Pinecrest Academy to Host Inaugural Celebrity Golf Scramble

CUMMING, Ga. - May 16, 2018 - PRLog -- The first annual Pinecrest Academy Golf Scramble will take place on Monday, May 21, 2018, at the beautiful Hawks Ridge Golf Club in Ball Ground, Georgia.

Pinecrest's Varsity Football Coach and former Atlanta Falcon player, Terance Mathis, has invited 30 celebrity golfers to participate, and each will be paired with 30 teams of three players. Participating celebrities include: William 'Flipper' Anderson, Bobby Butler, James Dukes, Michael Haynes, Michael Jenkins, Perry Kemp, Ryan McNeil, Kordell Stewart, Takeo Spikes, Jonathan Babineaux, Marquis Grissom, Warrick Dunn, Paul Goodloe, Keith Brooking, Hines Ward, Marty Perez, John Rocker, John Keith, Jeanna Parker, Louis Gomez, DJ Shockley, Brian Jordan, Ruffin Hamilton, Tim Lewis, Eddie Perez, Pete Smith, and others.

The cost to play in the now sold-out Celebrity Golf Scramble was $500 for a single player, and $1,500 for a three-person team. After a shotgun start at 11am, players will enjoy stopping by hors d'oeuvres tents and competing for the Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive and Par 3 contests. If a player is skilled enough to hit a hole in one on the 16th hole, he or she will be driving a new car, courtesy of Billy Howell Ford Lincoln (https://howellford.com/), located in Forsyth County, Georgia.

An Awards Presentation and Dinner at the Hawks Ridge Clubhouse will begin at 4pm.

Event sponsors include:

Gold Sponsor: 1-800-HURT-911

Silver Sponsor: John Q. Vaughan, Attorney

YETI Tumbler Sponsor: The Piedmont Bank

Hole in One Sponsor: Billy Howell Ford Lincoln

Business Sponsors: Full Circle Restoration, Triple Double Basketball, XR Technical Consulting, O'Rourke Family and Cosmetic Dentistry, Connectivity Wireless Solutions

Hole Sponsors: Laurel Springs Animal Hospital, Brent Burke - Northwestern Mutual, RSM, US., 680 The Fan

Family Sponsors: The Althardt Family, The Barbee Family, The Kieffer Family, The Mangan Family, The Tam Family, The Jeffcoat Family

Restaurant Sponsors: La Cazuela Mexican Restaurant, Mellow Mushroom, 'Cue

All money raised through sponsorship of the Celebrity Golf Scramble (https://www.pinecrestacademy.org/page/giving/golf-scramble) will help Pinecrest Academy (http://www.pinecrestacademy.org/) build a Field House to support the school's Baseball, Football, Lacrosse and Soccer teams, and their visiting opponents. This initiative is part of Pinecrest's Capital Campaign, which also includes a Lower School Building project and other much-needed enhancements to the beautiful 68-acre campus in South Forsyth County, GA.

For more information on the Pinecrest Academy Celebrity Golf Scramble, to register, or to sponsor, visit the Pinecrest web site (https://www.pinecrestacademy.org/page/giving/golf-scramble).  Select "Giving" from the top menu, and then "Golf Scramble."

For more information on the Celebrity Golf Scramble, contact Marlene Hendricks, event coordinator, at marlene.hendricks@comcast.net.

Media inquiries may be directed to Vivian Heard at vheard@pinecrestacademy.org or 770-888-4477, x5176.