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Local Golfers Help Raise More Than $79,000 For National Kidney Foundation

Daniel Island Realty
Pictured: Daniel Island Realty

DANIEL ISLAND, S.C.–Local golfers are now primed to take their game to Pebble Beach after winning the National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic at the Daniel Island Club on June 20.

The Delta Dental team consisting of Trippett Boineau, Sterling Davies and Spann Laffitte, all of Columbia, and Todd Smyth of Charleston, won the Handicap Division in the scramble format tournament.

The Daniel Island Realty team consisting of Gary Bernson, Greg Keating and George Kelley, all of Daniel Island, and Peter Oakes of Mount Pleasant won the Gross Division in the scramble format tournament.

Other top-finishing teams invited to the National Finals at Pebble Beach include two teams from Mungo Homes, the Summit Place of Daniel Island team and the South State Bank team.

Pictured: Delta Dental
Pictured: Delta Dental

“It was a great day to play golf and to raise money for a worthy cause that will help save lives in our region,” said Ronnie Richter, Founder and Partner of Bland Richter and Chairman, Lowcountry Golf Committee. “Many leading companies in our community participated including Mungo Homes, Roper St. Francis, Daniel Island Realty, Summit Place of Daniel Island, DCI, MedTrust Transport, Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, NAI Avant, Bennett Hospitality, Liberty Mutual, Wells Fargo, Bland Richter, South State Bank, Columbia Nephrology, Blackbaud, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Gregory Electric, SCANA, Aon, CapTrust, BB&T, Delta Dental, SNS Logistics, IAAI, CBRE, Elliott Davis, Old Tabby Ventures, Hall Booth Smith, Sweetgrass Court, Stealth Partners, Cigna, Cook Bonner, Harvest Health and Rehab, Franke at Seaside, Charleston Nephrology, All Points Transport, Workday, Law Offices of Richard Hricik, Muhler, The McCann Law Firm, and Tri County Elder Law, using the event to entertain customers, market to participating golfers and guests, compete for an invite to Pebble Beach and to support the National Kidney Foundation.”

Originally scheduled for June 6, this tournament was rescheduled due to weather. On June 20, over 84 local golfers teed off to raise funds to fight kidney disease at the NKF Golf Classic. The event generated more than $79,000 to support the National Kidney Foundation’s awareness, prevention and treatment programs. It also earned the three teams in each division invitations to play in the National Finals at the Pebble Beach Resorts in January 2017.

The tournament at the Daniel Island Club is one of over 30 events held around the country as part of the National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic series, the nation’s Premier Amateur Golf Event for Charity™.

To date, NKF Golf Classic participants have raised more than $90 million for the National Kidney Foundation.

With the support of the NKF Golf Classic’s national corporate partner, Insurance Aucto Auctions/One Car One Difference, golfers vied for prizes provided by national promotional partners including PING, Golf Digest, The Greg Norman Collection, HM Insurance Group, Skechers, CBRE, Tiffany & Co, and the Pebble Beach Resorts, host of the National Finals. Local sponsors include Mungo Homes, Roper St. Francis, Daniel Island Realty, Summit Place of Daniel Island, DCI, MedTrust Transport, Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, NAI Avant, Bennett Hospitality, Liberty Mutual, Wells Fargo, Bland Richter, South State Bank, Columbia Nephrology, Blackbaud, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Gregory Electric, SCANA, Aon, CapTrust, BB&T, Delta Dental, SNS Logistics, IAAI, CBRE, Elliott Davis, Old Tabby Ventures, Hall Booth Smith, Sweetgrass Court, Stealth Partners, Cigna, Cook Bonner, Harvest Health and Rehab, Franke at Seaside, Charleston Nephrology, All Points Transport, Workday, Law Offices of Richard Hricik, Muhler, The McCann Law Firm, and Tri County Elder Law.

The National Kidney Foundation is the leading organization in the U.S. dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease for hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals, millions of patients and their families, and tens of millions of Americans at risk. For more information about kidney disease or the NKF Golf Classic, the nation’s Premier Amateur Golf Event for Charity™, visit www.NKFGolfClassic.org.

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