Fourth Annual ClubCorp Charity Classic Raises $1.5 Million

DALLAS, Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ClubCorp, The World Leader in Private Clubs, announces today that it raised $1.5 million for a variety of charities throughout the U.S. during the 2010 ClubCorp Charity Classic, the world's largest aggregate golf and dining event. More than 130 properties in ClubCorp's family of clubs participated with more than 13,000 individuals attending tournaments, dinners, and auctions at clubs throughout the country.  During the event, each private club within the ClubCorp family of clubs opens its doors to the general public and communities to support many important causes.

Since its inception in 2007, ClubCorp's Charity Classic has raised nearly $6.5 million benefitting charities including MDA's Augie's Quest, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Boys and Girls Clubs, and the ClubCorp Employee Partners Care Foundation.

"For the past four years, our clubs, their members and employee partners, and the communities they serve have come together to support many great causes," said Eric Affeldt, ClubCorp president and CEO. "I am so proud of their hard work, dedication, and contributions. Their efforts and the results only reinforce ClubCorp's ultimate goal of Building Relationships and Enriching Lives®."

"I'm thrilled with the amazing results of this year's ClubCorp Charity Classic, and thankful for the incredible research we're able to fund because of our partnership," said Augie Nieto, chief inspiration officer, Augie's Quest, and co-chair of MDA's ALS division. "My friend Eric Affeldt's vision for this event has exceeded all of our expectations, and is a true example of reciprocity.  ClubCorp's passion and dedication to eradicating ALS, and supporting so many other worthwhile causes, is inspiring."

The official date for the 5th Annual ClubCorp Charity Classic event is Sept. 30, 2011, with events throughout the country to be held from April through October 2011. For more information on the ClubCorp Charity Classic, visit www.clubcorpcharityclassic.com.

About ClubCorp

Dallas-based ClubCorp USA, Inc. is The World Leader in Private Clubs®. Since its founding in 1957, ClubCorp has operated with the central purpose of Building Relationships and Enriching the Lives® of its members. ClubCorp owns or operates a network of more than 150 golf and country clubs, business clubs, sports clubs, and alumni clubs in 25 states, the District of Columbia and two foreign countries that serve over 350,000 members, with more than 14,000 employees. ClubCorp properties include: Firestone Country Club (Akron, Ohio); Mission Hills Country Club (Rancho Mirage, California); Capital Club Beijing; and Metropolitan Club Chicago.

About Augie's Quest

Fitness pioneer Augie Nieto started Augie's Quest (www.augiesquest.org) in conjunction with Muscular Dystrophy Association's ALS Division after his ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease) 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 ALS.

About Employee Partners Care Foundation

Employee Partners Care Foundation is a 501(c)3  fund established to help Employee Partners of ClubCorp and the ClubCorp family of clubs and their families in need of financial assistance in times of crisis. Funds for the Employee Partners Care Foundation come from Employee Partner donations as well as private donations.

SOURCE ClubCorp