Locals Take Third at National Kidney Foundation Cadillac Golf Classic National Finals

Will Jones of Easley, and Kip Merck, both of Easley, and Gene Dupre of Columbia
took their team to a third-place finish in a national competition held at the famed Pebble Beach golf course over the weekend.

Dupre, Jones and Merck, along with Mark Sobolewski of Fernandina Beach FL, comprised the Columbia-based foursome who shot scores of 62-61-63 for a three day, 186 total at the National Kidney Foundation Cadillac Golf Classic National Finals. They missed first place by two shots in the 54-hole, scramble style tournament.

The foursome qualified for the Pebble Beach finals by finishing in the top 3 of the Spring Valley Country Club NKF Cadillac Golf Classic held last year. They faced off against 50 other amateur golf teams from across the country over the weekend.  Teams played the fabled fairways and signature holes of the Monterey Peninsula: Pebble Beach Golf Links, Del Monte Golf Course and The Links at Spanish Bay in the four-person scramble format event.

Funds raised through the tournament help support National Kidney
Foundation programs in early detection of chronic kidney disease, public education, research and patient advocacy. For more information about kidney disease or the NKF Cadillac Golf Classic Tournament series, visit
www.nkfgolfclassic.org.

The NKF Cadillac Golf Classic is the nation’s premier amateur golf event for charity and has raised over $95 million for the National Kidney Foundation since its inception.The event is bolstered by its Title Sponsor, Cadillac; National Corporate Partners include PING, Golf Digest/Golf World, and One Car One Difference; and National Promotional Partners Bridgestone Golf, The Greg Norman Collection and Tiffany & Co.
The Pebble Beach finals were also supported by HM Insurance Group and
Anheuser-Busch.

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 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. The NKF Cadillac Golf Classic is the nation’s premier amateur golf event for charity and has raised over $95 million for the National Kidney Foundation since its inception. For the 2013 local tournament schedule and registration information, visit www.nkfgolfclassic.org.