Proud Sponsor of 2011 UMPS CARE Golf Classic

We are excited to be involved yet again with Major League Baseball Umpires' biggest fundraiser, the UMPS CARE Golf Classic.

This is the 6th Annual Golf Classic, the last three of which we have proudly sponsored, with proceeds to benefit  UMPS CARE Charities youth programs. The event itself will take place on Thursday, January 20th at the Raven Golf Club in Phoenix, Arizona.

I was not able to attend the event last year due to a family illness, but I hope to keep my streak alive of being on the team with the highest score from two years prior. Here are some photos and story from a very fun, last-place Ted Barrett's team.

Other events at the Classic include a social event with participants and MLB umpires the night before, the golf scramble at 8:30 a.m., silent and live auction throughout, and post-event awards ceremony.

I also look forward to an escape from what has been a pretty cold winter in Kentucky to date and having Scott Kennedy, NCAA Division I umpire, former AAA umpire and former Wendelstedt School instructor, as a guest member of our team who will be making the trip with me from Louisville.

I'll also be able to kill two birds with one stone (or should I say golf ball?) while in Phoenix where we will have a booth set up at the NCAA umpire clinic going on the weekend following the Golf Classic.

ABOUT UMPS CARE
Founded by MLB Umpires, UMPS Care helps children who are either awaiting adoption, in mentoring programs, coping with serious illness or in a lengthy hospital stay. For more information, visit www.umpscare.com.