The sixth annual Junior Achievement Professional Connection “Networking to a Tee” Golf Tournament Presented by AT&T was played on December 7 at Coral Ridge Country Club where 28 foursomes help raise more than $25,000 for Junior Achievement of South Florida. To date this tournament has raised almost $100,000. This years Associate Sponsor was Phil Smith Acura, who has supported this tournament since the inception. The day began at 10:30 a.m. with a lunch provided by Blackberry all golfers and volunteers before the noon shotgun scramble start followed by a dinner awards reception, where the Founding Hosts were recognized which included James Constantine, Dean Baker, Joe Hess, Jason Welch and Jeffrey Weinstock.

Junior Achievement was proud to honor JA Board Member James Franskousky of BNY Mellon Wealth Management at the awards reception following the day of golf for his continued support of Junior Achievement. Past Honorees were invited to help welcome this years Honoree which included Richard Rosser, Brian Smith, Andy Cagnetta, Matt Becker, Les Campbell and Gary Ellis.

First place awards were given to the foursome sponsored by Gold Coast Parking Systems. The second place foursome was sponsored by Rick Case Automotive Group and the third place foursome was sponsored by Spectrym Property Management. Special thanks to AutoNation for sponsoring the hole-in-one contest, Coral Ridge Country Club for hosting the event, Loud Mouth Golf for sponsoring the on course contests, National Beverage Corporation for sponsoring the on course beverage stations, Norwegian Cruise Line for sponsoring the Bahamas Cruise Raffle as well as all of the companies that provided items for the silent auction. Golden Tee Sponsors included: Community Bank of Broward, Rich Case Automotive Group, Transworld Business Brokers and the Wheelchair Foundation-Jack Drury.

Foursomes sponsorships included: Aflac, Ahearn Jasco + Company P.A., AshBritt, AT&T, AutoNation, CB Richard Ellis, Community Bank of Broward, Florida Marlins, Gold Coast Parking Systems, Mass Mutual Financial Services; Phil Smith Acura, Relocation Strategies, Rhon Ernest-Jones/IBI Group, Rick Case Automotive Group, R.I.C. Executive Search, Transworld Business Brokers and Wheelchair Foundation.

For more information and naming opportunities, contact Kathryn Cousins at 954 979-7110 or visit http://www.jasouthflorida.org.