On Monday, April 23, 2007, seventy-seven golfers enjoyed wonderful weather and a great game of golf at the Friends’ annual Golf Tournament at Stone Eagle, sponsored by Southern California Edison. 

The Honorable Roy Wilson, Riverside County Board of Supervisors, served as guest of honor and Al Geiberger, “Mr. 59,” was tournament host. 

Thanks to Desert European Motors, participants also had the opportunity to test drive a Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Maserati or Aston Martin throughout the day. 

At 3 p.m., the cocktail party at Stone Eagle’s beautiful Aerie restaurant began and another forty people joined the golfers for cocktails and dinner.  In addition to the open bar, partygoers were treated to margarita and tequila tastings provided by Restaurante Guillermo’s and an “around-the-world” whisky tasting by Johnnie Walker and Diageo.  Complimentary massages were given by students from Maric College while Pyro the Magician roamed among the guests performing card and coin magic tricks.

Participants had a chance to bid on fantastic auction items such as trips to Hawaii & Mexico and future rounds of golf, as well as win prizes & a raffle.

First prize for the lowest net score in the tournament went to the team of Steve Owen, Jackie Clemens, Andy Komor, and Rick Dunwell all of Pacific Aquascape; second place went to Garry Fawcett and Rick Stoddard of Kaiser Ventures, Mark Lawrence of Ace Direct and Kay Hazen of Hazen & Company; and third place went to the Southern California Edison team of Vincent Haydel, Jack Sahl, Tom Davis, and Rick Prokay.  Closest to the pin was won by Torsten Leines and the longest drive was made by Chris Hector.

But the biggest winner of the night was Friends of the Desert Mountains, as the event raised over $70,000. 

Be sure to get your reservation in early for next year’s tournament, scheduled for April 22.  Call the Friends office for more information and check back to the website for online registrations coming soon.

The Friends would like to thank all of the sponsors and participants who not only made the event possible, but so enjoyable!

Please patronize our sponsor and donors:

Southern California Edison

Andalusia Country Club

Burrtec Waste & Recycling Services, Inc.

Trilogy at La Quinta

Norwalk Toyota

Desert Pacific Properties

Shields Date Gardens

Twenty Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians

Bentley of Rancho Mirage

Desert European Motors

Palm Springs Life

Season in the Sun

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians

BIGHORN                                                                                                                                

Bill MacMillan                                                                                                                                

Building Industry Association

Castelli's Ristorante                                                                                                                                

Cedar Creek Inn                                                                                                                                

Cuistot                                                                                                                                

Dan's Wine Shop, Inc.

Desert Willow Golf Resort                                                                                           

Destination Resorts, Hawaii                                                                                                        

Don Diego's Restaurant                                                                                                        

Elizabeth Green, Creative Spirit Designs                          

Estancia La Jolla                                                                                                                                

Eureka Casino Hotel                                                                                                                   

Fedderly & Assoicates

GolfTEC Rancho Mirage                                                                                                        

Granite Construction                                                                                                                   

Hi-Lites Aveda                                                                                                                                

HotelZoso in Palm Springs

Jillian's                                                                                                                                 

Joe & Laurie Winkelmann                                                                                                                   

Kaiser Restaurants                                                                                                                                

Kay Hazen and Company

Lamp Post Pizza                                                                                                                                

Las Casuelas                                                                                                                                

Las Palomas Seaside Golf Community                                                                                          

L'auberge Del Mar                                                                                                                   

Limont Financial Services

Lowe Destination Development

Luggage Bag Store

Marriott Desert Springs                                                                                                                   

McCallum Theatre                                                                                                                                

Mimi's Café                                                                                                                                

Miracle Springs Resort & Spa                                                                                                       

Miramonte Resort & Spa                                                                                                                    

Morongo Casino Resort & Spa                                                                                                       

Mountain View Country Club                                                                                                      

Orr Builders

Pacific Western Bank

Palm Springs Follies                                                                                                                                

Palm Springs International Film Society                                                                                          

Palm Springs Power Baseball                                                                                                      

Palm Springs Tours & More                                                                                                                    

Paul Selzer, Attorney at Law

Pete Carlson's Golf & Tennis                                                                                                      

Randy Myers Nursery                                                                                                                   

Red Robin                                                                                                                                

Restaurante Guillermo's                                                                                                                    

Rick Daniels, Salton Sea Authority                                                                                                       

Right Bank Restaurant                                                                                                                    

Royal Palms                                                                                                                                

Roy's                                                                                                                                

San Diego Chargers                                                                                                                                

Smoke Tree Ranch                                                                                                                                

Stone Eagle Golf Club                                                                                                                    

Stuft Pizza in La Quinta Old Town                                                                                                       

Sub Zero                                                                                                                                

Sundance Escrow

Teton Mountain Lodge in Teton Village, WY                                                                              

The Beer Hunter                                                                                                                                

The Driskill Hotel in Austin, TX                                                                                                       

The Inn at Deep Canyon                                                                                                                   

The Reserve                                                                                                                                

Tony Roma's                                                                                                                                

Trader Joes                                                                                                                                

Trilogy at La Quinta                                                                                                                                

Wally's Desert Turtle

Wayne Connor & Associates

And a Big Thank You also to our Volunteers:

Sue Adams

Betty Ahrens

Deborah Baker

Marga Baker

Linda Belasco

Brian Evangelist

Jim Finnerty

Peta Henderson

Bernie Hobaugh

Amy Kemper

Ed Kibbey

Pat Larson