By PETE FONTAINE
The Johnston Memorial Cancer Events Memorial Golf Tournament, which will be held on Saturday, May 7 at famed Connecticut National Golf Club in Putnam, Ct., will have a different look for its 15th annual edition.
In short, there will be only one session – not two like the previous few years – and will welcome, 40 foursomes instead of last year’s total of 60 – but the main goal will continue to raise record revenue for the Oncology and Hematology Units at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence.
The reason?
It is sometimes difficult for a golf course to have two sessions – featuring a total of 240 golfers – so the JMCE decided to hold one overall event with 160 players in 2022.
Few people, if any, would dispute that the tournament is one of the most popular in Rhode Island and has raised over $230,000 for Hasbro Children’s Hospital. It has grown in popularity because of its unique presentation of food, fun, fellowship and fantastic fundraising.
So, the JMCE considered all factors and came up with the fairest way possible to welcome golfers for the May 7 event.
“The format we used was first taking on family members as well as our sponsors,” Vin LaFazia, the tireless chairman, offered. “Likewise, we’ll welcome those players who have participated in the tourney for 10 years.”
LaFazia also announced that entry fee will be $130 per players and includes the 12 noon lunch that will range from the signature sausage and pepper sandwiches to hot wieners to Ruth Furia’s famed shower, many giveaways, giant raffle, 1 o’clock shotgun start food and beverages throughout the course and the traditional trophy presentations.
In keeping with its main mission, the JMCE golf go-round will again be played in memory of the late Raymond Johnson, John Furia, Frances Grasso, Sal Gelsomino Anna Mazzulla and Laura DeAngelis who were all part of the close-knit group of friend who founded the prestigious and highly-successful event.
The JMCE is also accepting sponsorships that are priced at $500 and in recent years have continued to grow because of the tournament’s mission to fight cancer that strikes children.
LaFazia also announced that business tee signs are again priced at $100 each while the always-popular memorial tee signs are only $50.
“Tee sponsorships are always welcome,” he noted. “They are an inexpensive and effective way to promote your business and show that you support this community endeavor. Also, the memorial tee signs are –and have been – a wonderful way to remember your loved ones.”
Thus, golfers who’d like to be part of the heart-warming 15th celebration should register as soon as possible and may do so by calling Linda LaFazia (401- 233-2564) or Judi Graham (401-497-2954). Both ladies, who have played a prominent role in the JMCE’s unmatched success story in all previous events, are also accepting sponsorships as well as business and memorial tee signs, all of which will be displayed at Connecticut National Golf Club on Saturday, May 7.
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