BallenIsles Men's Golf Association One-Day Charity Golf Tournament Sets Another National Donation Record

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Mar 26, 2015, 09:35 ET

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- BallenIsles Country Club's celebrated golf courses where many golf legends originally qualified for the PGA Tour, have set another national record – the largest donation ever raised by a private club from a one-day charity golf tournament benefitting prostate cancer.

The Men's Golf Association (MGA) at BallenIsles raised more than $135,000 to help fight prostate cancer when it held its 6th annual golf tournament on Wednesday, March 18 at the Club.

BALLENISLES MEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION (MGA) Pictured (left to right) are Jack Robbins, co-chair, Burt Schwartz, Chair, and Ed McMenamy, Co-Chair. Over three hundred supporters participated in the tournament which benefited The Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida.

More than three hundred supporters participated in the golf tournament which benefits The Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter.

"We are proud to be able to again support Scripps Florida and its research, aimed at developing better treatments and, ultimately a cure for this disease that strikes 1 out of 6 American men," said BallenIsles MGA/Prostate Cancer Committee Chair Burt Schwartz.

Using the latest cutting-edge technologies, researchers at Scripps Florida focus on basic biomedical research and drug discovery.

BallenIsles www.BallenIsles.org is highly regarded for its 3 championship golf courses, where many golf legends originally qualified for the PGA Tour, and Jack Nicklaus and Julius Boros won PGA Championships. It's also home to a $26 million state-of-the-art Sports Complex that is testimony to the Club's extraordinary commitment to a healthy member lifestyle. Out of nearly 200 Clubs managed worldwide by Troon Golf, BallenIsles has been awarded the distinction "Facility of the Year".

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