Chick-fil-A Golf Tourney to Air on ESPN2
12/30/2011 7:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 30, 2011
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland head football coach Randy Edsall and former Terp and NFL quarterback Stan Gelbaugh finished tied for ninth in the 2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge Charity Golf Tournament which was played on May 3.
ESPN2 will air a one-hour highlight show of the tournament at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The Maryland duo shot a 3-under-par 69 in the one-day event, which featured a college head football coach and a celebrity alum paired together in a scramble, claiming $10,000 for charity.
Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson and former Ramblin' Wreck basketball star Jon Barry combined to shoot 11-under to win the tournament which was held at Reynolds Plantation outside Atlanta. Georgia Tech earned a total of $125,000 on the day.
In addition to the $415,000 scholarship purse, an additional $135,000 was donated to Chick-fil-A's WinShape Homes, a long-term foster care program. The Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge is a significant contributor to the Chick-fil-A Bowl's overall annual charitable and scholarship donations.
In total, $632,000 was donated in charity and scholarship including the Chick-fil-A Bowl's decision to add an additional $70,000 to help aid the storm victims in Alabama. Over the last five years, the Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge has awarded $2.5 million in charitable and scholarship contributions.
For complete results and more information on the event, visit www.Chick-fil-ABowlChallenge.com.
