Players Ace the 14th Annual CRI Golf Challenge

Blue skies, gentle breezes, and a verdant 18-hole course awaited fifty golfers competing in teams of three or four at the Cancer Research Institute’s 14th Annual Golf Challenge, held September 29, 2008, at the beautiful Golf Club of Purchase in Purchase, New York. Players vied for top position for longest drive (which went to CRI co-chairman of the board Andy Paul), closest to the pin (won by Tom Clayton of the Ferrer Freeman team), and overall team score (awarded to Richard DiVenuto, Jeff Gerson, and Joseph LaManna).

Champions in each category walked away with a crated assortment of fine vintage and nouveau wines and, perhaps more cherished, bragging rights. Congratulations to all the players for making the event such success, raising $125,000 for the Institute. Special thanks go to event chair and CRI trustee Carlos A. Ferrer for organizing the event again this year, to The Golf Club of Purchase for hosting us, and to participating CRI trustees Geoff Coley, Peter Crowley, Rich DeMartini, Glenn DeSimone, Pat McGrath, Tom Mendell, Andy Paul, Frank Sica, and Cindy Weiler.