NFF Gridiron Club of Dallas Announces Inaugural Charity Golf Tournament
Gleneagles Country Club (Plano, Texas)
The National Football Foundation (NFF) Gridiron Club of Dallas Chapter announced today their inaugural charity golf tournament. The NFF Gridiron Club of Dallas charity golf tournament will focus on raising scholarship funds to benefit high school scholar-athletes recognized at its annual awards banquet each spring.
The tournament is scheduled for April 24, 2023, and will be emceed by award-winning sportscaster Scott Murray, who was the recipient of the chapter's 2021 Distinguished Texan Award. It will be held on the King’s Course at Gleneagles Country Club in Plano, Texas, which has recently undergone a multimillion-dollar renovation.
“The Gridiron Club of Dallas is focused on recognizing the work of high school football players who not only perform well on the football field, but also perform well in the classroom,” said NFF Gridiron Club of Dallas Chapter president Gerald Brence, a member of the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor and current assistant football coach at McKinney Christian Academy. “The Gridiron Club of Dallas charity golf tournament will help us to raise the needed scholarship funds to support these young men as they make their transition from high school to college.”
The tournament is open to anyone interested in supporting the NFF Gridiron Club of Dallas and is purpose. In addition to golf, the event will include a post-golf dinner banquet featuring a guest speaker (to be named), live and silent auctions, awards, and raffle giveaways. To learn more about the event or to sign up as a sponsor, golf team, volunteer or to make a donation to the event, the tournament site can be found at www.nffdallas.golf.
In addition, the NFF Gridiron Club of Dallas launched a new chapter website, www.nffdallas.org, in support of the chapter and it’s events held throughout the year. The new website provides information to visitors about the chapter including purpose, leadership, history of award recipients, event information, and news announcements.
Founded in 2008, the NFF Gridiron Club of Dallas (www.nffdallas.org) is one of 120 nationwide chapters of the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame (www.footballfoundation.org). The NFF is a non-profit educational organization that runs programs designed to use the power of amateur football in developing scholarship, citizenship and athletic achievement in young people. NFF programs include Future For Football, the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, The William V. Campbell Trophy®, the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class presented by Fidelity Investments and a series of initiatives to honor the legends of the past and inspire the leaders of the future.
Media Contact
Gary Peek
Tournament Founder/Director
gpeek@nffdallas.org