Bob Kesling Boys & Girls Club Celebrity Golf Classic
June 4, 2010 at Link Hills Country Club
The 7th Annual Bob Kesling Boys & Girls Club Celebrity Golf Classic will be held on Friday, June 4, 2010 at Link Hills Country Club. The event will be held to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County and it is title sponsored by DTR Tennessee and Takoma Regional Hospital. The event looks to have one of the marquee formats for this area as Kesling has invited celebrities from around the region to compete with local teams of four in this year’s tournament. This year’s event is first come, first serve for 180 golfers entered. The event has sold out every year. Former college and pro athletes as well as college coaches will be among the celebrities that will be involved in this year’s event. Past tournament participants have included: John Ward, Bruce Pearl, Ray Mears, Jeff Francis, Dane Bradshaw, John Chavis, Jeff Hall, Bert Bertelkamp, Rick Clausen, Craig Colquitt, Anthony Hancock, Condredge Holloway, Dale Jones, Bobby Scott, Pat Ryan, Dewey Warren, Jonathan Crompton & Dick Williams just to name a few as well as individuals that played collegiate & professional sports, broadcasters and other notables. Many of the celebrities have University of Tennessee ties, but Tusculum College, East Tennessee State University, Appalachian State University and Carson Newman have also sent participants to this annual event.
The tournament will start with an open range sponsored by Greene County Express and then lunch sponsored by RPC/ProCote and Cook’s Mechanical Services at 11 am. This will be followed by a round of golf for all participants that starts at noon. The evening will be capped off with a dinner sponsored by Forward Air, Landair Transport and Distribution at 5:30 pm and an auction hosted by Kesling at 6:00 pm. The auction will be open to the golfers with several sports memorabilia and local items up for bid. The auction items also include many golf packages to play rounds at golf courses from Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Tickets to the dinner and auction will be available to the general public for those not participating in the golf tournament. The tournament participants will have a chance to win $10,000 and vacation packages for a hole in one sponsored by TIS Insurance and Judge Tom Wright as well as prizes for the longest drive and closest to the hole contests. Other major sponsors of this year’s event include: Andrew Johnson Bank, C&C Millwright Maintenance, First Tennessee Bank, Grand Rental Station, Marsh Petroleum and Randy & Carolyn Brown Capps.
Kesling stated “that it was a great honor to be involved in an organization such as the Boys & Girls Club. He stated that living in Knoxville he has seen what an impact Boys & Girls Club’s make on a communities youth. I hope that from our tournament that we can provide some additional funding for this great organization for the youth of Greeneville & Greene County.” Jerry Fortner, long time event chairman stated, “We are taking sponsorships if any business or individual wants to help sponsor this year’s event for the youth of our community”.
Mr. Bob Kesling
Bob Kesling is the Director of Broadcasting at the University of Tennessee and has been the lead announcer of the Vol Network since the fall of 1999. Kesling is the radio play-by-play voice for Tennessee football and basketball on the 80-plus station Vol Network. Kesling also hosts "The Derek Dooley Show," "The Bruce Pearl Show" and "The Pat Summitt show" television series. On Monday nights, he is the host of "Vol Calls" the weekly radio call-in show on the Vol Network. In addition to his on the air work for the Vol Network, he represents the University of Tennessee at various events and functions throughout the southeast and the nation. In his role as Director of Broadcasting, Kesling oversees production of radio and television programming for the University. He also works with UT student-athletes to help them develop communications and public relations skills.
Kesling is active in the Knoxville community serving on the board of directors for YMCA, is a past president of Goodwill Industries and is the chairman of the board of directors for the Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame. Kesling and his wife Tami are parents of two daughters, Allison and Melissa. Kesling was honored by Boys & Girls Clubs of America for his works with Boys & Girls Clubs across the state by the Tennessee Area Council with the C.A.R.E. (Children Are Reason for Excellence) Service Award. The Tennessee Area Council is made up of Boys & Girls Club units from across the state of Tennessee. “We all know Bob Kesling as the Voice of the Volunteers, but for the youth at The Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County they know what a true Volunteer he is for them” stated Randy Rumbley of DTR Tennessee one of this year’s title sponsors and a Boys & Girls Club board member. For more information on the Bob Kesling Boys & Girls Club Celebrity Golf Tournament call Scott Bullington at 423-787-9322, Jerry Fortner at C & C Millwright at 423-639-0131 or stop by the Boys & Girls Club located at 740 West Church Street, Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm.
