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NCPGA FOUNDATION

2010 ANNUAL REVIEW3RD ANNUAL ThE LANGLEy, A TRIbUTE TO LEGENDshONORs TOm WATsON AND sANDy TATUm

Changing Lives One Swing at a Time

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TabLE Of CONTENTS 2 AMessagefromthePresident

by KEN MOrTON Sr., PGa

4 2010Beneficiaries

9 JimLangley:AQuietHumanitarian

10 BehindTheLangley

11 The2010LangleyHonors TomWatsonandSandyTatum

10 The2010LangleyPhotoGallery

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The Northern California PGA Foundation is dedicated to enriching the lives and communities of those in northern California and northwestern Nevada by providing resources to golf programs that teach life’s positive values. These include programs such as Saving Strokes, junior golf programs, programs for the disabled—all supported by PGA Professionals throughout our region. The NCPGA Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization. Federal Tax ID number is 75-3249593. All donations are tax deductible as permitted by the law.

The NCPGA Foundation, Changing Lives One Swing at a TimeCOVer

Jim Langley, PGA with Presenting Sponsor CIG President & CEO Peter Cazzolla, and 2010 The Langley Honorees Sandy Tatum and Tom Watson at pre-event press conference.

PeterCazzolla(left)President&CeOofPresentingSponsorCapitalinsuranceGroup,alongwithotherdinnerguestsenjoyshearingTomWatsonandSandyTatumreminisce.

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A mEssAGE FROm ThE PREsIDENTThe Northern California PGA Foundation was formed so PGAGolf Professionals throughout the Northern California Section could have a 501(c)3 tool to support youth golf programs, disabled golf and the underserved within each of their own communities. Its primary goal is to encourage PGA Professionals to host fundraising events at their facilities and to use those funds to support needy golf programs at their facilities or in their communities.

As a service to its Professionals, the NCPGA Foundation allows NCPGA members who are hosting NCPGA Pro-Am charity events to run them through the Foundation in order to gain tax deduction benefits for those who attend and/or donate, the proceeds can benefit either local programs at their facility or within their community and the event itself benefits their facility’s revenues. PGA Professionals interested in hosting a fundraising event can find information at www.NCPGALinks.com under “Member Services.”

Who better to lead the cause of supporting deserving golf programs than Jim Langley, retired PGA Head Golf Professional at the famous Cypress Point Club—the namesake of our NCPGA Foundation annual fundraiser The Langley, A Tribute to Legends.In its first three years, The Langley has won the support of golf’s biggest names and humanitarians. Arnold Palmer along with Jim Langley in 2008, Ken Venturi and Steve Menchinella, PGA in 2009, and Tom Watson and Sandy Tatum in 2010 were

all recognized for their achievements.Because of Jim’s support of this

annual fundraiser the NCPGA Foundation, under Jim’s name, is pro-viding college scholarships to needy graduating high school seniors, as well as to PGA apprentices working their way through the PGA of America PGM Program. Some of the net pro-ceeds from The Langley have also been used to benefit Saving Strokes, a local program of the American Stroke Association which uses golf as a fitness and training tool during rehabilitation. In 2010 the Folds of Honor Founda-tion, an organization founded by PGA Professional and F-16 pilot Major Dan Rooney which provides post-secondary educational scholarships for children and spouses of military service men and women killed or disabled while serving our great nation, will join the list of beneficiaries whom receive sup-port from our NCPGA Foundation.

Our good friend Jim Langley has not only been an inspiration to us all throughout his illustrious career, he now inspires us by taking the lead role in helping others through our new and very creative NCPGA Foundation. We sincerely thank Jim for all he has done for us throughout the years and for continuing his leadership in giving back to this great game.

Warm regards,

Ken Morton Sr.President, Northern CaliforniaPGA Foundation

JimVernon,PastPresidentoftheuSGA(2008-2009),withhiswifeGail,enjoystimeatTheLangleywithTom&HilaryWatson.

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bENEFICIARIEs

PGA Professionals across the country are well-recognized for giving their time to their communities. What is less known is that they also donate millions of dollars. The PGA Professionals in northern California and northwestern Nevada, through the NCPGA Foun-dation, give back to our community through numerous programs.

This year, our featured beneficiaries include the Folds of Honor Foundation, which provides post-secondary educa-tional scholarships to the spouses and children of service members disabled or killed as a result of military service, Saving Strokes, a golf fitness and train-ing program for stroke victors and The Langley Scholarship Fund which

supports and encourages continuing education by assisting students re-siding within the boundaries of the NCPGA Section with post secondary schooling.

Thanks to the generous giving of our sponsors and participants, these organizations will receive funding from the proceeds of The Langley.

Northern California PGA Professionals support Local Community through the NCPGA Foundation—helping Deserving Individuals and Families

Folds of Honor Foundation (FHF) is a 501(c)3 charitable organization with a mission to empower deserving military families with educational sup- port and opportunities. FHF provides post-secondary educational scholarships to the spouses and children of service members disabled or killed as a result of military service. Its unique scholarships can be applied to schooling now or held by FHF on behalf of young children until needed at the time of enrollment.

FHF was founded in 2007 by Major Dan Rooney, an F-16 pilot, golf course owner, PGA Professional and USGA member. A Major in the Air National Guard and decorated military aviator, Rooney has served three combat tours in Iraq. Major Rooney’s hope in creat-ing the foundation was that the fami-lies of the fallen would never have to endure alone.

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Major Edward Pulido, U.S. Army (Ret.), spent 19 years in the service and his family is a recipient of the FHF Schol-arship, a gift that is an investment in the education of his children, Kaitlin and Kinsley. While serving in a combat tour in Iraq in 2004, he injured his left leg in a road side bomb and it was later amputated. “I want to thank my

good friend and personal hero Captain Dan Rooney. I also want to thank our patriotic partners and donors of this great nation who are making an invest-ment in so many children’s futures,” said Major Pulido.

Natasha Mounsey’s father was deployed on his third tour in Iraq. On the day of his death, he was flying a high-profile mission called “Operation Provide Comfort” (OPC) with the outgoing and incoming commanders of OPC, British, Turkish and French officers, diplomats, and Special Forces personnel to villages in northern Iraq. His helicopter was misidentified by an Air Force F-15 as Iraqi Hinds and was shot down by missiles in a “Friendly Fire” incident, killing all 26 people onboard both helicopters. Natasha plans to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Accord- ing to Natasha, “This scholarship will lesson the burden of tuition costs and other fees on my mother and me immensely. This scholarship will also allow me to attend an out-of-state college on my own and prove to myself that I am capable of being independent in the future.”

SergeantramonPadilla,anotherrecipientofafHfScholarship,withhisfamily.

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Golf, along with many other types of physical activity, can be a driving force in the physical recovery of stroke victors, which is why the American Stroke Association, in partnership with local golf courses and the NCPGA, created Saving Strokes, a golf fitness and training program for stroke victors. Saving Strokes began in Sacramentoin 2001 to offer stroke survivors an opportunity to participate in golf for pleasure as wel l as for physica lre- habilitation. This small program has grown to 9 sites in northern California, Nevada and Utah and has served over 1,000 participants to date.

As Saving Strokes continues to evolve, it is clear that its active partici- pants need additional programs. Each year the program sees approximately 40 percent growth in new participants, with more than half having no prior golf experience. This event envelops all ages, stages of rehabilitation and skill levels to produce an environment of learning, networking and support for all involved.

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Eugene Smith has overcome a number of challenges in his life including a major stroke at the age of 70, not long after retiring after 10 years as a bus driver for the Sacramento Regional Transit Authority.

When “the big one” hit him in 2003, hisbrain knew what he wanted to say but his speech center didn’t cooperate. He had aphasia. While he made progress physically, his aphasia remained. Upon his return home he began speech therapy—and that’s where he met Ted. Ted was also a stroke victor with aphasia in intense speech therapy in need of a friend.

Neither Eugene, nor Ted, had ever played golf when the Saving Strokes flyer was distributed at their speech therapy group session. First, Ted talked Eugene into attending a stroke support group with him—where the Saving Strokes flyer surfaced yet again. That’s when the “I’ll go if you go” conversa-tion began. And it was that prodding that brought them both to Saving Strokes in 2003. And it was the 2003 Saving Strokes event that kicked off a devotion to golf and the community on a whole new level.

Fast forward to today. Eugene and Ted have their speech back. Eugene plays golf twice a week with various members of a close knit group of six stroke victors, all of whom met through the Saving Strokes program. Several times per week he heads out to either William Land Park or Haggin Oaks to assist with youth golf or a disabled golf program. Eugene is

a stroke victor, but now also a hero to his peers and to the many, many children and disabled of all ages he has mentored in the game he never even watched on TV before his truly life-changing event.

Carl Valdrow is also one of the golf group, and someone who hated the game of golf when a stroke changed his outlook on life. Carl was in law

enforcement for 30 years and retired in Davis, CA. It was in 2001, while out in his yard, that he felt as though someone had suddenly hammered a spike into his head. This “worst head-ache of my life” led him to go inside to lie down. Fifteen minutes later he was numb on his left side. His wife, luck-ily, called 911, which got him to the hospital within minutes. He suffered a second stroke the second week he was in the hospital, leaving him completely paralyzed on his left side. He would concentrate on moving each part of his body until he finally got it to move.

Once he was discharged from the hospital he exercised at home and, at the encouragement of his wife, joined a stroke support group. When the Saving Strokes flyer was circulated, he passed it by. He hated golf. His wife, Susie, picked the flyer up. “Carl, I know you don’t like it, but let’s try.”

He couldn’t hit the ball at all when

he attended his first Saving Strokes event. But, soon after, his wife bought him a cheap set of clubs—the same set he uses today when he plays twice a week as a member of the group of six stroke victors that are now best friends. When not traveling with his wife, Carl mentors in the disabled and youth golf programs in Sacramento.

PGAProfessionalsdonatetimetoassistinrehabilitatingstrokevictorsthroughtheSavingStrokesprogram.

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The Jim Langley Scholarship Fund supports and encourages continuing education by assist- ing students residing within the boundaries of the NCPGA Section with post secondary schooling. Graduating high school seniors are provided with a means to achieve their dreams and promote the fundamental values that this great game has to offer. Scholarships are awarded to one male and one female graduating high school senior.

The Langley Scholarship Fund selects its recipients based on academic achievement, professional employment, community service, character and golf playing ability. This year’s winners are Taylor Camany of Salinas High School and Nicholas Schafer of Rocklin High School.

“Their credentials are very impressive, their letters of recommendation are stellar, and over-all Taylor and Nicholas are very well-rounded individuals,” said Jim Langley. “They are active in their communities, strong academically and are both accomplished players.”

ScholarshiprecipientTaylorCamanyofSalinasHighSchoolCamany is looking to apply her scholarship to Santa Clara University where she will major in Sports Psychology. “I plan to pursue a professional golf career while becoming a sports psychologist, focusing on the mental game of golf,” said Camany.

ScholarshiprecipientNicholasShaferofrocklinHighSchoolSchafer plans to use his scholarship to attend The College of William and Mary where he will pursue a degree in business/Economics. “My career goal after college, in conjunction with playing on the PGa TOUr, is to own a business or be a CEO/CfO of a business,” said Schafer.

PresentingSponsorofTheLangley,ATributetoLegends

ThANk yOU, sPONsORs, FOR yOUR GENEROUs sUPPORT IN 2010

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• AlamedaJuniorGolfProgram

• Arnoldd.&WinifredW.Palmerfoundation

• AubriBrownClub

• BlossomValleyAthleticLeague (high school athletics)

• CarsonHighSchoolGolfProgram

• ChurchhillCountyHighSchoolGirlsGolfProgram

• ContraCostaCountryClubJuniorGolfProgram

• damonteranchHighSchoolGirlsGolfProgram

• davisCollazo, Sierra Nevada Chapter Scholarship Winner

• daytonHighSchoolGirlsGolfProgram

• diabloCountryClubJuniorGolfProgram

• diabloMiddleSchoolGolfProgram

• douglasHighSchoolGolfProgram

• dustinSmith, Sierra Nevada Chapter Scholarship Winner

• darrylefukano, Sierra Nevada Chapter Scholarship Winner

• GalenaHighSchoolGolfProgram

• JuniorGolfAssociationofNorthernCalifornia

• BrettKuhnsman, Sierra Nevada Chapter Scholarship Winner

• LanceArmstrongfoundation

• MeadowClubCaddieProgram

• MeadowClubJuniorGolfProgram

• MarinCatholicHighSchoolGolfProgram

• MontereyJuniorGolf

• redwoodHighSchoolGolfProgram

• renoHighSchoolGirlsGolfProgram

• SacramentofoothillJuniorLeague

• SavingStrokes, a program of the American Heart Association

• SouthTahoeHighSchoolGirlsGolfProgram

• SpanishSpringsHighSchoolGolfProgram

• SpecialOlympics,eastBayregion

• VacavilleHighSchoolGolfProgram

• JeffWise, Sierra Nevada Chapter Scholarship Winner

• WoosterHighSchoolGirlsGolfProgram

According to Ken Morton Sr., president of the Northern California PGA Foundation, “The NCPGA Foundation will continue to enrich the lives and communities of those in northern California and northwestern Nevada. We intend to increase our efforts through our flagship fundraising event, The Langley, A Tribute to Legends, our generous sponsors, and the many dedicated participants.”

In addition to our featured beneficiaries, there are dozens of other programs and organizations that have benefited including junior golf, boys and girls high school golf, and the Special Olympics. A complete list of beneficiaries can be found at ncpgafoundation.org under Giving Oppor-tunities/Organizations Supported.

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“Don’t ever call me again!” That’s what Jim Langley told Steve Menchinella, PGA general manager of Sunnyside Country Club, three years ago. And these words came from one of the nic-est and humblest men you could ever have the pleasure of meeting. So what happened for him to say that?

As it turns out Menchinella was calling on behalf of the newly formed (at that time) NCPGA Foundation. He wanted to come down to Carmel to have lunch with Langley. Langley, who figured Menchinella was looking for some volunteer help for the Foun-dation, willingly agreed. Little did he know what Menchinella had in mind.

The day of the lunch, Menchinella arrived with R.J. Harper, PGA Senior Vice President, Golf at Pebble Beach Company and Chris Thomas, execu-tive director and COO of the NCPGA. Much to Langley’s surprise they did not merely ask for volunteer support, they asked if their flagship fundraiser and tournament could be named after Langley himself.

Langley was honored although a bit perplexed, “But no one knows what a Langley is,” he said. With his typical generous spirit, Langley says, “I agreed, if they thought it would be of any help.” The next day is when he called Menchi-nella and jokingly spoke those words about never calling him again.

“I returned the favor the following

year when I had the pleasure of calling Steve to inform him he had been se-lected as one of the event’s honorees,” said Langley.

“The list of distinguished honorees we have had in the past three years is so impressive. I didn’t realize that it would reach this magnitude. Just being a part of it is a very humbling and enriching experience,” Langley adds.

While today the tournament is known to many as simply “The Langley,” Langley himself can’t bring himself to call it that. Instead he calls it, “The Tournament.”

Langley was PGA Head Golf Professional at Cypress Point Club in Pebble Beach, Calif. from 1971 through 2005. Each year The Langley, A Tribute to Legends honors one PGA TOUR Professional and one local NCPGA Professional or Amateur who has significantly contributed to the game of golf. Langley and Menchinella are among those who have been honored at the annual event. They share this honor with Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Ken Venturi and San-dy Tatum. Langley says that, “Their name and fame along with those of our title sponsors has given the event a credibility that is far reaching now.”

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Langley says he still does not know the criteria Menchinella, Harper and Thomas used when selecting him to be the namesake for the event. But most people recognize Langley’s decades of dedication to the game and giving back. It is that philosophy that represents the NCPGA Foundation’s charter.

Langley has taught golf to juniors through the AT&T Pebble Beach Junior Golf Association and is a sup- porter of The First Tee of Monterey County. He has also volunteered with the local Boy’s and Girl’s Club. In earlier years, Langley served as presi-dent of the Booster Club for Carmel High School, helping raise necessary funds for local sports programs.

“I would just make myself available

to promote the game and to be involved in our community. It is an ongoing endeavor—encouraging youngsters to participate and learn from the game,” said Langley.

It is with this vision of inspiring and encouraging young people that Langley worked with the NCPGA Foundation to create The Langley Scholarship Fund. As a primary beneficiary of The Langley fundrais-ing event, it awards two high school students and two PGA Apprentices each year with a scholarship.

Langley’s relationship with golf is used to inspire people beyond the game to the values of life itself. He was struck by a car many years ago and plays the game with only one arm. As he puts it, “Life does go on with the help of others. Golf is much more than just scoring numbers.”

JIm LANGLEyA Quiet humanitarian

THANKYOu,dONOrS,fOrYOurGeNerOuSSuPPOrTiN2010

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Mike Mazzaferri, PGA General Man- ager at Sierra Sage Golf Course along with Co-Chair Shim La Goy, PGA Master Professional at Orinda Country Club, lead a committee of dedicated NCPGA Professionals who believe in giving back to our communities— just like event namesake Jim Langley. This team has given countless hours to organizing this premier fundraiser,

and Co-chairs Mazzaferri and La Goy thank all who have contributed. “It takes the collective efforts of many to achieve the progress we have made this year in growing our proceeds and as a result, our donations to the worthy beneficiaries,” said Mazzaferri.

Of course, key to these efforts is our many new sponsors, and all of those who participated. La Goy reflected,

“We would like to thank the many sponsors, participants, membership at-large, committee and staff for their dedication and support. We hope you have walked away with some great stories from our Honorees, and great memories of time with friends, all the while knowing that you are giving back to worthy charities through the NCPGA Foundation.”

bEhIND ThE LANGLEyPGA Professionals mazzaferri & La Goy Lead the Way in Growing Our Giving

2010 LANGLEy COmmITTEE mEmbERs

JohnAbendrothPGA, Hooked on Golf

PeterCazzollaPresident & CEO, CIG Insurance

richCosandPGA Head Golf Professional, Links at Spanish Bay

ShimLaGoyPGA Master Professional, Orinda Country Club

frankLarosaLaRosa & Associates and Golf To Go, ESPN 1320

MikeMazzaferriPGA General Manager, Sierra Sage Golf Course

KrisMoePGA Teaching Professional, Kris Moe Golf Schools

dedeMoriartyPGA Teaching Professional, Presidio Golf Course

JimO’NealPGA Head Golf Professional, Meadow Club

CaseyreamerPGA Head Golf Professional, Cypress Point Club

Co-Chair mike mazzaferri with Jim Langley and honoree sandy Tatum.

Jim Langley with Co-Chair shim La Goy and honoree sandy Tatum.

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SANdYTATuMPast President, United States Golf association

Tatum attended Stanford University where he was a member of Stanford’s golf team, which won back-to-back NCAA Men’s Golf Championships in 1941 and 1942 and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1942, Tatum won the NCAA individual title. Following graduation from Stanford in 1942, Tatum served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1946. By chance a friend suggested that he apply for a Rhodes Scholarship which Tatum was awarded. He then attended Oxford University and received his BCL in 1949 and later returned to Stanford where he earned a Juris Doctor and was admitted to the bar in California in 1950.

Tatum served on the USGA Executive Committee from 1972-1980 and was Presi-dent of the USGA from 1978-1980. In addi-tion to serving the golf community, Tatum has generously given his energies towards improving his community at large serv-ing as chairman, president and member of various councils, societies and associations.

In the early 2000s, Tatum led a success-ful campaign for renovation of the Harding Park Golf Club in San Francisco. He was also involved in the design and develop-ment along side Tom Watson & Robert Trent Jones, II of The Links at Spanish Bay Golf Course in Pebble Beach, California.

ThE LANGLEy hONOREEs

2008ArnoldPalmerPGA TOUR Veteran

JimLangley,PGA

2009KenVenturiPGA TOUR Veteran

SteveMenchinella,PGA

2010TomWatsonPGA TOUR Veteran

SandyTatumUSGA Past President

ThE 2010 LANGLEy hONORs TOm WATsON & sANDy TATUm

PGA TOUR Veteran TomWatson receives 2010The Langley Award from retired Cypress Point Club PGA head Golf Professional JimLangley.

SandyTatum, Past Presidentof the UsGA accepts the 2010 The Langley Award from friend and event namesake JimLangley.

TOMWATSONPGa TOUr Player

From his roots in Kansas City, through col-lege golf at Stanford University and more than 25 years on the PGA TOUR, Tom Watson has built a spot for himself among the greatest to play the game. Only five other golfers, Jack Nicklaus, Walter Hagen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Tiger Woods, have more victories in major champion-ships.

From 1977–1984, Watson dominated the PGA TOUR, winning Player of the Year Honors six times. He won the Masters in 1977 and 1981 and grabbed the U.S. Open Championship in 1982. He has won five British Open titles (1975-77-80-82-83) and was the TOUR’s leading money winner five times. Overall he has won a total of 39 tour-naments on the PGA TOUR.

Watson’s competitive excellence has not been confined to the United States. Along with five British Open Championships and three Senior British Open Championships, Watson has won tournaments in Asia, Eu-rope, and Australia. He has been part of five Ryder Cup Teams, including serving as Captain of the victorious 1993 team.

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AN EVENING WITh GOLF’s LEGENDs

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1stPlaceTeamfromCypressPoint(L-r)BillMontgomery,Georgerecords,rubenrichards,SteveJohn,withCaseyreamer,PGAHeadGolfProfessional.

2ndPlaceTeamrepresentingAmericanAirlines(L-r)Michaeldouglis,LeoLoane,JohnAbendroth,PGA,ronWagnerandTylerPeake.

3rdPlaceTeamrepresentingMeadowClub(L-r)Gregforgatch,JohndiCarlo,PGAHeadGolfProfessionalJimO’Neal,CharlierodgersanddrewGibson.

MichaeldouglisfromAmericanAirlines,closesttotheholeonNo.8,wonaframedphotoofCypressPointClubwhichwaslaterpersonalizedbyJimLangley.

elizabethMoir,closesttotheholeonNo.16,wonaMagnumbottleof19thHoleCabernetSavignon.

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Commitment.Just ask The Northern California PGA Foundation.Aon Benfield commends the NCPGA in its mission to enrich the lives and communities of those in Northern California and Northwestern Nevada by providing resources to golf programs that teach life’s positive values.

Visit aon.com to see how Aon is helping organizations committed to excellence address risk and shape their workplace of the future.

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