On Monday, more than 120 golfers from 60 industry companies hit the green at the Bali Hai Golf Club for the Glen Holt & Fran Ford Memorial Golf Tournament supporting the Promotional Products Education Fund (PPEF). The tournament raised close to $50,000 for PPEF’s college scholarship program.
The tournament honors the late Glen Holt, MAS, a former PPAI board member and Hall of Fame inductee who passed away in 2010, and Fran Ford, Jr., CAS, president of supplier Castelli, a division of Magnet, LLC, and PPAI Hall of Fame inductee who passed away in 2018. A dedicated supporter of PPEF, Ford launched the PPEF Glen Holt Scholarship Golf invitational in 2014. The tournament supports their lasting legacies with PPEF scholarships named in their honor.
This year’s tournament drew 31 foursomes competing for prizes and bragging rights. They were sponsored by ASI, alphabroder, BIC Graphic, Boost Promotional Branding, BrandAlliance, Castelli, Geiger, HALO Branded Solutions, Hit Promotional Products, Imagen Brands, Logomark, MadeToOrder, PromoMarketing, PromoShop, Sweda Company, The Magnet Group and Theresa Roberts.
After a four-way tiebreaker, the BIC Graphic team, consisting of David Klatt and Dave Saracino from BIC and John and Sara Papa from John Michael Associates, won the scramble. Jerry Bravneis took home the winning prize for men’s longest drive, Sara Papa for women’s longest drive, and closest to the pin winners were Matt Barnes at hole No. 6, Jim Stutz at hole No. 9, Bill Mahre, CAS, at hole No. 11, Jim Stutz at hole No. 14 and CJ Schmidt at hole No. 16.
Event sponsors included SAGE; HALO Branded Solutions; The Legacy Group; Laura Holt, MAS; Boundless Network; CPS/Keystone; Paul Lage, MAS; LarLu Promotional Products; Pioneer Balloon; alphabroder; BIC Graphic; Perry Ellis; Hit Promotional Products; Imagen Brands; Links Unlimited and SanMar.