolf.com .
The 2009 John Webb Winter Golf Tournament has a date! January 31, 2009 at the Scenic Hill Country Club in Pensacola, FL!!! Registration will begin at 11:30 a.m. and shotgun tee-off will be at 1:00 p.m. Great Door Prizes! Great dinner at the end of the day! Join us! Remember:
*There will be a discount for teams who refer a team!
Despite near hurricane conditions, the 2008 John Webb Winter Golf Tournament lived! Thanks to some wise and hard-working volunteers and the staff of Tiger Point Golf and Country Club the decision was made in the early morning hours of January 18th to continue with the luncheon and auction and raffle.
The faces of the children we visited the day before at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital (SHCH) were fresh in our minds. There were so many extraordinary items that had been generously donated. We could not let the children down! Expenses were made. Money is in our foundation for the children and maybe the best was yet to come –
My wife, Megan, and I made the decision to accept an offer from the Pensacola Pelicans for me to play baseball. Megan and my sons stayed in Arizona and worked very hard to make this possible. 96 games later, the Pelicans won 43 games and the children at SHCH received some ‘wins’ also! We had a night at the park for some of the children and their families. They ate food catered from Jerry’s Cajun Café, watched a game, got many pictures and autographs, and we hope some fun time! We also auctioned one of my jerseys and received a $2,000 bid!
You will soon be reading that the JWWGT will come under the umbrella of The James Webb Foundation. We are grateful for the time and effort that Pacesetters Bible School has given in launching us as a mission outreach of their ministry. Now it is time for us to continue on under our own 501(C)3 organization.
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