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GolfClubAtlas.com => Golf Course Architecture Discussion Group => Topic started by: Brad Klein on April 23, 2008, 06:53:17 AM
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Register now for Bob Labbance fund raiser
Monday, June 23, 2008
Ekwanok Golf Club
Manchester, Vt.
golf and auction
9:30 a.m. registration; 11 a.m. shotgun start
brunch / BBQ buffet & auction to follow
$500 per person
space is limited to 100 registrants
format: play golf
All checks payable to: Labbance Family Fund
Include event registration data for each person and mail to:
Labbance Family Fund
P.O. Box 53
Bloomfield, Ct. 06002
Individual donations also accepted
(send to above address)
Note: donations/contributions are not tax deductible
Any questions, contact:
Brad Klein (bklein@golfweek.com / 860-243-3296)
Tony Pioppi (apioppi@earthlink.net / 860-344-8895)
In an unprecedented collaboration, golf course architecture-related groups and societies have banded together to support a fund raising event for writer Bob Labbance on June 23. The Vermont-based architecture and maintenance historian with over a dozen books to his credit is suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease).
The fund-raising event will benefit him and his family. Event includes golf at one of the country's historic courses and a live auction to follow.
auction items to include rounds at:
Barona Creek, Cal. (w. Todd Eckenrode)
Boston Golf Club, Ma. (w. Gil Hanse)
Erin Hills, Wis.
Kingsley Club, Mi. (w. Mike DeVries)
Long Shadow, Ga. (w. Mike Young)
Mountain Lake, Fla.
National Golf Links of America, N.Y.
Pacific Dunes, Ore. (w. Tom Doak)
Renaissance Golf Club, Ma. (w. Brian Silva)
Sanctuary, Co. (w. Jim Engh – or at any course of his to be arranged)
Spyglass Hill GC, Cal.
Tobacco Road, N.C.
Wintonbury Hills, Ct.
Yale GC, Ct.
(additional courses/architects to be announced)
Plus:
pair of tickets to 2009 U.S. Open
Masters memorabilia
Golf architecture books (signed)
Caddie services by Tony Pioppi & Brad Klein for Ekwanok to be auctioned in advance
live music by Lloyd Cole
Co-sponsored by:
American Society of Golf Course Architects
Golf Collectors Society
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Golf Digest course raters
Golf Magazine course raters
Golfweek's Best course raters
Seth Raynor Society
Donald Ross Society
Wayne Stiles Society
The Tillinghast Association
Stanley Thompson Society
Walter Travis Society
Co-chairs:
Brad Klein, Golfweek
Tony Pioppi, golf writer
Nancy Powers, Southworth Development
Chad Ritterbusch, executive secretary, ASGCA
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Are you doing any hole by hole sponsorship? (A donor pays x and they get a placard on a tee box)
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Good idea, but nope, it's not the sort of thing we'd bring up with Ekwanok. It'll be low impact and quiet. We'd gladly accept direct donations, however.
Better yet: Pioppi and I will wear NASCAR-like corporate logo badges/stickers on our caddie bibs. So you can donate that way. Or just ante up our $1,000 fee (to be donated in full, of course) and sponsor a looper for a day.
Thanks for the consideration.
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Brad,
How do I donate to the auction?
Lester
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Brad: Are you going to be able to bid on one of the items if you are not able to attend the event?
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Lester,
Just contact me or Tony Pioppi (see announcement for details). Donations via check are also accepted:
Labbance Family Fund
P.O. Box 53
Bloomfield, Ct. 06002
Jerry, our intent right now is to focus on the live auction, but if we can work out an appropriate bidding mechanism, we'll try to open it up to non-attendees via a reserve bid system or separate internet site -- about which I am technically clueless.
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Looks like a great event. I won't be there but will send in a contribution.
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Here's an article in today's NYPost updating Labbance's condition:
www.nypost.com/seven/04272008/sports/golf_author_s_good_fight_108351.htm
Thanks to those of you who have sent in donations, auction items, etc. Donations can be sent via check to:
Labbance Family Fund
P.O. Box 53
Bloomfield, Ct. 06002
We are now setting up an online auction site to facilitate bids by folks not in attendance, though folks who are at Ekwanok will have first crack.
Brad Klein
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Golf Collectors Society has just signed on as a co-sponsor as well.
Jason, thanks for your kind donation.
John Kavanaugh, since I can't IM you here, please send that certificate for Norwood Hills, as we already have a good bid on it.
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John Kavanaugh, since I can't IM you here, please send that certificate for Norwood Hills, as we already have a good bid on it.
I hope to send it out tomorrow. My secretary went took off Friday and Monday for Talladega then called me this morning needing off because her Dad found a kidney for an emergency transplant. I wish I could make this stuff up. I talked to the pro at Norwood and the rounds will have to be played with me...sorry.
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That will either drive the price through the roof or render it worthless. It's a toss up. Can't wait to find out.
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Brad,
I'll drop a check in the mail tomorrow. It looks like an outstanding event.
Greg
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Here's an article in today's NYPost updating Labbance's condition:
www.nypost.com/seven/04272008/sports/golf_author_s_good_fight_108351.htm
Thanks to those of you who have sent in donations, auction items, etc. Donations can be sent via check to:
Labbance Family Fund
P.O. Box 53
Bloomfield, Ct. 06002
We are now setting up an online auction site to facilitate bids by folks not in attendance, though folks who are at Ekwanok will have first crack.
Brad Klein
Has there been any progress on this? I cannot attend, but I know several golfers would love to support the cause.
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We have 63 registrants, considerable auction prizes, still some room for folks to sign up and plenty of room for donors to mail checks directly to:
Labbance Family Fund
P.O. Box 53
Bloomfield, Ct. 06002
I'll soon post the latest updated auction items list -- but how can you resist Donald Ross bobble-head dolls (courtesy of the ASGCA)?
Attendees will have priority access to the live auction on June 23. Any items not meeting the prescribed baseline price will revert to public auction on open Website via an online service we've contracted called www.cMarket.com. That bidding will start Monday, June 23, 7 p.m. and conclude on July 1.
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Auction Items: Labbance Family Fund
Rounds of Golf Accompanied by Golf Course Architects
-Barona Creek Golf Club, San Diego, Cal.
Three players, w/ architect Todd Eckenrode
Value: $750
-Boston Golf Club, Hingham, Ma.
Three players, w/ caddies fees and architect Gil Hanse
Value: $1,000
-Chambers Bay, Tacoma, Wash.
Three players, w/co-architect Jay Blasi
Value: $1,000
-Kingsley Club, Traverse City, Mi.
Three players, w/ architect Mike DeVries
Value: $1,000
-Laurel Links Country Club, Laurel, N.Y.
Three players, w/ lunch and architect Kelley Blake Moran
Value: $750
-Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
Three players, w/ lunch and architect Rob Walton
Value: $1,000
-Pacific Dunes, Bandon, Ore.
(or Cape Kidnappers, Stone Eagle, or any other solo Doak design)
Three players, w/ architect Tom Doak
Value: $2,000
-Renaissance Golf Club, Haverill, Mass.
Two players, w/ lunch, caddies, the works, architect Brian Silva & writer Tony Pioppi
Value: $1,000 / $1,500 without Silva and Pioppi
-Sanctuary Golf Club, Castle Pines, Col.
Three players w/ architect Jim Engh
Value: $1,000
Other Notable Accompanied Rounds:
-Norwood Hills Country Club, St. Louis, Mo.
Three players, w/ John Kavanaugh
Value: $500
-Pine Brook Country Club, Weston, Ma.
Three players, w/ Stiles & van Kleek co-biographer Kevin Mendik, with
one “Author’s Edition” of “The Life & Work of Wayne Stiles: signed by Labbance, Mendik & Cornish
and option of hickory clubs golf
Value: $300
-Secession Golf Club, Beaufort, S.C.
Three players, w/ U.S. Olympic hockey player and NHLer Dave Silk
Required caddies not included
Value: $1,000
Rounds of Golf:
-Atlantic Golf Club, Bridgehampton, N.Y.
Four players, w/ lunch (not inc. caddies)
Value: $1,000
-Bayonne Golf Club, Bayonne, N.J.
Three players, hosted (inc. caddies)
Value: $750
-Beverly Country Club, Chicago, Ill
Three players, w/ lunch, hosted
Value: $600
-The Bridge, Bridgehampton, N.Y.
Four players, subject to club conditions, walking only, caddies extra
Value: $1,4,00
-Brookside Golf Club, Canton, Ohio or Canterbury GC, Cleveland, Ohio
Two players w/ lunch & caddies
Value: $500
-Camargo Club, Cincinnati, Ohio
Two groups of three players, playing together or apart, both hosted
Value: $1,000 each, $2,000 total
-Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash.
Four players
Value: $800
-Erin Hills, Erin Wisc.
Four players
Value: $800
-Fox Chapel Club, Pittsburgh, Penn.
Three players, hosted
Value: $750
-Glen Club, Glenview, Ill.
Four players w/ carts
Value: $800
-Haig Point, Daufuskie Island, S.C.
Four players, w/ golf carts & ferry transportaion from mainland
Value: $800
-Jupiter Hills Golf Club – Hills Course, Jupiter Hills, Fla.
Three players, accompanied
Value: $750
-Kittansett Club, Marion, Mass
Three players, hosted, with lunch
Value: $750
-Lake of Isles Golf Club – North Course, Mashuntucket, Ct.
Two players /w/ cart & hotel accommodations for one night at Foxwoods Resort Casino
Value: $750
-Lake of Isles Golf Club – South Course, Mashuntucket, Ct.
Three players, accompanied
Value: $750
-Long Cove Golf Club, Hilton Head, S.C.
Four players, w/ carts
Value: $1,000
-Minikahda Club, Minneapolis, Minn.
Four players, w/ lunch & carts or caddies
Value: $1,000
-Mountain Lake, Lake Wales, Fla.
Four players w/ carts & lunch
Value: $1,000
-Mount Washington Resort, Bretton Woods Resort
Two person golf package/one overnight
($500)
-National Golf Links of America, Southampton, N.Y.
Three players, hosted
Value: $2,000
-Province Lake Club, Prestonfield, Maine
Four players, w. carts & lunch
Value: $300
-Race Brook Country Club, Orange, Ct.
1912/1924 R.D. Pryde design
Two players
Value: $250
-Reunion Resort, Reunion, Fla.
Four players at one of the resort’s three courses
Value: $750
-Rutland Country Club, Rutland, Vt.
Four players
Value: $400
-Salem Country Club, Peabody, Ma.
Three players, hosted, w/ lunch & drinks
Value: $750
-Sebonack Golf Club, Southampton, N.Y.
Four players, w/carts & food; caddies extra
Value: $2,500
-Sevillano Links at Rolling Hills Casino, Corning, Cal.
Four players, two nights accommodations (2 rooms), two rounds each, & one dinner at Timbers Steakhouse
Value: $1,000
-Spyglass Hill, GC, Pebble Beach, Cal.
Two players, hosted w/ cart & lunch
Value: $750
-Tobacco Road GC, Sanford, N.C.
Four players w/ carts
Value: $500
-Wintonbury Hills Golf Club, Bloomfield, Ct.
Four players, w/ carts
Value: $300
Other Auction Prizes:
-Bob Labbance: collected works, 17 voles
Value: $1,700
-Stuart Bendelow: signed copy of “Thomas ‘Tom’ Bendelow
Value: $100
-Geoff Shackelford: signed copies of “The Captain” and “The Future of Golf’
Value: $200
-A.W. Tillinghast 3-volume architecture package (3-sets, hardbound)
Value: $125 each, $375 total
-A.W. Tillinghast 2-volume fictional works (2-sets, harbound)
Value: $100 each, $200 total
-Crenshaw-signed Masters flag*
Value: $250
-Donald Ross bobble-head dolls (3)
Value: $100, $300 total
-Cypress Point routing plan map
Value: $100
-Leroy Niemann signed graphic of 2008 Ryder Cup*
Value: $500
-Masters Press Book Package
Value: $100
-Signed large format photo of Mike Strantz/Tobacco Road, framed
Value: $250
-Signed, limited edition color lithographs of Carnoustie, Hoylake & Royal Dornoch (by English artist Bill Waugh)
Value: $250
-U.S. Open 2009, Bethpage State Park-Black Course, Farmingdale, N.Y.
Two tickets for the week
Value: $500
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An update on the Renaissance auction item, price also includes a handful of tees.
Anthony
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But they're Silva's tees, so they're only good on par-3s.
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I thought I had donated rounds at Lookout Mountain and Black Creek, too?
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Doug, you did, but I haven't been able to process the "certificates" yet. Please just email them to me-- almost anything goes, just set out terms, conditions, how many players, and I'll add that to the lot -- sorry.
Given what we're paying for staff and secretarial support it's a wonder anything gets done. But that's what happens when 98% of the money raised is donated to the cause and not to the office staff.
Brad
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Hey! No problem. Just wanted to make sure my donation was in there. I appreciate all you and Tony, and others I am sure, are doing to help the Labbance family.
All other GCAers should take note and participate helping one of our community...by buying something. Some pretty cool opportunities on that list!
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Doug, you did, but I haven't been able to process the "certificates" yet. Please just email them to me-- almost anything goes, just set out terms, conditions, how many players, and I'll add that to the lot -- sorry.
Given what we're paying for staff and secretarial support it's a wonder anything gets done. But that's what happens when 98% of the money raised is donated to the cause and not to the office staff.
Brad
assume same happened with me ;D ;D ;D ;DMike
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Mike:
It's really unbelievable how difficult it is to find good help. No matter how much yelling and cursing I do the efficiency does not improve. I don't know what to say. I didn't want to do this but I think we're going to have to start flogging people.
Anthony
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Was up in Vermont to see Bob today and his spirits are wonderful. He will be attending the fund raiser. If that day you have an trouble figuring out who he is, Bob will be the guy in the wheelchair drinking 28-year-old single malt.
Anthony
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Who is going to the Labbance outing and what would you like to bid on? Do we have a method set up for outside bidders?
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I love the picture...
http://www.golfweek.com/lifestyles/story/labbance-feature-061608
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-Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.
Three players, w/ lunch and architect Rob Walton
Value: $1,000
Claiming Rob Walton is the architect of Oakmont could set off a firestorm to make the Merion threads look quite tame. :)
In all seriousness, I'll echo John Kavanaugh's question: Is there a way for non-participants to bid?
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The event at a club in west central Vermont which I cannot name under penalty of an excruciating death went extremely well and we raised lots of money for Bob and his family. Although 3 inches of rain fell in the 24 hours leading to the event, Ted Maddocks and his staff did a wonderful job preparing the course and head golf professional John Lombardy, Jr., and his staff were flawless in handling the 70-plus cast of characters who attended.
Not all auction items were sold and there will be information soon about an online auction of which all the proceeds will go to Bob and his family.
Thanks to everyone who participated, donated or assisted in the event.
Anthony
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Anthony,
Thanks for the info. I was just going to search for this thread and ask for an update.
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By the way, we are also still accepting donations and they can be sent to:
Labbance Family Fund
P.O. Box 53
Bloomfield, Ct. 06002
Anthony
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Thanks for the update, I'd been wondering about this.
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http://www.golfdom.com/golfdom/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=526230
I look forward to seeing what items are left.
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For anyone looking to help bring a little joy into Bob's life, this might be a way. His wife sent this out earlier in the week, my apology for not posting sooner.
Anthony
hello big group...... sorry to pester you once again, but i was wanting to do something special for bob's upcoming birthday (born in '52 - you do the math), and i thought it would be wonderful if he was blitzed with birthday cards.... NO PRESENTS, just cards, the funnier the better.... (and also feel free to ignore this if you are pressed for time - i think there will be plenty no matter what - also feel free to forward this to anyone i have forgotten - i am doing a separate email for bob's golf connections and high school buddies) here are the particulars:
birthday is july 10th (i will apprehend all cards at the mailbox and save for his b-day, so send anytime)
address:
bob labbance
99 northview road
montpelier, vt 05602
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Currently starting to post the auction items on cMarket.com and we'll will have it operating fully by July 7 for open bidding.
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Any updates on the auction? I am not seeing anything on cmarket although maybe I'm just missing it.
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Posting slowly, we'll go public soon.
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Thank you Brad.
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Having just received letter from the Golf Collectors Society where Bob was a long time member, and editor of the GCS Bulletin, I'm sending my contribution to the GCS Labbance Fund, 2875 Cascade Springs Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546.
Please join me !
Willie
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I just heard from Bob via email...He thanks us all for the birthday wishes (tomorrow, I believe). To allow us access to his perspective, he reports that use of his arms and hands is completely gone and that breathing is compromised. If you have the time, you can send him your birthday wishes at blabbance@aol.com. I am certain that he would be most appreciative and would have his spirits lifted.
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Bob
Happy birthday for all you have done for the game of golf . Joe would be proud !
Willie