Champions Tour pro comes to aid of Elk Grove school district golf - Sacramento Sports - Kings, 49ers, Raiders, High School Sports Sacramento Bee:
"Those who know James Reede III, Julian Woodfork and Will Smartt say they are good junior golfers and impressive young men.
But impressive enough to inspire a professional athlete in one afternoon to donate $35,000 to save nine boys and nine girls golf programs targeted for elimination by the Elk Grove Unified School District?
Apparently so."
After clinching the season-long Champions Tour points title and a $1 million annuity Sunday at the Charles Schwab Cup in Sonoma, Loren Roberts said as much.
"They were just great, great kids," Roberts said. "Good positive attitudes. … So I just got to thinking about it.
"I said, 'Gosh, it just seems like that might be something that maybe, you know, I could be involved in or have a part in.' That's what the Schwab Cup allows us to do."
Dr. James W. Reede Jr. took the boys to Sonoma on Saturday with tickets donated by the PGA Tour to the Northern California Minority Junior Golf Scholarship Association. The younger Reede, Woodfork and Smartt are buddies through the First Tee of Greater Sacramento and the Sacramento Area Black Golf Club. Each is 15 and in the 10th grade. Their cumulative handicap index is 11.
"Those who know James Reede III, Julian Woodfork and Will Smartt say they are good junior golfers and impressive young men.
But impressive enough to inspire a professional athlete in one afternoon to donate $35,000 to save nine boys and nine girls golf programs targeted for elimination by the Elk Grove Unified School District?
Apparently so."
After clinching the season-long Champions Tour points title and a $1 million annuity Sunday at the Charles Schwab Cup in Sonoma, Loren Roberts said as much.
"They were just great, great kids," Roberts said. "Good positive attitudes. … So I just got to thinking about it.
"I said, 'Gosh, it just seems like that might be something that maybe, you know, I could be involved in or have a part in.' That's what the Schwab Cup allows us to do."
Dr. James W. Reede Jr. took the boys to Sonoma on Saturday with tickets donated by the PGA Tour to the Northern California Minority Junior Golf Scholarship Association. The younger Reede, Woodfork and Smartt are buddies through the First Tee of Greater Sacramento and the Sacramento Area Black Golf Club. Each is 15 and in the 10th grade. Their cumulative handicap index is 11.