Houston Golfers' Father's Day Gift PAR Excellence: 25th Annual British Airways ESCAPE Golf Classic Monday, June 22 at Champions Golf Club

    HOUSTON, TX, June 05, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The British Airways ESCAPE Golf Classic will celebrate its 25th Anniversary Monday, June 22, with a 1:30 p.m. shotgun start at Champions Golf Club in Houston. Chaired by ESCAPE Family Resource Center Executive Board Member John D. Schiller for the 10th year, the day-after-Father's Day event raises funds for ESCAPE to provide the parenting programs necessary to help prevent abusive relationships and build healthy families throughout the Houston metropolitan area.

"We're thrilled to celebrate the British Airways ESCAPE charity golf classic's silver anniversary with John Schiller at the helm for the 10th consecutive year," said ESCAPE Board President David Ferdman. "Under John's extraordinary stewardship, this Houston charity golf tournament has raised more than $2 million for ESCAPE to deliver much-needed programs to help Harris and Fort Bend County families in crisis."

As in the past eight years, British Airways will donate 16 round-trip Houston-to-London airline tickets for an ESCAPE Golf Classic Team Grand Prize Raffle. Two foursomes (each with a guest) have the chance to win flights to London; the entire team must be present to win.

The British Airways ESCAPE Golf Classic, a four-man scramble with no mulligans, will be held on the Cypress and Jack Rabbit Courses at the premier Champions Golf Club. Registration/Lunch/Driving Range Practice is scheduled from noon to 1:15 p.m. Dinner and awards receptions immediately follow the tournament.

Foursome team sponsorships start at $3,000, or $750 per player. To date, Masters sponsors are: W&T Offshore, Castex Energy, Inc., Energy XXI, Fulbright & Jaworski, Wood Group Production Services, Baker Hughes and CW Technical Services, Inc. To sponsor a golf team or "Dads Count" parenting class for Father's Day (deadline is Friday, June 19), contact [email protected], 832-367-9117 or [email protected], 713-942-9500.

Non-golfers, or those unable to attend the British Airways ESCAPE Golf Classic in Houston, also may consider sponsoring a Dad for an ESCAPE "Dads Count" parenting class for $135, or $540 for four dads to attend parenting classes. "Sponsoring a 'Dad's Count' class in one's Dad's name would make a great Father's Day gift, suggested Schiller.

There are awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams on both courses, and contests for "Closest to the Pin," "100-foot Charity Challenge Putt -- Win $25,000 Cash!" and "Hole in One -- Chance to Win a Car!" Raffle items include 10 sets of golf clubs, bags, utility clubs, golf accessories and golf rounds at exclusive golf clubs. No purchase is necessary for the raffle.

Champions Golf Club, one of America's premier tournament sites, has carved its place in golf history hosting such prestigious events as the Ryder Cup Matches in 1967, the U.S. Open in 1969 and the Champions International, a PGA tour event. With over 70,000 trees, wide fairways and enormous greens, it remains.

ESCAPE Family Resource Center, www.LearnToParent.org, is committed to providing child abuse prevention programs, parenting classes, relevant information and tools to anyone who cares to positively shape the future of children. Its mission is to give moms, dads and other caregivers the strength to open their hearts and minds to the light that loving parenting sheds on a child's world.

Golf team sponsorships are available for The British Airways ESCAPE Golf Classic in Houston. Non-golfers, or those unable to attend, also may consider sponsoring a Dad for an ESCAPE Family Resource Center "Dads Count" parenting class. Sponsoring a "Dad's Count" class in one's Dad's name would be a Father's Day gift par excellence .

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