![]() ![]() Every town had a golf course and he felt very welcome. He had just come back from Great Britain after the war. “My dad (Bill Powell) built the first nine holes at Clearview, literally, by hand with a shovel and a seed bag around his neck. “I turned pro on June 28th of 1967, so this date is the 54th anniversary of me turning pro and this year is the 75th anniversary of my father building Clearview Golf Club so this is a special time,” Powell said. But each of those pros, along with the more than 100 school-aged children and another hundred participants and sponsors, were captivated by the words and presence of Clearview’s matriarch, Renee Powell. If this had been a normal pro-am, they would have received all the attention. ![]() The tour pros - Mariah Stackhouse, Mo Martin, Tiffany Joh, Jane Park, Maria Fassi, Leona Maguire, Brianna Do, Lauren Kim, Emma Talley and Caroline Inglis – were the stars. On June 28th, the Monday after the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club, nine LPGA Tour pros participated in a clinic and pro-am at the Bobby Jones Golf Course, just a couple of miles from the urban towers of the Southeast’s largest city. And in June, the course and its mission brought out some of the best female players in the game to raise awareness and funds. But it is exactly how Clearview Golf Club and the Clearview Legacy Foundation outside Canton, Ohio, operate. That is something you don’t see every day. But what happens when the course itself is a charity, when the golf operation – from the clubhouse, to the maintenance, to the carts, programming and all things in between – functions as a tax-deductible charity, part of a cause much greater than the rounds and revenue it runs through? It’s also not unusual for golf operators to partner with charities in long-term fundraising agreements for two or three events a year into perpetuity. Everyone does it, from the most exclusive private clubs in the world to the most open and inexpensive municipal courses in the country. Golf Industry Compensation & Benefits ReportĬourses hosting events for charities are as ubiquitous in our game as balls, tees and clubs.Latest from Sports & Leisure Research Group.Latest Tech Discussions (login required).Golf Course Owner or Operator Membership Renewal. ![]()
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