Pro Sports Team Challenge Unites All-Stars from Major Sports for Charity Golf Tournament
NFL Players Compete for Operation Kids!
Sixteen legendary all-stars – four each from football, baseball, basketball and hockey – will collide on the golf course in a two-day Pro Sports Team Challenge in golf at beautiful Eagle Falls Golf Course at Fantasy Springs Resort in Palm Springs, California on June 7 and 8, 2008. Tournament Commissioner Charles Barkley is bringing together four superstars from each sport and pitting them against one another in a struggle for both bragging rights and the top charity prize of $100,000. The event will air on Fox- TV.
NFL quarterback Drew Brees will lead the NFL team which also includes LaDainian Tomlinson. John Elway, and Michael Strahan. Other participants include George Brett, Ozzie Smith, Mario Lemieux, Jason Kidd, and Clyde Drexler.
The winning team will receive $100,000 to donate to the charity of its choice. The second-place team earns $75,000, while the third-place team gets $50,000 and the fourth-place team $25,000.
The NFL team has chosen Operation Kids as its charity. Thank you Drew, LaDainian, John, and Michael!
Friends and supporters of Operation Kids can earn additional money for the organization in other ways, too. In an inspired twist using a new technology known as Strat.e.golf™, fans can directly participate in coaching decisions for their favorite team by logging on to the Internet or using their cell phone text messaging to vote on coaching strategies for a team of their choice. The fan vote will determine which player in each of the four rounds of competition will play for double points. Fans, called “ProCoaches™” in the Team Challenge vernacular, can log on to www.teamchallenge.com , or text on their cell phones to sign up to coach their favorite Team Challenge team, vote on coaching decisions, and engage in social networking with other ProCoaches™ on their Team Challenge team website and through text messaging.
The total purse for the event, already $250,000, will increase by $1.00 for each fan that registers as a paid ProCoach™ for the winning team. And if you sign up as a VIP ProCoach, you'll also be eligible for premium contest prizes including fantasy travel packages and tickets to major sporting events.
A Pro-Am tournament will also be part of the event, and is open to the public. Packages include not only a round of golf with the athletes in the Pro-Am, but VIP treatment for the entire weekend and all tournament events.
The following benefits are included in the package: a ticket to the June 6th Pro-Am round with a legendary All-star or celebrity on a world class desert golf course, 2 tickets to the pairings party that night, hosted by Charles Barkley with a surprise special guest world-renowned comedian, 2 VIP gallery seats for the matches Saturday and Sunday June 7-8, as well as lunch daily at the resort, ground transport between the golf course and hotel, and four nights accommodations at the Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino. With the event being covered wall-to-wall by Fox Sports Net, participants will be at the center of the week’s biggest event in golf.
Individual packages are $7,500, and corporate packages are $20,000 for groups of four. For an “upgrade fee” of $2,500 per person, purchasers will get their preference of celebrity playing partner, (subject to availability on a first-come, first-served basis), access to private casino parties with the athletes, and backstage access to a taping of Fox Sports’ The Best Damn Sports Show.
Please support the NFL team and Operation Kids by signing up as a ProCoach!
For more information, go to www.teamchallenge.com.