27th Annual Roger Maris Celebrity Golf Tournament Benefits Hospice

The 27th annual Roger Maris Celebrity Golf Tournament was held June 27-28, 2010, at Rosecreek Golf Course, Fargo, N.D. In addition to the tournament, weekend events included a sports auction, featuring hundreds of items from baseball and other sports, and a Sunday evening banquet, held at the Great Hall of the Holiday Inn.

More than 300 golfers participated in this year’s event, and 588 tickets were sold for the banquet.

A sincere thank-you is extended to the more than 100 volunteers and 36 planning committee members who made the tournament possible.

Additionally, thank you to the major sponsors: Happy Harry’s, PepsiAmerica, Shooting Star Casino, Bank of the West, Delta Airlines and Butler Machinery. Other sponsors included Forum Communications, Goldmark, the Holiday Inn, Intercept Corporation, Kjos Investments, Microsoft, Titan Machinery, Northern Improvement, Institute of Diagnostic Imaging, Ihry Insurance, American Crystal and Sanford Health.

Since its inception, the Roger Maris Celebrity Golf Tournament has raised more than $1,400,000 for beneficiaries Hospice of the Red River Valley, Fargo Shanley High School and the MeritCare Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo, ND.