Eastern Michigan Athletics
Football Golf Outing Set for Friday, July 23
6/10/2010 3:35:40 PM | Football, E-Gridiron Group
E-Gridiron Group will host the seventh annual event
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YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — The seventh annual E-Gridiron Group (EGG) Golf Outing to support the Eastern Michigan University football team will be held Friday, July 23, here at EagleCrest Golf Club.
"Last year's EGG golf outing was a tremendous success as the event was a sell-out for the first time in many, many years," second-year EMU Head Football Coach Ron English said. "We want to thank everyone that participated last year and invite them to participate in this exciting event again. The EGG has some great additions planned for this year's outing and it is going to be bigger and better than last year."
The cost for this year's EGG Golf Outing is $160 for an individual golfer and $640 per foursome. In addition, a special rate of $100 is available for young EMU football players from 2006 through 2010. Check-in for the tournament begins at 9 am followed by a shotgun start for the scramble format event at 10 am. Tickets for the dinner only portion of the event are just $25. The post-round reception and dinner starts at approximately 3 p.m. For more information on the event or to register for the outing/dinner, please contact EMU Director of Football Operations Jake Kirkendall at 734.487.3420.
The EGG was formed in the spring of 2006 with its early focus set on building a leadership level of fund-raising support for EMU football. During the past four years the EGG has helped to raise more than $750,000. This is the largest amount of actual gifts received to date for a non-facility related project by a single group in EMU Athletics history. This has helped to provide the football program with numerous upgrades and is helping to level the playing field with the rest of the Mid-American Conference.
Since its official beginning in 2006, the EGG has expanded its goals and objectives to include not only fund-raising, but developing a broader membership program targeted at former football players, which was expanded to all family and fans of EMU football in the summer of 2009. More than 300 former football players have joined since the EGG began. For more information on the E-Gridiron Group, visit www.emueaglesfootball.com.
