Colorado University Athletics
Simpson, Buffs4Life Tournaments Coming Up
BOULDER ? In addition to CU's own Buff Club golf events, others with ties to the Buffaloes are also on the June slate.
The second annual Mark Simpson Golf Tournament benefitting the HealthLinks Foundation will be held Saturday, June 20 at Coal Creek Golf Course in Louisville. The day gets underway at 7 a.m. with breakfast and registration with golf at 8 a.m. The scramble-formatted event will be followed by lunch and an awards ceremony at Noon.
For more information and/or to register (and sponsorship opportunities), please click on the PDF link below.
The fourth annual Buffs4Life Tournament is set for Monday, June 29 at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield. Proceeds from the event, which features three days worth of activities with up to 100 former players, will benefit the American Cancer Society, former CU quarterback John Hessler, who is still recovering from a hit-and-run accident in October 2003, and the family of former CU fullback Anthony Weatherspoon.
For additional info and to register, go to http://www.buffs4life.golfreg.com.
CU’s Buff Club tournaments take place in Colorado Springs (June 1), Boulder (June 8) and Denver (June 22), with some spaces still remaining in these popular events that feature much of the CU administrative and coaching staffs. All information can be found right here on CUBuffs.com; click the Buff Club on the home page and then click Special Events to go right to the info (or click here: http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=600&KEY=&ATCLID=23085&SPID=274&SPSID=4274).
One other tournament with plenty of CU connections is the fourth annual Gary Barnett Celebrity Golf Classic, set for Saturday, June 13, at Legacy Ridge in Westminster, with the proceeds going to suicide prevention causes. Former head coaches Bill McCartney and Barnett along with several former players like Jeremy Bloom and Bobby Pesavento will be playing. For more information, go to www.garybarnettfoundation.org.