WHAT: The induction of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dinah Shore into the SCGA Hall of Fame.
INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
Nathaniel Crosby (son of Bing Crosby),
Melissa Montgomery-Hime (daughter of Dinah Shore),
Linda Hope (daughter of Bob Hope),
Tom Dreesen, Amy Alcott and Charlie Mechem.
PHOTO/VIDEO OPPORTUNITIES: Memorabilia from the careers of Crosby, Hope and Shore will be displayed.
WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 30, 11-11:30 a.m. (before 11:30 luncheon, and also some availability after event)
WHERE: West Ballroom, Sheraton Universal, 333 Universal Hollywood Drive, Universal City
BACKGROUND:
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dinah Shore are Southern California golf legends, each contributing to the popularity of the sport and culminating with their signatures attached to Southland professional golf tournaments.
Although he made his name as a singer, vaudeville performer and silver screen luminary, Bing Crosby would probably prefer to be remembered as a two handicap who competed in both the British and U.S. Amateur championships, a five-time club champion at Lakeside Golf Club, and as one of only a few players to have made a hole-in-one on the 16th at Cypress Point. In 1937, Bing Crosby hosted the first National Pro-Am Golf Championship, the 'Crosby Clambake' as it was popularly known, at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club. Now the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, it has been a leading event in the world of professional golf.
Bob Hope's love for the game, and the humor he could find in it, made him one of the most enthusiastic players to have ever played the game. As he traversed the globe entertaining both black-tie audiences and battalions of soldiers, Hope made a second career of teeing it up with Presidents, Princes and Kings. Hope took the reins of the annual Bob Hope Classic in Palm Springs in 1960. He was a life-long member of Lakeside Golf Club.
Dinah Shore didn't take up the game until the age of 52, and yet she was an illuminating presence for women's golf. Since 1972, her eponymous tournament has been one of the LPGA's most visible. Shore's name helped insure network television coverage back when it was a precious commodity, which in turn helped her tournament set the curve for purse increases. She became the first female member at Hillcrest Country Club, and her home away from home was Mission Hills in Rancho Mirage.
Contact: Frank Moore, SCGA Director, Communications and Marketing, fmoore@scga.org; 818/980-3630, ext. 341 (office); 818/738-4510 (cell)
/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Oct. 17, 2012/
SOURCE Southern California Golf Association
