ClubCorp To Repeat World's Largest One-Day Golf and Dining Event

ClubCorp®, The World Leader in Private Clubs^SM, has announced it will repeat the ClubCorp Charity Classic, the world’s largest one-day golf and dining event Sept 26 (dates may vary).

More than 140 golf and country clubs and business and sports clubs around the country will again open their courses and dining rooms to an estimated 25,000 members, guests and patrons for tournaments, dining events and social extravaganzas.

All proceeds raised during the ClubCorp Charity Classic will be divided and donated to the following three charities:

• The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), specifically “Augie’s Quest,” an initiative within MDA that is an aggressive, cure-driven effort singularly focused on treatments and cures for ALS, (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease).
• ClubCorp’s Employee Partners Care Foundation (E.P.C.F.), a fund created to help ClubCorp’s employees and their families by providing financial assistance in times of crisis.
• Each club’s selected charity of choice. Each ClubCorp club will designate a local or national charity of their choosing. More than 100 charities represented.

Last year, the ClubCorp Charity Classic raised more than $1.6 million through live auctions, dinners, golf and tennis tournaments, a variety of fitness activities, as well as an online auction. Proceeds benefited the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Augie’s Quest, The PGA Foundation, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and the E.P.C.F.

“We are excited to build on the momentum of last year’s historical event,” stated Eric Affeldt, ClubCorp’s president and CEO. “With an aggressive goal to raise more than $5 million for these important initiatives, we hope to fully engage and inspire our 200,000 members, 16,000 employees, our many sponsors, and the public community, which is invited to participate in these wonderful events. ClubCorp is excited to carry on our 50-year tradition of building relationships and enriching lives through service.”

“The ClubCorp Charity Classic and the ClubCorp team are making the most significant difference in our quest for a cure for ALS,” said Augie Nieto, MDA’s national vice president and chief inspiration officer. “The technology and science are converging to make a cure possible, and ClubCorp will play a major role in making a cure a reality.”

For more information please visit the ClubCorp Charity Classic Web site at www.clubcorpcharityclassic.com. Individual club event details will be available around June 1.

About ClubCorp
Dallas-based ClubCorp and its affiliates own or operate more than 150 golf courses, country clubs, private business and sports clubs and resorts. Among ClubCorp’s nationally recognized golf properties are Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio (site of the World Golf Championships – Bridgestone Invitational) and Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California (home of the Kraft Nabisco Championship). The renowned collection of business and business sports clubs include the Columbia Tower Club in Seattle; Metropolitan Club in Chicago; and the City Club of Washington, D.C. Visit www.clubcorp.com for additional company information.

About Augie’s Quest and the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Fitness pioneer Augie Nieto started Augie’s Quest (www.augiesquest.org) in conjunction with MDA’s ALS Division after his ALS diagnosis in March 2005. Nieto is co-founder and former president of Life Fitness, and chairman of Octane Fitness. Augie’s Quest is an aggressive, cure-driven effort singularly focused on treatments and cures for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.MDA (www.mda.org) is the world’s largest provider of ALS services and funder of ALS research. Over the years, it has expanded almost $200 million in this effort. It operates 225 neuromuscular disease clinics across the country and 37 ALS-specific research and care centers. MDA also supports 42 other neuromuscular diseases including muscular dystrophy.

Employee Partners Care Foundation
The Employee Partners Care Foundation (www.epcarefoundation.com) was established by ClubCorp to help employees and their families in need of financial assistance in times of crisis. Future plans include incorporating a scholarship component to the fund to provide scholarships for Employee Partners or their children and grandchildren. Funds for the Employee Partners Care Foundation come from Employee Partner donations as well as private donations.