Ralph Friedgen Invitational Golf Outing 2009

It was a great day - low humidity, comfortable temperature, wonderful food and drink, great people, cigars on the terrace, and golf. What could be better!!! David Dorn, Josh Trembley and the entire staff at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland put on a great event. Special thanks to our special guest, Scott Van Pelt, of ESPN, and great supporter of our program. We were also joined by Mark Bryan, Maryland native of Hootie and the Blowfish, and Doc Walker, former Redskin. Coaches who played were Don Brown, Johnny Donovan, and Al Seamonson; on hand to meet and greet were Tom Brattan, David Sollazzo, Lee Hull, and Charles Bankins. Phil Costa, starting OL for 2009, took part from our current team. Former players in attendance were Kevin Glover, Bruce Perry, Stan Gelbaugh, Jordan Steffy, Sam Hollenbach, Nick Novak, Scott McBrien, Delbert Cowsette, Darryl Hill, Justin Duffie, Todd Wike, Greg Harraka, Brad Schell, and Aaron Thompson. James Franklin ran the "Football Throw" event, coaching up the golfers. The object was to throw for distance - and then your team could tee from there.

Awards went to:
Longest Throw: interesting outcome - Jay Walker, former NFL QB had the longest throw, but we also awarded this distinction to the best civilians, male and female - Casey Connor and Lisa Splaine
Longest Drive: Walker Jones who turned around and gave his award to Bruce Perry in honor of his work at Walter Reed. Under Armour will also be sponsoring a program called the Wounded Warrior - stay tuned for more info.
Closest to the Pin: Kathy Waters
Sponsor Team with the Highest Score - Good in Football, not in Golf: Ed Woods - TerpSys Team
Flight 1 Winners: Pat Caulfield - Coakley Williams
Flight 2 Winners: Greg Harraka - Coakley Williams
Flight 3 Winners: Under Armour Team

Interesting to note that each winning team had a former UM QB - Scott McBrien, Stan Gelbaugh, and Sam Hollenbach!!

Special thanks to our sponsors:

Presenting Sponsor: Barry Gossett and Acton Mobile

Gold Sponsor: Ed Woods and Terpsys

Gold Sponsor: Patrick Caulfield and Coakley Williams Construction

Bronze Sponsor: Rohit Kishore and Sila SG

Bronze Sponsor: John Brophy and ACS

Bronze Sponsor: Carole Harris

Gifts sponsor: Kevin Plank - Under Armour

Hole in One Sponsor: Marquis Jets

In Kind Sponsor: Nick Cibel of Nick’s Riverside Grill

Hole Sponsor: David Lee of LMN Solutions