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BMW Charity Pro-Am Announces Celebrity Commitments for 2012
Annual Tournament to be held May 17-20, 2012
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Celebrity commitments for the 12th annual BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation were recently announced during the tournament’s Media Day. Included in the list are the following first-time participants: actor Anthony Anderson of NBC’s Emmy Award-winning drama Law & Order, Rascal Flatts bass guitarist Jay DeMarcus, actor Danny Masterson of TBS’s That ‘70s Show, actor Grant Show of FOX’s Melrose Place, and Holly Sonders, host of Golf Channel’s Morning Drive.
Twenty-four celebrities, including actors, musicians and TV personalities, are scheduled to participate in this year’s tournament. Joining Anderson, DeMarcus, Masterson, Show and Sonders are Steve Azar, Lucas Black, Mark Bryan, Javier Colon, Jeffrey Donovan, David James Elliott, Dean Felber, Bruce Greenwood, Oliver Hudson, Josh Kelley, Greg Kinnear, Cheech Marin, Rob Morrow, Terry O’Quinn, Joe Don Rooney, Wyatt Russell, Kevin Sorbo, Gary Valentine and Patrick Warburton.
The 2012 tournament will take place May 17-20, 2012 at Thornblade Club, The Carolina Country Club and Greenville Country Club’s Chanticleer course.
Since 2001, the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation has raised more than $8.6 million for more than 150 charities.
The BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation is the only tournament on the PGA TOUR’s Nationwide Tour where amateurs and celebrities are grouped with Nationwide Tour professionals in a four-day better-ball competition over three courses. Amateurs, celebrities and pros rotate between three courses on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with the 14 lowest scoring pro-amateur/pro-celebrity teams advancing to play Sunday’s final round at Thornblade Club. Celebrities play once at each course on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The professional winner of the overall 72-hole event takes home $108,000 from the total purse of $600,000. Amateurs and celebrities compete for individual prizes and cash donations to the charity of their choice out of the beneficiaries selected by South Carolina Charities, Inc.
A live broadcast of the tournament can be seen on Golf Channel® Thursday, May 17 and Friday, May 18 from 12:30-2:30 p.m., Saturday, May 19 from 1-3 p.m. and on Sunday, May 20 from 2-4 p.m.
Playing and sponsorship opportunities for the 2012 tournament are available at www.bmwproam.com. For more information about the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation call (864) 297-1660, visit the tournament’s website www.bmwcharitygolf.com or follow the tournament on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BMWCharityProAm.
