Major championship winner Jim Furyk and former NFL quarterback and current NFL analyst for CBS Boomer Esiason will make their first appearances this year in the Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am golf tournament, according to tournament organizers.
The event will be held April 12 at The Dye Club at Barefoot Resort.
Furyk has recorded 13 PGA Tour victories, including the 2003 U.S. Open.
Norman "Boomer" Esiason quarterbacked the Cincinnati Bengals and played 14 years in the NFL, and is now an analyst for The NFL Today show on CBS Sports and morning co-host of the “Boomer and Carton Show” on WFAN Radio in New York. Esiason was named the NFL's “Most Valuable Player” in 1988 and the Walter Payton Man of the Year in 1995.
Other PGA Tour players scheduled to attend this year include John Daly, Woody Austin and Rich Beem, and LPGA player and Conway native Kristy McPherson has also committed. Other celebrities and athletes scheduled to participate include wrestler Ric Flair, NASCAR driver Kyle Petty, and NFL Hall-of Famer and Chicago Bears great Gale Sayers.
Hootie MAM tournament tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the House of Blues, Barefoot Resort pro shops and all Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets are $15 and children 12 and younger are admitted free. All proceeds benefit the Hootie & the Blowfish Foundation, which supports the educational needs of children in South Carolina and the South Carolina Junior Golf Foundation.
Volunteers are needed to assist with various duties associated with staging the event. For more information call 843-881-2532, or visit www.HootieGolf.com/volunteers.asp.
Read more about the tournament in Friday's edition of The Sun News.
