Diamond Resorts Invitational - 2018 by A.E. Engine

JANUARY 12-14, 2018

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Welcome Letter Schedule of Events The Players Rage Against the Rules Machine Every Golfers Dream: Elusive Hole-In-One

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Welcome to the 2018 Diamond Resorts Invitational™

t is my pleasure to personally welcome you to the Diamond Resorts Invitational™ benefiting Florida Hospital for Children at Tranquilo Golf Club at Four Seasons Resort Orlando. You are in for a treat, as the tournament has grown into an incredible, action-packed week of topnotch golf and entertainment. It is one of the most unique events to hit the golf world, bringing together PGA TOUR Champions players, LPGA stars, top-tier athletes and entertainment celebrities to compete side-byside for a combined $1.25 million purse. The tournament is a PGA TOUR Champions Challenge Season event, nationally televised on Golf Channel, and this year, will be bigger and better than ever before. Thank you for being a part of it.

Mike Flaskey

Tournament Founder and Executive Director

We hope you are ready for an unforgettable week. You’ll have opportunities to get closer to the action and meet All-Star athletes, MVPs, golf legends and big-name celebrities. This will be unlike any other vacation experience and we hope you enjoy every minute of it with your friends and family. This is your time to break from the routine and reconnect with the things that matter most in your life. Be sure to read through this program, as it contains details on the course and scheduled events. We hope you enjoy this truly one-of-a-kind event!

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018

Professionals, Celebrities & Local Pro-Am Participants Practice Rounds

Diamond Resorts Invitational™ Round 1

SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2018

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2018

Diamond Resorts Invitational™ Round 2

Out of Town Pro-Am Participants, Professionals & Celebrities Practice Rounds

SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2018 Diamond Resorts Invitational™ Final Round

THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018

All golf events will be held at the Tranquilo Golf Club at Four Seasons Resort Orlando.

7:30 a.m. & 12:00 p.m. Brian Gay Pro-Am Shotgun Start

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RAGE AGAINST THE

RULES MACHINE Pro Golfers and Celebs Sound Off

BY MIKE DOJC

Just under a year remains before the R&A and USGA, the game’s stewards of equitable competition, are set to implement a new simplified rule book which takes dead aim at some of golf’s most rigid and exacting standards. So we hit up a few celebrities, PGA TOUR Champions and LPGA pros in the field at this week’s third annual Diamond Resorts InvitationalTM to riff on the rules they’d amend. 6

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Brittany Lang “For me, when you’re just kind of hovering over your ball, you’re not touching your ball, and your ball moves, why are you being penalized for that?” wonders Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Glavine. “You didn’t do anything to cause it. Something like that has always been kind of silly to me,” admits the two-time Cy Young award winner. While Glavine can’t recall getting called for a penalty during a tourney, anxiety over it happening is something he regularly sweats. “I can promise you I’m always a nervous wreck about stuff like that. It’s one of the things I stress over, being caught on a rule that I don’t necessarily know, but I would never think is a problem.” “If you’re doing something where the intent -- and ‘intent’ I think is the key word -- is to stretch the rules or even break the rules then I think a penalty has to be assessed,” pipes Washington Redskins great Mark Rypien. The Super Bowl XXVI MVP was a top ten finisher on the celeb leaderboard at last year’s Diamond Resorts InvitationalTM. If Rypien was Rules Czar, his first order of business would be to give a break to players who hit the ball exactly where they’re supposed to off the tee but end up rolling into mangled turf. “I definitely think hitting a ball into the middle of the fairway into a divot is the one thing you should get a free drop from.” 1989 British Open winner Mark Calcavecchia sympathizes but he worries addressing it will lead to a slippery slope effect. “There are definitely some things that happen out there that don’t seem right. If you hit it right down the middle and Jesper Parnevik is playing in front of you and you end up in his divot…. I mean, you can break an ankle in some of Jesper’s divots.” But “if you change that rule and move balls out of divots you can have a divot from three weeks ago that’s almost filled in, so do you get a drop out of that? That would slow play more than anything.” At the top of U.S. Open winner Brittany Lang’s priorities is allowing golfers to tap down spike marks on the green. “That makes no sense to me. Say you hit a beautiful drive and then a beautiful shot to leave a five-footer and there’s a huge spike mark [in your way] because somebody was lazy and didn’t want to pick their feet up. That’s ridiculous!” Penalty free spike mark and animal mark repair is one of the thirty proposed changes being looked at so Lang may just get lucky next January.

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Mark Calcavecchia

Meanwhile Larry Mize, the lone Augusta native to win the Masters, would like to see golf rethink the O.B. penalty. “You can whiff a ball and it’s better than hitting one out of bounds. I just feel like the out of bounds rule can be a little cruel. You hit a really good drive, you hit it just a little off and it could be an inch out of bounds and you got to go back and tee it up and it’s costing you a stroke and distance which is basically two strokes… that’s a harsh penalty.” Jeff Sluman, the 1988 PGA championship winner, is on the same page as Mize regarding the out of the bounds rules, but is reticent to tinker too much with the rules in general. “I think it’s cumbersome when somebody says that this third of an inch-long twig or whatever that had no bearing on the swing was snapped off. That’s insane. But can anybody write a rule that doesn’t have unintended consequences? You can’t cover every situation.” The key is to provide a mechanism so that common sense prevails. “I had an instance two years ago on the last hole of a tournament,” Sluman relates. “I was behind a tree and I had to take the club straight inside and I’m looking and looking and just ticked the tree, and I’m telling you a paper thin piece of bark fell off. The official was there and I looked at him and said, “that’s one isn’t it’ and he said ‘ya.’” Later Sluman goes to sign his card and the official lets him know that actually his bark scrape will result in a two-stroke penalty. “Now obviously I’m not happy finishing with a triple that cost me a significant amount of money,” remembers Sluman. But the story has a happy ending. On his way to the airport, he gets a ring from that same officiator who has since run it up the chain. After determining what happened was clearly accidental and after confirming with Sluman that the bark on club contact didn’t affect his intended swing, the final ruling was no infraction. “So that’s the USGA and R&A being proactive and reasonable and that’s how the rules should be.” (Scratch golf pundit Mike Dojc has slung copy for 19thHoleMag.com, Maxim, ScoreGolf, Esquire.com, Atlanta Magazine, Fatherly, and many other outlets. Search for “Slinging Birdies” on YouTube to get a dose of his zany golf comedy.)

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EVERY GOLFERS DREAM:

THAT ELUSIVE HOLE-IN-ONE

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hen it comes to golf there’s one singular sensational challenge that every person who has ever picked up a golf club would love to achieve: a hole-in-one. After all, what golfer - pro, amateur or weekend enthusiast - wouldn’t want to tee it up, swing away and have their ball roll into the cup. One of the best things about acing a hole is that the achievement often reaps the achiever a nifty present. Take for instance, Canadian LPGA star Brooke Henderson, who returns to the Diamond Resorts InvitationalTM benefiting Florida Hospital for Children. After finishing 24th among the pros in last year’s competition. Henderson’s career highlight took place in 2016, when she became the second youngest player in LPGA history (18 years old) to win a major championship (Lydia Ko) at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. That victory featured a hole-in-one on the 152-yard Par-3, 13th hole in her first round. “I’ve been lucky enough to have a few good hole-in-one stories over the years, but the best one and the one that means the most to me was during the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in 2016,” Henderson said. “I didn’t have a hole-in-one as a member on the LPGA yet, and I had a long-standing deal with Brittany (my sister and my caddie) that if I ever made a hole-in-one on the ‘car hole’ during a tournament, that she would get the car.” “We didn’t have a great view but the reaction from the crowd confirmed it,” added Henderson, of how she knew she aced the hole. Brit is still driving (that car) today.” While many hole-in-ones are rewarded with pricey presents, there are times that a different kind of acknowledgement fits the bill as Jeff Sluman, the 1988 PGA Championship champion, is well aware. Sluman has the distinction of being the only player to ace the 212yard fourth hole during the Masters. “I think I’ve had around 11 hole-in-ones, but I would say without question the one that is the easiest to recollect is that I’m the only one in the history of the Masters to make a hole-in-one on the fourth hole,” Sluman said. “At the Masters, if you make an eagle, or have the low round of the day or something like that, they give you a crystal with the date and your name on it. So I’m the only one in the world with this singular trophy of a hole-in-one at (the fourth hole) at Augusta.” It was a 4-iron and as for Sluman’s ball that went in the Cup, he gave it to his mother and it was buried with her when she died. This year’s Diamond Resorts InvitationalTM, will host quite a number

of participants who’ve not only experienced making a hole-in-one, but have done it more than once in their lives. Among the multiple hole-in-one artisans are: PGA TOUR Champions Mark Calcavecchia, Larry Mize, and Sluman; LPGA players Paula Creamer and Brittney Lang; NFL quarterback Mark Rypien; and MLB pitchers Mark Mulder and Tom Glavine. Sometimes a hole-in-one story turns out to be a solo expedition with no one but oneself on the scene to celebrate the moment. That’s how it was for Mulder, a former all-star pitcher and the 2017 Diamond Resorts InvitationalTM defending celebrity champion. “I have three hole-in-ones and two of them are pretty cool considering my first one and my second one I didn’t see either of them go in the hole,” Mulder said. “The first one is embarrassing since I was playing by myself. Ha, Ha, when does that ever happen? I mean seriously, imagine getting your very first hole-in-one and you have no one else there to see it. Kind of embarrassing having to tell people that and have them say, ‘Yeah, sure.’” Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Glavine has special memories of his third hole-in-one. In his mind it was best of the trio because it was a shared family experience. “I didn’t have any hole-in-ones and then in a span of 18 months I had three,” Glavine said. “I was playing with my son (Peyton), who is now a freshman in college, but was then, probably, around 14. When we got near the hole I didn’t see the ball so I said to my son, ‘Hey just take a peek in the hole and see if my ball is in the hole.’ He looked in and said, ‘Oh my God, dad, it’s in. There it is.’ I was taking my joy by seeing his reaction.” This year’s Diamond Invitational will mark the return to the links of LPGA star Paula Creamer, who underwent wrist surgery in September. Creamer, the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open champion who lives in the Orlando area, has four hole-in-ones on her resume. “The first one is always the best one,” Creamer said. “I was 16, I was in Texas, and it was over a ridge and I didn’t even get to see it. Everyone is always excited for their first hole-in-one. It was during a tournament, the U.S. Girls’, and everybody up on the green went crazy. “Not seeing it didn’t matter - a one is a one,” Creamer added. “They’re so rare and you have to be lucky. One of the first questions people ask me is, ‘How many hole-in-ones have you had?’” Although the Diamond Resorts InvitationalTM is only celebrating its third anniversary, it has already established a reputation as an event not to be missed, where the golf is great and the entertainment exceptional. And, who knows, maybe this year some participant might add to the party by striking that perfect shot that finds its way straight into the cup.

Paula Creamer

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On behalf of all the children, physicians and staf f at Florida Hospital for Children, welcome to the 2018 Diamond Resorts Invitational TM. Florida Hospital for Children is the home of the Walt Disney Pavilion, our tertiary children’s hospital here in Central Florida. Every day we care for hundreds of children, from healing minor injuries to curing diseases. This week, we’re here to do something amazing. We want to cure diseases affecting children including cancer and seizures, but we can’t do it without your support. Thanks to the generosity of this year’s many participants and fans like you, we can provide more families greater access to our advanced healthcare. It is our hope these children have a healthy and bright future and create priceless memories with their loved ones. At Florida Hospital for Children, we know the importance of the family. Every day, our medical teams provide compassionate and nationally recognized care not just to our young patients — but also their families. We are honored to bring healing of the body, mind and spirit to everyone who walks through our doors. With your support at the Diamond Resorts Invitational TM, you help not just the children and families in our hospitals, but across the globe. From our world-class destination medicine to lifesaving research to teaching children in our schools about healthy eating and exercise, Florida Hospital for Children’s reach is expansive. We believe life is made of amazing moments created by people with a passion to make a difference. You’re making a difference by joining us today. Thank you for supporting Florida Hospital for Children as we further our mission — of extending the healing ministry of Christ — at home in Central Florida and abroad. Sincerely,

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You can provide hope for a healthy life. Every day, our skilled medical team provides hope and healing to patients and their families at Florida Hospital for Children. This extraordinary care is only available because of the generosity of our community. With your support, we’re dreaming of a place where no child is sick. Until then, we need your help. Together, we can provide the hope for a healthy life for even more children.

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SUPPORTING PATIENTS AND FAMILIES To best care for children, we also must care for their families. Families are often overwhelmed while starting or continuing the critical, even life-saving medical treatment their children need. Because of generous people like you, eligible families receive help to cover medical bills as well as other essentials like rent, utilities and transportation expenses.

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PAR 4 363 YARDS

PAR 4 407 YARDS

A well-placed tee shot up the left center of the fairway gives you a short iron into the green. Great chance for an opening birdie.

Mid-length straight forward par 4 hole rewards two good shots. On the second shot, be careful of the water short and left.

PAR 3 176 YARDS

This is an excellent par 3 framed by tall trees behind and bunkers front right. The hole plays downhill; important to pick the correct club.

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PAR 4 425 YARDS

A well-placed tee shot between the fairway bunkers will leave you a short to mid iron to the green. Great chance for birdie.

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PAR 3 196 YARDS

PAR 4 416 YARDS

Check the wind direction before choosing your club. A dramatic par 3 that requires a great tee shot if you challenge the bunker and water on the right.

As one of the tightest driving holes on the golf course, it requires an accurate tee shot. After avoiding the fairway bunkers right and the trees left, you are left with what is a long bid to a two-tier green.

PAR 5 555 YARDS

A challenging three-shot par 5. A good drive provides a player two options: 1) Lay-up to the left which leaves you a wedge shot and great angle to the hole. 2) Longer hitters will be tempted to give it a go.

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PAR 4 409 YARDS

A well-placed tee shot between the fairway bunkers leaves the player with a short to mid iron to the green. An accurate second shot gives a player a great chance for birdie.

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PAR 3 163 YARDS

PAR 5 517 YARDS

The shortest par 3 on the course and one of the most challenging greens.

An elevated tee makes this a reachable and risk reward par 5. After a good tee shot, the player is faced with a long iron to this well-guarded green. Watch out for the water right!

PAR 4 432 YARDS

Straight away par 4, easiest hole on the course. Great birdie opportunity.

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PAR 4 302 YARDS

A short par 4 where an accurate tee shot will leave the player another opportunity for birdie.

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PAR 5 534 YARDS

PAR 3 170 YARDS

A dramatic three-shot dogleg left par 5. Longer hitters may challenge the fairway bunker giving them a chance to attack this par 5 in two.

A mid-length par 3 with an elevated tee makes for a challenging club selection.

PAR 4 440 YARDS

The hardest hole and most demanding tee shot on the golf course. Navigate the fairway bunkers and water and you will find the fairway. A well-placed tee shot will leave you a mid to longer iron to this elevated large green.

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PAR 4 362 YARDS

This short hole has plenty of options off the tee and will leave the player a short iron to the green. An accurate approach will leave the player with a great birdie opportunity.

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PAR 5 550 YARDS

The best risk reward par 5 on the golf course. After a well-positioned drive, the player is faced with a shot to an elevated green over water. Lay-up or go for it!

PAR 3 209 YARDS

The hardest par 3 on the golf course and a test of courage. Club selection is key if you want to avoid the water short and left.

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Marcus Allen NFL Hall of Fame Running Back Career Highlights:

Considered one of the greatest running backs in NFL history, Marcus Allen was inducted into the 2003 NFL Hall of Fame. A six-time Pro Bowler, Allen enjoyed an impressive 16-year career with the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs posting 3,022 career carries for 12,243 yards with 5,411 receiving yards. He finished his career third on the NFL all-time rushing touchdown list with 123 and was MVP of Super Bowl XVIII when the Raiders beat the Washington Redskins. His many accolades include: 1982 NFL Rookie of the Year, 1985 NFL MVP, 1982 and 1985 First-Team All-Pro, and 1993 NFL Comeback Player of the Year. As a senior at the University of Southern California, Allen won the 1981 Heisman Trophy setting an all-time single-season rushing record with 2,342 yards. A consensus All-American, Allen was named College Player and Pac-10 Player of the Year, won the Maxwell Award, and the Walter Camp Award. Allen has the distinction of being the only player in history to win a Heisman Trophy, an NCAA National Championship, a Super Bowl, and be named NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP.

Tommy Armour III PGA Professional Career Highlights:

Tommy Armour III is a two-time winner on the PGA Tour and the grandson of threetime major champion Tommy Armour (1927 U.S. Open, 1930 PGA Championship and 1931 Open Championship). Armour currently plays on the PGA TOUR Champions where he has finished runner-up in five tournaments including the 2017 and 2011 Insperity Championship, and The ACE Group Classic, Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic and Principal Charity Classic all in 2010, his rookie season. In 2017 Armour posted five top-10 and nine top-25 finishes, his best year since his rookie season in 2010. Armour, who joined the PGA Tour in 1981 after a college career at the University of New Mexico, went on to win the 1990 Phoenix Open and the 2003 Valero Texas Open. His play at the 2003 Valero Texas Open on rounds of 64-62-63-65 set the record for the lowest PGA Tour 72-hole score. Armour has four additional professional wins to his name including the 1983 Mexican Open, and the 2007, 2008 and 2014 Callaway Pebble Beach Invitational. Armour also spent time on the Web.com Tour winning two events – the 1994 Nike Miami Valley Open and the 1994 Nike Cleveland Open.

Ray Allen

Former NBA All-Star Career Highlights:

Ray Allen was a 10time NBA All-Star and two-time NBA Champion with the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics. One of the game’s most prolific shooters, Allen is the NBA career leader in three-pointers made with 2,973. His clutch shooting helped Miami win the 2013 NBA Championship. Prior to joining the Heat, Allen led the Boston Celtics to five straight NBA Playoffs including the 2008 NBA title. He had an incredible 2011 season leading the NBA in points scored, minutes played, field goals made, field goals attempted, three-point field goals made, and three-point field goals attempted. Prior to Boston, Allen played for the Seattle SuperSonics (2003-07) and the Milwaukee Bucks (1996-2003), where he still holds numerous franchise records for both teams. Allen led the league in three-point field goals made in 2002, 2003, 2006, and 2011 and was named to the 2005 All-NBA Second Team. He won the 2003 NBA’s Joe Dumars Sportsmanship Award and won an Olympic gold medal with the 2000 United States basketball team.

Woody Austin Golf Professional

Career Highlights: PGA professional Woody Austin is the Diamond Resorts Invitational defending champion after winning the 2017 tournament, highlighted by an opening round 12-under-par 59. Austin has nine other professional wins to his name including four PGA Tour titles and three on the PGA TOUR Champions. Austin won the 1995 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year honors and went on to win four titles: 1995 Buick Open, 2004 Buick Open, 2007 Stanford St. Jude Championship and the 2013 Sanderson Farms Championship. Austin recorded his best major finish when he finished runner-up to Tiger Woods at the 2007 PGA Championship. On the PGA Champions Tour, Austin had three impressive wins during the 2016 season, all in the span of four events in a five-week period in March and April. He won his first title, the Tucson Conquistadores Classic, posting a fiveunder 31 on the front nine on Sunday to come from behind and win. Austin defeated Wes Short, Jr. in a two-hole playoff to win the Mitsubishi Electric Classic and one week later teamed with Michael Allen for his third win of the year at the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf.

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Billy Andrade

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: Billy Andrade is a four-time winner on the PGA Tour and a three-time winner on the PGA TOUR Champions. Since joining the Champions Tour full-time in 2014, Andrade has won three events, all in 2015: Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf, Boeing Classic, and Charles Schwab Cup Championship. In his four years, Andrade has also finished runner-up four times, in third place four times and recorded an impressive 26 top-10 finishes, in addition to winning more than $4.1 million in earnings. He captured his first PGA Tour title at the 1991 Kemper Open and the following week won the Buick Classic. Andrade, who competed for 22 years full-time on the tour, also won the 1998 Bell Canadian Open and the 2000 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas. In addition to his four PGA Tour wins, he finished runner-up in eight tournaments and third in five, posting 56 top-10 finishes and winning more than $12 million in earnings. Andrade has also done some television work for the Golf Channel. A three-time All-American at Wake Forest, he was a member of the 1986 NCAA Championship team. Andrade was the top-ranked junior in the country in 1981.

Josh Beckett

Two-time World Series Champion

Career Highlights Josh Beckett is a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher and two-time World Series Champion with the Florida Marlins (2003) and the Boston Red Sox (2007). Ranked as the 1999 top high school prospect in the country, Beckett was the second overall pick in the MLB Draft by the Marlins that year. In his illustrious 14-year career, he played for the Marlins (2001-05), Red Sox (2006-12) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2012-14). He finished his MLB career with a 3.88 ERA in 2,051 innings and a 138-106 record, including being the 2007 MLB wins leader with 20. Beckett won the 2003 World Series with the Marlins, and was named the World Series MVP with two strong pitching performances on three days’ rest as the Marlins beat the New York Yankees. Traded to Boston in late 2005, Beckett was the American League Cy Young Award runner-up and the ALCS MVP in 2007, when he went 20-7 and won the World Series with the Red Sox in four games over the Colorado Rockies. Traded to the Dodgers in August 2012, Beckett (as a 34-year-old) pitched a no-hitter against Philadelphia on May 25, 2014.

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Lee Brice

Singer/Songwriter

Career Highlights: Country music singer and songwriter Lee Brice is a two-time CMA/ACM/ Grammy Song of the Year nominee. Known for his raucous live shows and contemplative songs, he recently released his fourth album in 2017 selftitled “Lee Brice.” His three other albums released under the Curb Records label are titled: “Love Like Crazy,” (2010), “Hard 2 Love,” (2012) and “I Don’t Dance” (2014). Brice has also released several singles, of which four have charted at number one on Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay: “A Woman Like You,” “Hard to Love,” “I Drive Your Truck,” and “I Don’t Dance.” His song “Love Like Crazy” was the 2010 top country song according to Billboard Year-End, and broke a 62-year-old record for the longest run on the country chart. Brice began his music career as a songwriter in 2007 and has co-written singles for Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Jason Aldeen and Eli Young Band to name a few. One of Brice’s compositions, Brooks’ “More Than a Memory,” was the first song ever to debut at number one on the country chart, while another, Eli Young Bands’ breakout single “Crazy Girl,” was Billboard Year-End top country song of 2011.

Mark Brooks

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: A seven-time winner on the PGA Tour, Mark Brooks holds a major championship title to his name, the 1996 PGA Championship. Brooks birded the final hole at Valhalla Golf Club to force a playoff with Kenny Perry, and then birdied the first extra hole to win the prestigious title. Brooks also won two other tournaments that year (Shell Houston Open and Bob Hope Chrysler Classic) to post his best PGA Tour season ever. He finished third on the money list that year. His other wins included the 1988 Canon Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open, 1991 Kmart Greater Greensboro Open, 1991 Greater Milwaukee Open and 1994 Kemper Open. On the PGA Tour, Brooks also finished runner-up four times with eight third place finishes, in addition to winning nearly $10 million in his career. Brooks has played on the PGA TOUR Champions the past seven seasons with two runner-up finishes, almost winning the 2014 Boeing Classic which he lost on the first playoff hole and also at the 2011 Principal Charity Classic, losing to a birdie on the 72nd hole. In college, Brooks was a three-time All-American at the University of Texas and won numerous amateur tournaments.

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Mark Calcavecchia PGA Professional

Career Highlights: A 13-time PGA Tour champion and threetime PGA TOUR Champions winner, Mark Calcavecchia’s most notable achievement was winning the 1989 Open Championship (British Open), one of golf’s four majors. Calcavecchia won the Claret Jug by beating Greg Norman and Wayne Grady in a four-hole playoff. Calcavecchia’s best years were in the late 1980s when he won six PGA Tour titles and spent 109 weeks in the Official World Golf Rankings Top 10. He set the Tour scoring record at the time by winning the 2001 Phoenix Open making 32 birdies in 72 holes finishing at 28-under-par. Calcavecchia won the Phoenix Open three times in his career. A four-time U.S. Ryder Cup team member, Calcavecchia posted seven top-10 finishes in major championships including the 1989 British Open win and runnerup finish at the 1988 Masters. He shares the records for the lowest back nine (29) at the Masters in 1992 and set a PGA Tour record by posting nine consecutive birdies at the 2009 RBC Canadian Open. Calcavecchia joined the Champions Tour in 2010, and his three victories include the 2015 Principal Charity Classic, 2012 Montreal Championship, and 2011 Boeing Classic.

Seven-Time Cy Young Award Winner

Career Highlights: Roger Clemens is a name those nationwide called their own regardless of what uniform he wore. At the University of Texas, Clemens was the winning pitcher in the final game of the 1983 College World Series beating Alabama. Nicknamed “The Rocket,” Clemens was drafted by the Boston Red Sox and made his major league debut one year later. He anchored the Red Sox pitching staff for 12 years, including 1986 when he won his first American League Cy Young Award, League MVP Award and All-Star Game MVP honor. Clemens went on to win seven Cy Young Awards and was named an 11-time MLB All-Star. He holds the MLB record for strikeouts in a single game (20), doing it twice in his career. Clemens also won back-to-back “Triple Crown” honors (1997 & 1998) leading the league in wins, strikeouts and ERA. In his 24-year career with the Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Houston Astros, Clemens finished his career with 354 wins, 4,672 strike outs and two World Championship rings (with the Yankees). He founded The Roger Clemens Foundation in 1992, which helps and supports children’s charities from all walks of life.

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Tom Byrum

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: PGA professional Tom Byrum won on the PGA Tour and is leaving a mark on the PGA TOUR Champions with three-runner-up finishes. Byrum posted his best Champions Tour season in 2016 with six top-10 finishes and a career-best $981,203 in earnings. Byrum almost earned his first Champions Tour title at the 2016 Dominion Charity Classic but after going back and forth down the stretch, eventually lost in a playoff to Scott McCarron on the first extra hole. Byrum finished 16th on the final money list and earned his first trip to the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship. He had a strong showing at the Senior Open Championship finishing tied for fifth. To date, Byrum has 17 top-10 finishes and won almost $3 million in earnings. Prior to joining the PGA Champions Tour, Byrum played in more than 600 PGA Tour events winning the 1989 Kemper Open and posting six runner-up and five third-place finishes. Over the stretch of his PGA Tour career, he finished with 41 top-10 and 110 top-25 finishes. Byrum played his collegiate golf at the University of New Mexico and later New Mexico State. His older brother Curt Byrum also played on the PGA Tour.

John Cook

Professional Golfer

Career Highlights: An 11time PGA Tour winner, John Cook also has won 10 times on the PGA Champions Tour. Cook’s first PGA Tour victory came at the 1981 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am. He enjoyed his best year in 1992 when he won three events. A member of the 1993 United States Ryder Cup team, Cook was ranked in the top 10 on the Official World Golf Rankings for 45 weeks in 1992 and 1993. Cook had seven top-10 finishes in major championships with the closest he came to winning at the 1992 U.S. Open Championship at Muirfield where he led late, eventually finishing second. During three consecutive years from 1996 to 1998, Cook had at least one PGA Tour win. On the PGA TOUR Champions, Cook won his second start at the 2007 AT&T Championship in San Antonio. He went on to win the same event a year later and has since won 10 Champions Tour titles. Last season, Cook made just nine tournament starts as he continued an increased workload broadcasting for Golf Channel. Cook also enjoyed a successful amateur career winning the 1978 U.S. Amateur Championship and several other prestigious events.

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Paula Creamer

LPGA Professional

Career Highlights: Professional golfer Paula Creamer’s impressive career credentials includes 10 LPGA titles, including the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open. A 13-year LPGA veteran, Creamer joined the Tour when she was only 18 years old and has gone on to win almost $12 million in earnings with 102 top-10 finishes. In addition, Creamer has represented the United States seven times in the prestigious Solheim Cup matches. Creamer joined the Tour in 2005, and her victory in that year’s Sybase Classic, just four days after her high school graduation, made her the LPGA’s second-youngest event winner at the time. Her win, and four other runner-up finishes earned her 2005 Rookie of the Year honors. Creamer went on to win two tournaments in 2007, three in 2008, the U.S. Women’s Open in 2010, and the 2014 HSBC Women’s Champions. Prior to turning pro, she won numerous junior titles and was the top-ranked amateur in 2003 and 2004, when she was a semi-finalist at both the U.S. Women’s Amateur and the U.S. Junior Girl’s Championship. Creamer won 11 American Junior Golf Association tournaments, and was a member of the victorious 2004 U.S. Curtis Cup Team.

John Daly

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: Known for his long drives and untraditional professional golfer’s persona, John Daly burst onto the PGA Tour in 1991 and won the prestigious PGA Championship at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana that year. His go-for-broke attitude, earned him a huge fan base that had never really followed golf. Daly was later named the 1991 PGA Rookie of the Year. Daly has five PGA Tour titles to his credit, including two majors, as he also won the 1995 Open Championship (British Open) at famed St. Andrews. His other wins include the 1992 B.C. Open, 1994 BellSouth Classic, and 2004 Buick Invitational. For those efforts in 2004, he was named the PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year. In 1997 Daly became the first PGA Tour player to average more than 300 yards per drive over a full season – and he also did it again from 1999 to 2008. Having turned 50 in April 2016, Daly began competing on the PGA TOUR Champions and won his first event this past season, the 2017 Insperity Invitational, where he posted a strong 14-under-par performance.

Mark DeRosa

MLB Veteran/MLB Network Analyst

Career Highlights: A 16-year major league veteran, Mark DeRosa is now an analyst for the MLB Network. Known for his versatility, DeRosa played six different positions and batted .268 with 100 home runs and 494 RBIs in his MLB career. Strong in the MLB post-season, he batted .358 with 10 RBI in 22 career post-season games and was a member of the 2010 World Champion San Francisco Giants. DeRosa spent the first seven seasons of his career with Atlanta (1998-2004) before joining Texas (2005-06), Chicago Cubs (2007-08), Cleveland (2009), St. Louis (2009), San Francisco (2010-11), Washington (2012) and Toronto (2013). DeRosa received the 2013 John Cerutti Award, presented annually by the Toronto chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to the player who best represents the spirit of the late Blue Jays pitcher. DeRosa served as a guest analyst on MLB Network during the 2011 and 2013 postseasons, and then joined the Network in November of 2013. DeRosa attended the University of Pennsylvania where he was the starting quarterback for the football team and starting shortstop for the baseball team.

Josh Donaldson 2015 American League MVP

Career Highlights: Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson is a three-time All-Star and the 2015 American League MVP. Donaldson led the Blue Jays to the AL Division Championship Series in both 2015 and 2016 and posted his best season in 2015 when he won the Hank Aaron Award leading the league with 41 home runs. A two-time Silver Slugger honoree, he also led the AL in RBI (123) runs scored (122), and received the most votes all-time in All-Star game fan voting. In 2016, he recorded the most runs scored before the All-Star break (80) and had a three-home run game (August 28, 2016 against Minnesota). Drafted in the first round as a catcher by the Chicago Cubs out of Auburn in 1997, Donaldson was traded to the Oakland Athletics in 2008 where he made his major league debut in 2010. In 2011, he played for the Athletics Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, and, after converting from catcher to third base he again joined the majors in 2012. In his seven MLB seasons, he has posted a .277 batting average, 174 home runs (averaging 37 the past three years), and 528 RBI in 831 games.

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Glen Day

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: A winner on the PGA Tour, Glen Day finished a successful second season on the PGA TOUR Champions in 2017. Day advanced to the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship and finished the year 25th on the money list, an improvement of 12 spots from his rookie campaign. Day, who closed last season with four straight top-20 finishes, has posted nine top-10 and 23 top-25 finishes and won nearly $1.5 million in his two Champions seasons. In his years on the PGA Tour, he won the 1999 MCI Classic in a playoff, sinking a 35-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole to defeat Payne Stewart and Jeff Sluman. Day had a strong season and a great three-week span in 1998 when he finished runner-up in the 1998 The PLAYERS Championship, a week later tied for third at the Freeport-McDermott Classic and in his next start was second at the MCI Classic (which he won the following year). Throughout his PGA Tour career he finished second four times, third on five occasions, and posted 38 top-10 finishes. Day also is involved in golf course design forming Glen Day-Alan Blalock Golf Course Design in 1999.

Scott Dunlap

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: Since joining the PGA TOUR Champions in 2014, Scott Dunlap has one win and surpassed the $1 million mark three out of four years. In 2016, Dunlap led all players with 329 birdies, and finished 12th on the final 2016 money list. He earned 2014 Rookie of the Year honors thanks to his first victory at the Boeing Classic in a playoff-win over Mark Brooks, and also posted a pair of second-place finishes all within a four-event stretch late in the season. His earnings of $1.1 million were a personal best, surpassing his 2000 PGA Tour season of $1,040,244. While on the PGA Tour, Dunlap’s best finishes were third place at the 1996 Bell Canadian Open, 1999 Doral-Ryder Open, and 2000 The Players Championship. Dunlap also played on the Web.com Tour winning two titles: 2008 Panama Movistar Championship and 2004 Mark Christopher Charity Classic. Dunlap has nine other professional victories including the 1994 Manitoba Open, 1995 South African Masters, 1995 Canadian Masters, 1996 Litoral Open, 1999 Dimension Date Pro-Am, 1999 Argentine Open and three wins at the Peru Open (1998, 1999, 2000).

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Joe Durant

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: PGA professional Joe Durant is a four-time PGA Tour champion and a two-time PGA TOUR Champions winner. In his four years on the Champions Tour, Durant has won two titles, including the 2016 3M Championship and the 2015 Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf. He has finished in the top 10 in 36 of the 83 tournaments he has competed in, including seven last season. In his best year in 2016, Durant finished third in both driving accuracy and greens in regulation, and fourth in scoring average. He also finished third on the Charles Schwab Cup Money List with $1,635,147 in earnings. Durant turned professional in 1987 and won four times on the PGA Tour including the 2001 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic with a tournament record 36 under par (324) that still stands today. His other victories were the 1998 Motorola Western Open, 2001 Genuity Championship, and 2006 FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort. He posted four runner-up finishes in his PGA Tour career and four third-place finishes. Durant also won on the 1996 Nike Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic.

Mardy Fish

Tennis Professional

Olympic Silver Medalist Career Highlights: Professional tennis player Mardy Fish at one time held the distinction of being the top rated American player. In April 2011, Fish overtook friend and former high school classmate Andy Roddick to become the No. 1 rated American in the ATP ranking. That year, Fish reached a careerhigh singles ranking of World No. 7 in August 2011, and had a career-best 43 match wins, recording his sixth career title while reaching two other finals and qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour finals. Fish retired after the 2015 U.S. Open and during his career won six ATP Tour tournaments and reached the final of four Masters Series. His best Grand Slam tournament results included reaching the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open, 2008 U.S. Open, and 2011 Wimbledon Championships. Fish also won eight career doubles titles. One of Fish’s major accomplishments was winning a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, losing in five sets to Chilean Nicolas Massu. Since retirement, Fish has shown what a strong golf game he has, winning the 2016 Diamond Resorts Invitational, and finishing second last year.

Colt Ford

Country Musician/ Songwriter

Career Highlights: Colt Ford’s life story reads like the lyrics of one of his hit songs. A former professional golfer on the Nationwide Tour (under his given name Jason Brown), Ford is a musician and songwriter who combines the story-telling blend of country music with hip-hop rhythms. Ford has released six albums on his own Average Joes Entertainment label, with the most recent 2017 release titled “Love Hope Faith,” that celebrates things that bring us together – friends, family, and faith in a better future. Currently out on his nationwide 2018 Dynamite Tour, that album was the follow-up to 2014’s “Thanks for Listening.” His 2012 charttopping “Declaration of Independence,” remained on the Billboard Country Album chart for more than 58 weeks. Ford released his debut album, “Ride Through the Country,” in 2008. Ford cowrote and recorded the song “Dirt Road Anthem” for his debut album, which was later released by Brantley Gilbert, who co-wrote the song, on his 2010 album “Halfway to Heaven,” and again by Jason Aldean on his album “My Kinda Party” also in 2010. Ford released his second album “Chicken & Biscuits” in 2010 followed by his third album “Every Chance I Get” in 2011.

Terry Francona Cleveland Indians Manager

Career Highlights: A two-time American League Manager of the Year, Terry Francona has lead the Cleveland Indians the past five years to the most victories in the American League (454), two division titles, an American League-record 22-game winning streak this past season, and the 2016 World Series against the Chicago Cubs. Prior to Cleveland, Francona managed Boston where he led the Red Sox to two World Series Championships, the team’s first titles since 1918. In 2004, after trailing three games to zero to the New York Yankees in the ALCS, Boston rallied to win the final four games – the only team in MLB history to do so. Boston then swept St. Louis 4-0 to win the title. In 2007, Boston again battled back after being down three games to one to Cleveland in the ALCS and moved on to the World Series sweeping the Colorado Rockies for the title. Francona got his managing start in the minor leagues in the 1990’s before managing the Philadelphia Phillies for four seasons (1997-2000). Francona played in the major leagues as a first baseman and outfielder from 1981 to 1990 for Montreal, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Milwaukee.

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Steve Flesch

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: A four-time winner on the PGA Tour, left-handed professional golfer Steve Flesch made his debut on the PGA TOUR Champions this past May upon turning 50 years old. Flesch competed in 16 events and posted 10 top-25 finishes, including a trio of top-10 efforts with his best finish fifth place at the Constellation Senior Players Championship. On the PGA Tour, Flesch won his first tournament in 2003 when he sank a 35-footer on the first extra playoff hole at the HP Classic of New Orleans. The following season he won the Bank of America Colonial and surpassed the $1-million mark in earnings for the fifth consecutive season. Flesh posted his best year on Tour in 2007 when he won two PGA Tour events (Turning Stone Resort Championship and Reno-Tahoe Open), and won nearly $2.3 million in earnings. With those wins he also became one of only four left-handers to win multiple times on the PGA Tour. In his PGA Tour career he won more than $18 million in earnings with three runner-up posts, five third place finishes, and 63 top-10s. Flesh also enjoys golf course design and has done some television work with the Golf Channel.

Tom Glavine Hall of Fame Pitcher

Career Highlights: Inducted into the 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame, pitcher Tom Glavine enjoyed an illustrious 22-year MLB career. Glavine was a two-time Cy Young Award winner, 10-time All-Star, fivetime 20-game winner, and five-time National League wins leader. He also won a World Series Championship with the Atlanta Braves. Glavine’s athleticism stood out as he won four Silver Slugger Awards as a pitcher. In this career, he played for Atlanta (1987-2002, 2008) and the New York Mets (2003-07), and posted a 305-203 career-record with a 3.54 ERA and 2,607 strikeouts. In 1991, Glavine led the Braves to the National League West title while posting a 20-11 record, 2.55 ERA, and a league-leading nine complete games, earning his first Cy Young Award. He helped the Braves advance to their first World Series, where they fell to the Minnesota Twins in seven games. The Braves got back to the World Series in 1995, where Glavine threw eight-shutout innings in Game 6 against Cleveland, earning a 1-0 victory. He was named the World Series MVP after going 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA. Glavine won his second Cy Young in 1998 posting a 20-6 record.

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Denny Hamlin

2016 Daytona 500 Champion

Career Highlights: One of the most recognized names in NASCAR, Denny Hamlin won the prestigious 2016 Daytona 500. Recently, Hamlin won the 2017 Southern 500 and the 2017 Can-Am Duels. As one of the all-time great late model drivers in the Virginias and Carolinas, Hamlin was the 2006 Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year. He became the first rookie to ever qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup and has qualified for the Chase in each year he has been racing at NASCAR’s most elite level. Highly regarded by his peers, Hamlin has been one of the most consistent drivers in the sport, winning at least one race every year since 2006. Hamlin has captured 31 career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup victories with an incredible eight wins in 2010 and five in 2012. He also has 17 career Xfinity Series wins and two career Camping World Truck Series victories. His best season was 2010 where he was the NASCAR Cup Series Championship runner-up with eight wins. Hamlin has 217 top-10 career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series finishes and 98 career NASCAR Xfinity Series top-10 finishes. He was the 2015 Sprint All-Star Race winner.

Chris Harrison

Host of The Bachelor Franchise

Career Highlights: Chris Harrison is best known for his roles as host of the ABC reality dating shows, “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette,” and several other Bachelor franchise programs over the years. Harrison has also been host of the syndicated game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” since 2015. Harrison began his television career covering local sports in Oklahoma City. A visit to Los Angeles in 1999 led to landing a job as host of HGTV’s “Designer’s Challenge.” In 2001, he became host of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” and also hosted “Bachelor Pad.” Harrison has co-hosted ABC’s live coverage of “The Miss America Pageant” several times, in addition to other hosting credits including: “Emmys Red Carpet Live,” ABC’s “American Music Awards Red Carpet,” live coverage of the final championship rounds of “The 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee,” ABC’s 2008 “American Music Awards Red Carpet Live!,” and 2008 “Road to the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards.” The versatile Harrison has also acted with roles in the television series “Alias,” “The Practice,” “Six Feet Under” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch.” His film credits include “Bounce,” “Showtime” and portraying himself in the comedy “Date Movie.”

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Brooke Henderson LPGA Professional

Career Highlights: Canadian professional golfer Brooke Henderson won her first major in 2016 when she was only 18 years old and has already made a huge impact and become a standout on the LPGA Tour with five tournament wins including that 2016 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. With that win she became the second-youngest player to ever win a major championship. Before turning professional in 2014, Henderson won numerous amateur tournaments and at age 17 was playing her way into LPGA Tour events by her strong finishes. She was granted immediate LPGA Tour membership in August 2015 after winning the Cambia Portland Classic by eight shots, becoming the third-youngest winner in LPGA history and the first Canadian to win on the LPGA Tour since 2001. Named the 2015 Canadian Press Female Athlete of the Year, Henderson has since claimed five LPGA wins and one Symetra Tour win. In 2017 Henderson won the Meijer LPGA Classic For Simply Give and the McKayson New Zealand Women’s Open. She also currently has 24 career top-10 finishes.

Two-time U.S. Open Champion

Career Highlights: An eight-time PGA Tour winner, Lee Janzen has two prestigious U.S. Open Championships to his credit. Jansen currently competes on the PGA TOUR Champions, where he won the 2015 ACE Group Classic, in addition to posting 37 top-25 finishes in 75 events. In 1993 Janzen won the U.S. Open at Baltusrol in Springfield, New Jersey en route to tying the then 72-hole scoring record of eight-under-par. Five years later, he won his second U.S. Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, overcoming a five-shot deficit in the final round, and posting the best final-round comeback since Johnny Miller’s win in 1973. Janzen also had several opportunities to win additional major golf championships as he was in contention in 1996 in both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship before finishing in the top 10 in both events. Named to two U.S. Ryder Cup teams in 1993 and 1997, Janzen and his teammates won the Ryder Cup in 1993. His other tournament wins include the prestigious 1995 Players Championship, 1995 Kemper Open, 1995 Sprint International, 1994 Buick Classic, 1993 Phoenix Open and 1992 Northern Telecom Open.

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John Hart

MLB Executive

Career Highlights: As the former President of Baseball Operations for the Atlanta Braves, John Hart developed one of the top minor league systems in baseball. A two-time “Sporting News” Major League Executive of the Year, Hart also was a studio analyst for the MLB Network. A former minor league catcher with the Montreal Expos, Hart coached high school baseball before joining the Baltimore Orioles in 1982 as a minor league manager. He joined the Orioles major league team as a third base coach in 1988, and a year later was named a Special Assignment Scout for the Cleveland Indians, and served as the team’s manager for the final 19 games of the season. Hart spent the next two seasons as Director of Baseball Operations then was promoted to General Manager and Executive Vice President. During Hart’s tenure (1991-2001), Cleveland posted an 870-681 record, won six American League Central Division titles (1995-1999 and 2001), and reached the World Series in 1995 and 1997. Following his time in Cleveland, Hart served as the Texas Rangers General Manager from 2001 until 2005, and then later as a senior advisor through 2013 prior to joining the Braves.

Danny Kanell ESPN College Football Analyst and Radio Host

Career Highlights: Danny Kanell is one of the rare athletes who played both collegiately and professionally in multiple sports. As a quarterback at Florida State, he was selected in the 1996 NFL Draft by the New York Giants, and also played for the Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos until 2004. Kanell also played college baseball, where he was drafted by the New York Yankees after his junior year at FSU, but chose to pursue an NFL career. After his playing career, Kanell built an extensive broadcasting career, where he currently is part of the CBS Sports Digital team covering all sports, including college and NFL football. Prior to CBS, Kanell was a college football analyst for ESPN and co-host along with Ryen Russillo, of the weekday ESPN Radio program, “Russillo & Kanell.” He joined ESPN in 2010 as a college football game and studio analyst, primarily on ESPNU. Kanell called the ABC Saturday afternoon college football game, in addition to ESPN’s Friday game telecasts, and also was an analyst for the College World Series Regional and Super Regional games. Prior to ESPN, Kanell was an NFL and college football analyst for WQAM Miami and CBS4 Miami.

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John Lackey

Three-Time World Series Champion

Career Highlights: John Lackey has won three World Series Championships (with the 2002 Los Angeles Angels, 2013 Boston Red Sox, and 2016 Chicago Cubs). Lackey holds a career record of 188-147 with a 3.92 ERA across 15 major league seasons with the Angels (2002-09), Red Sox (2010-11 & 2013-14), Cardinals (2014-15), and Cubs (2016-17). In his 2002 major league debut, he helped the Angels win their first World Series title when he started and won Game Seven against the San Francisco Giants on three days rest. Lackey’s best season was 2007 when he was named an All-Star and won the American League ERA title. Lackey has posted 10 or more wins in every full season he has pitched since 2003, has reached the 200-inning mark six times (two other times 198 innings) and has made 31 or more starts in a season nine times. He missed the 2012 season in Boston due to elbow surgery but bounced back in 2013 to win the Tony Conigliaro Award (for overcoming adversity) and help lead Boston to the World Series title. Lackey helped the Cubs to a 103-58 record in 2016 and a World Series title.

Brittany Lang

LPGA Professional

Career Highlights: A two-time champion on the LPGA Tour, Brittany Lang won the prestigious 2016 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, defeating Anna Nordqvist in a three-hole playoff for her first major title. Lang’s first professional win came at the 2012 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic, where she won in a four-player playoff. In her career to date, she has posted 54 top-10 finishes and won more than $6.5 million. Lang’s impressive list of accomplishments in her 12year LPGA career also includes representing the United States in five successive Solheim Cups. Prior to turning pro in 2005, Lang had an impressive amateur career where she won numerous titles including eight AJGA events, the 2003 North-South Women’s Amateur, 2003 Women’s Western Amateur, 2004 Trans National title, and was a member of the victorious 2004 U.S. Curtis Cup Team. Lang attended Duke University for two years, winning six collegiate tournaments. She was named the 2005 ACC Player of the Year and 2004 NCAA Freshman of the Year and 2004 ACC Freshman of the Year. Her well-decorated amateur career was capped at the 2005 U.S. Women’s Open where she tied for second as an amateur.

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LPGA Professional

Career Highlights: A seven-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Brittany Lincicome has two major championship titles to her credit. In the 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Lincicome eagled the final hole to beat Kristy McPherson by a stroke and again in the 2015 ANA Inspiration (formerly the Kraft Nabisco Championship) she eagled the same final hole to force a playoff with Stacy Lewis, winning with a par on the third extra hole. Lincicome led the LPGA in her rookie year in 2005 in driving distance with an average of 270.3 yards. Nicknamed “Bam-Bam” due to her exceptional length off the tee, Lincicome increased her driving average to 278.6 yards in 2006, which ranked second among all LPGA players. Lincicome earned her first LPGA title at the 2006 HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship and her most recent at the 2017 Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic. In her 12-year LPGA career, she has posted 52 top-10 finishes, won more than $8 million, and has represented the United States in six consecutive Solheim Cups. In addition to her two major championship wins, Lincicome finished runner-up at the 2014 LPGA Championship.

Green Bay Packers All-Time Scoring Place Kicker

Career Highlights: Ryan Longwell enjoyed an impressive 15-year NFL career as a placekicker finishing with 1,687 points. Longwell converted 361 field goals made on 434 attempts (82.2%) and 604 of 613 (98.5%) points after touchdown. The all-time leading scorer in Green Bay Packer history, Longwell scored 1,054 points during his nine-year Packer’s career (1997-2005), connecting on 226 field goals and 376 extra points. He set a franchise record by leading the team in scoring in those nine consecutive seasons, and his 964 points from 1997 to 2004 were the most in the NFL over that span. Longwell holds numerous Packer records including: field goals (226), fieldgoal percentage (81.6%), seasons leading the team in field goals (nine), extra points (376), 100-point seasons (eight) and consecutive games scoring (144). Longwell played the final six seasons of his career with the Minnesota Vikings (2006-11). In his second game with the Vikings, he scored all 16 of the Vikings points in a 16-13 win over the Carolina Panthers, including throwing a 16-yard touchdown pass on a fake field goal play and kicking the game-winning field goal in overtime.

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Jon Lester

Three-time World Series Champion

Career Highlights: A four-time All-Star and three-time World Series champion, Jon Lester just finished his third season with the Chicago Cubs. He owns a 159-92 record with a 3.51 ERA in 349 games, all but one as a starter, with Boston (2006-14), Oakland (2014) and the Cubs (2015-17). Known for his durability, Lester surpassed the 200-inning mark in nine of the last 11 seasons and has reached 31 starts in a season 11 times. Lester finished second in the 2016 National League Cy Young vote. A three-time World Series champion, Lester won the Fall Classic with Boston in 2007 and 2013, and with the Cubs in 2016. He earned the win in the decisive Game Four of the 2007 series against the Colorado Rockies. His six playoff wins with Boston are tied for the most in Red Sox history (Pedro Martinez) and his 1,385 strikeouts with Boston are the most in club history by a lefthander and fourth-most overall on the franchise list. Lester earned the Red Sox Pitcher of the Year honors four times, and also received the 2007 Tony Conigliaro Award for overcoming adversity after recovering from lymphoma.

Derek Lowe

Former MLB All-Star

Career Highlights: Former World Series champion and All-Star pitcher Derek Lowe had several different roles throughout his impressive 17-year major league career as a starter, reliever, and closer. A two-time All-Star, Lowe played for seven teams: Seattle (1997), Boston (19972004), Los Angeles Dodgers (2005-08), Atlanta (2009-11), Cleveland (2012), New York Yankees (2012), and Texas (2013). Lowe enjoyed some of his best years with Boston, where in 2000 he was the American League saves leader. In 2002 he threw a no-hitter against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, posted a 21-8 record with a 2.58 ERA, and finished third in Cy Young voting. That same season, Lowe was awarded the Thomas A Yawkey Red Sox MVP honor. In the 2004 post-season, Lowe posted a 3-0 record as he helped lead the Red Sox to their first World Series Championship in 86 years. He was the winner in the final game of all three post-season series. Lowe was also the 2006 National League saves leader while with the Dodgers. Throughout his career, Lowe played in 681 games with a 176-157 win-loss record and a 4.03 ERA in 2,671.1 innings. He recorded 1,721 strikeouts and 86 saves.

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Greg Maddux

MLB Hall of Famer

Career Highlights: Hall of Famer Greg Maddux is a four-time Cy Young Award winner and eight-time All-Star. In his illustrious 23-year major league career, Maddux won more games during the 1990s than any other pitcher. From 1992 to 1995, when he won his four consecutive Cy Young honors, he posted a 75-29 record with a 1.98 ERA. Maddux, who earned a record 18 Golden Gloves, was a four-time ERA leader and three-time wins leader. He is the only pitcher in history to win at least 15 games for 17 straight seasons. Maddux pitched in 13 Division Series contests, 17 League Championship games, and five World Series games. He spent his first seven seasons with the Chicago Cubs (1986-1992) winning 20 games (2.18 ERA) in 1992 and his first Cy Young Award. He signed with Atlanta in 1993 and for 11 years with the Braves, Atlanta won the division crown each season, advanced to the World Series three times, and won the 1995 Fall Classic. In that time, Maddux went 198-88 with a 2.63 ERA. Maddux returned to the Cubs in 2004 and led the NL in starts (35) in 2005 at age 39.

Jeff Maggert

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: Professional golfer Jeff Maggert has three PGA Tour titles and five PGA TOUR Champions wins to his credit. In his PGA Tour career, he also posted an incredible 16 runner-up finishes, was third on 12 other occasions, recorded 91 top-10s and won nearly $20 million in earnings. Maggert joined the PGA Tour in 1991 and earned his first Tour victory at the 1993 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic. In 1999, as the 24th seed, Maggert won five matches on his way to winning the inaugural WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. He finished the year with six top-10 finishes, including a tie for second at the Buick Challenge. Maggert won again at the 2006 FedEx St. Jude Classic, a span of 180 events between wins. Maggert burst onto the Champions Tour fulltime in 2015 and had a stellar year with four wins, including two major championships (Regions Tradition, U.S. Senior Open). Named the 2015 GWAA Senior Player of the Year, he amassed more than $2 million in earnings and finished second on the year-end money list. Maggert’s other titles came at the 2015 Shaw Charity Classic, 2015 Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, and the 2014 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic.

Brian McCann World Series Champion Houston Astros Catcher

Career Highlights: Seventime All-Star and six-time Silver Slugger Award winner, Brian McCann won the 2017 World Series Championship with the Houston Astros. McCann caught every inning in the Astros win in seven games over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Through 1,607 career games with Atlanta (200513), New York Yankees (2014-16) and the Astros (2017), McCann has hit 20 or more home runs in 10 of his 12 major league seasons, and has a .264 career batting average with 950 RBI. Drafted by Atlanta in 2002, McCann spent the first 11 years of his career with the Braves, making his major league debut in June 2005. He hit his first home run in just his second regular-season game and became the first Braves player to hit a homerun in his first playoff at-bat. McCann was the first Braves player ever to be selected to the All-Star team in his first three full seasons and was named the 2010 All-Star Game MVP. In July 2012, he homered in six straight games. McCann signed with the Yankees in November 2013 where he averaged 23 home runs his three seasons in New York before being traded to the Astros in November 2016.

Kevin Millar Former MLB First Baseman/ Outfielder

Career Highlights: Kevin Millar, a former 12-year major league veteran best recognized for his years with the Boston Red Sox, is now the popular co-host along with Chris Rose of the highly-entertaining program “Intentional Talk” on the MLB Network and ESPN. Millar became a favorite with the Red Sox with his iconic “Cowboy Up” rallying cry, clubhouse presence and offensive production that helped spark the Red Sox to the 2003 American League Championship Series and the 2004 World Series Championship, the first title for the team in 86 years. Millar joined the MLB Network in April 2010, and has also contributed to NESN’s Red Sox coverage and FOX’s baseball coverage since retiring. In his MLB career, Millar played for Florida (1998-2002), Boston (2003-05), Baltimore (2006-08) and Toronto (2009). He played in 1,427 games posting 1,284 hits with 170 home runs, and a .358 on base percentage. He received the 2003 Jackie Jensen Award, presented annually by the Boston Chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to the player who embodies the spirit and desire of the former Red Sox outfielder. Millar was also presented the 2001 Charlie Hough Good Guy Award from the BBWAA Florida chapter.

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Billy Mayfair

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: A fivetime PGA Tour winner, Billy Mayfair made his debut on the PGA TOUR Champions in 2016 with a tied for second place finish at the U.S. Senior Open where he fired a final round three-under-par 67 to lose by one stroke. Mayfair has since gone on in 2017 to post seven more top-10 finishes including runner-up at the Japan Airlines Championship and two thirdplace finishes at the Boeing Classic and Dominion Energy Charity Classic. Mayfair turned professional in 1988 and won five PGA Tour titles including the 1995 Tour Championship. His other titles include: 1993 Greater Milwaukee Open, 1995 Motorola Western Open, 1998 Nissan Open and 1998 Buick Open. Mayfair came close to winning several other PGA Tour events, finishing second 15 times, including losing five of those in playoffs. He does hold the distinction of being the only player to beat Tiger Woods in a playoff on the PGA Tour (1998 Nissan Open). Mayfair also had a strong amateur career winning the 1986 U. S. Public Links and 1987 U.S. Amateur titles, and he also was the 1987 Fred Haskins Award winner as the nation’s top collegiate player while at Arizona State University.

Larry Mize

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: Larry Mize boasts four PGA Tour titles to his name, including the prestigious 1987 Masters in his hometown of Augusta, Georgia where he had worked on the scoreboard during his early teen years. Mize is best known for a career-defining shot – a chip in from off the green at the 11th hole at Augusta National for birdie to win the 1987 Masters in a playoff. Mize’s first PGA Tour win came at the 1983 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic. In 1993 he had his first two-victory season winning the Northern Telecom Open and later in the season he came from four shots back to win the Buick Open. Mize was also runner-up 11 other times, finished third on nine occasions, posted 197 top-25 finishes and won nearly $8 million in earnings. He also won four international events and played on the 1987 U.S. Ryder Cup team. In his second full-season on the PGA TOUR Champions, Mize won the 2010 Montreal Championship making an eagle and three consecutive birdies on the back nine to win by a stroke. On the Champions Tour, Mize has been runner-up twice, finished third on two occasions, and posted 32 top-10 finishes.

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Mike Modano

NHL Hall of Famer

Career Highlights: Regarded as one of the best American-born players in NHL history, seven-time All-Star Mike Modano was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2014. In 2017, the NHL named Modano as one of the “100 Greatest NHL Players.” The league’s all-time leader in both goal scoring and points amongst Americanborn players, Modano played the first 20 years of his career for the Minnesota/Dallas Stars organization and his final season in 2011 with the Detroit Red Wings. He played in three Stanley Cup Finals and won the prestigious Stanley Cup in 1999 with the Stars, putting together consecutive seasons of more than 20 playoff points in 1999 and 2000 (also played in 1991 and 2000). Modano holds most of the offensive Dallas Stars franchise records, including career points, career goals, career assists, and career games played. His playoff record is also impressive, as he holds records for most playoff points, goals, assists and most playoff games played. Throughout his career, Modano has been a finalist for numerous awards including the Calder Memorial Trophy (1990), the Frank J. Selke Trophy (2001), and the Lady Byng Trophy (2003).

Gil Morgan

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: A seven-time winner on the PGA Tour, Gil Morgan has had tremendous success on the PGA TOUR Champions posting 25 victories, placing him fourth on the all-time win list. Morgan was the 1997 Champions Tour Rookie of the Year when he won six events including a senior major, The Tradition. He became just the second player at the time to go over $2 million in yearly earnings. The following season Morgan won six more tournaments including two more senior majors (The Tradition and Senior Players Championship). In 2007, Morgan set a record by reaching $1 million in season earnings for the 11th consecutive year. On the PGA Tour, Morgan won seven tournaments between 1977 and 1990, and was considered one of the most consistent top-10 finishers with 119 during his PGA Tour career. Morgan played on the 1979 and 1983 Ryder Cup teams, and the most prestigious tournament he won was the 1978 World Series of Golf. Called Dr. Gil Morgan, he holds a Doctor of Optometry degree and still keeps a current license, even though he has never practiced.

Phil Nevin Former MLB All-Star

Career Highlights: All-Star Phil Nevin showed his versatility playing several positions including third base, first base and the outfield over his 12-year MLB career. The first-overall pick of the Houston Astros in the 1992 MLB Draft, Nevin is best known for his seven seasons with the San Diego Padres where he was named a 2001 All-Star. Nevin also played for Detroit, Anaheim, San Diego, Texas, Chicago Cubs and Minnesota. Over his career, he hit .270 with 209 home runs and 743 RBI in 1,217 major league games. After retiring in 2007, Nevin managed in independent league baseball, then moved on to manage the Detroit Tigers’ Class AA and AAA affiliates and spent three seasons managing the Reno Aces, the Diamondbacks’ Triple-A affiliate. In 2014 he led the Aces to a Pacific Coast League-best 81-63 record. In 2017 Nevin was the San Francisco Giants third base coach, and was recently named in December to the same position with the New York Yankees. He played college baseball for Cal State Fullerton leading the Titans to the 1992 College World Series championship game where he was named the CWS Most Outstanding Player and also won the Golden Spikes Award.

Bud Norris MLB Pitcher

Career Highlights: Nineyear major league veteran Bud Norris has pitched for Houston, Baltimore, San Diego, Atlanta, Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels, where last season he recorded 19 saves out of the bullpen in both closer and long relief roles. Norris enjoyed his best season in 2014 when he posted a 15-8 record with a 3.65 ERA in 165.1 innings for the Orioles. Drafted in 2006 by Houston, Norris was a top prospect in the Astros’ minor league system and was named the 2009 Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year. He received his first major league start on August 2, 2009, where he pitched seven shutout innings against St. Louis for his first career victory. In his rookie season, Norris went 6–3 with a 4.53 ERA in 10 starts. After four seasons in Houston, Norris was traded to Baltimore in July 2013, where he played for three seasons before briefly signing with San Diego in August 2015. In 2016, Norris signed with Atlanta starting the season in the rotation, before moving to the bullpen. Traded to the Dodgers in late June, he made nine starts, and four relief appearances posting a 3-3 record.

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Mark Mulder

Former MLB All-Star Pitcher

Career Highlights: All-Star pitcher Mark Mulder has a strong golf game too, as he won the celebrity division of last year’s Diamond Resorts Invitational. A two-time All-Star Mulder showed his dominance in his first full season with the Oakland Athletics in 2001 leading the American League with 21 wins. He was equally impressive he following season winning 19 games and striking out a career-best 159 batters. Limited by injuries in 2003, he still won 15 games and posted a career-high 3.13 ERA. Mulder anchored the Athletics’ powerful pitching rotation – nicknamed the “Big Three” – along with Barry Zito and Tim Hudson from 2000 to 2004. During his Athletics tenure, the team made the postseason four years in a row from 2000 to 2003 and Mulder posted a 71-42 record. He led the American League in complete games in 2003 and 2004 and shutouts in 2001 and 2003. Traded to St. Louis in 2005, Mulder finished the season 16-8 with a 3.64 ERA, and helped the Cardinals reach the National League Championship Series. He finished his career with a 103-60 record, 4.18 ERA and 834 strikeouts.

Blair O’Neal Golf Channel Personality

Career Highlights: Blair O’Neal is a professional golfer, model, and television personality best recognized for winning the Golf Channel’s 2010 “Big Break: Dominican Republic” and being runner-up on the “Big Break: Prince Edward Island.” A four-year student-athlete on the Arizona State University golf team, O’Neal won two NCAA Long Drive contests and posted several top finishes including fourth place at the 2003 Pac-10 Championship. O’Neal also won the 1997 AJGA Ping Phoenix Junior Championship, was runner-up at the 1997 Women’s Western Amateur, and was a member of the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team that year. O’Neal has gone on to compete on several golf minitours, including being a three-time winner on the Cactus Tour, and competing on the Symetra Tour. O’Neal took a four-year hiatus from golf from 2007 to 2010 to focus not only on her blossoming modeling career, but to help finance her golf career. Her modeling resume includes many publications including Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, in addition to runways, catalogs, and television opportunities including co-hosting the Golf Channel’s “School of Golf.”

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PGA Professional

Career Highlights: Professional golfer Scott Parel’s journey to the PGA TOUR Champions has been unconventional, as he did not turn professional until he was 31 years old. Parel studied computer science at the University of Georgia and worked in that field for a decade until he tried to qualify for the PGA Tour. He spent 10 full years on the Web.com Tour, played in 221 events, and captured his only win in Wichita at the Air Capital Classic in 2013. In 2016, Parel turned his focus to the PGA TOUR Champions where he played in qualifiers and was later co-medalist at the PGA TOUR Champions Qualifying School in December 2016. In his first full-season on the Champions Tour in 2017, Parel played in 23 events with his best finish a runnerup placing at the Regions Tradition where he was on the leaderboard all four rounds and earned a career-best $184,000. Three consecutive rounds of 68 led to a tie for seventh at the Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship. For the season, Parel posted six top-10 finishes, 15 top-25 finishes, and closed the year ranked 21st on the money list with $764,212 in earnings.

Bush Center Wounded Warrior Champion

Career Highlights: Retired Corporal Chad Pfeifer is a two-time National Amputee Champion (2011 & 2015) and a three-time winner of the George W. Bush Presidential Center Warrior Open (2011-2013). Pfeifer also posted a strong 10th place finish at the 2016 Diamond Resorts Invitational, and 25th place at last year’s event. Pfeifer joined the United States Army after graduating from college, and was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in April 2007. His vehicle was hit with a pressure plate IED and his injuries required the amputation of his left leg above the knee. Golf became a form of therapy as he learned how to walk with a prosthetic leg while hitting golf balls every afternoon and playing the course as often as he could. Pfeifer loved the game, and after he was medically retired in August 2008, he made the decision to pursue golf as a career. He attended the Golf Academy of America in Chandler, Arizona, where he graduated at the top of his class. Pfeifer uses his personal story and the game of golf to help other wounded soldiers overcome adversity and continue to live their lives to the fullest.

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LPGA Professional

Career Highlights: LPGA professional Gerina Piller is a three-time Solheim Cup team member and boasts 36 top-10 finishes to her credit. Piller has been close to winning on the LPGA Tour on three occasions as she was runner-up at the 2016 Volunteers of America Texas Shootout, 2015 Meijer LPGA Classic, and 2013 CME Group Titleholders. Last season, she posted three top-five finishes and five top-10s including finishing tied for third at the 2017 Marathon Classic. Since joining the LPGA Tour in 2010, Piller has steadily improved her ranking, amassing more than $3.5 million in her career. Piller also represented the United States at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio where she placed tied for 11th. Her husband Martin Piller plays on the PGA Tour, making the duo the only married couple playing at golf’s highest level. A standout college player at the University of Texas El Paso (UTEP), Piller won four NCAA tournaments as a senior in 2007 and was the Conference USA Individual Champion. She was also named 2007 Conference USA Player of the Year and UTEP Female Athlete of the Year.

3-time MLB All-Star Relief Pitcher

Career Highlights: Dan Plesac is a former 18-year major league veteran. Currently an analyst appearing on the MLB Network, Plesac has been a part of the network’s on-air roster since its launch in 2009, including the Emmy-Award winning studio show “MLB Tonight.” Prior to the MLB Network, Plesac played for Milwaukee (1986-92), Chicago Cubs (1993-94), Pittsburgh (1995-96), Toronto (1997-99, 2001-02), Arizona (1999-2000), and Philadelphia (2002-03). He posted a 3.64 lifetime ERA with 158 career saves and 1,041 strikeouts, and his 1,064 games pitched ranks sixth in baseball history. Plesac, who was originally a starting pitcher before becoming the closer for Milwaukee, also holds several Brewers records including games pitched (365), saves (133), and ERA (3.21, minimum 500 innings pitched). He served primarily as a left-handed specialist from the mid-1990’s until the end of his career in 2003. Plesac won the 1999 National League West Championship with the Diamondbacks and was the last Phillies pitcher to pitch at Veterans Stadium in 2003. Before joining MLB Network, Plesac was a studio analyst for Comcast Sportsnet’s “Chicago Cubs Pre- and Postgame Live,” and a contributor to “Chicago Tribune Live.”

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A.J. Pierzynski Former World Series Champion

Career Highlights: Former catcher A.J. Pierzynski is a two-time All-Star who has won a World Series ring with the Chicago White Sox. Known for having a strong and colorful personality, Pierzynski played for seven teams in his 19-year MLB career. Drafted by the Minnesota Twins out of high school in 1994, he played for Minnesota (1998-2003), San Francisco (2004), Chicago White Sox (2005-12), Texas (2013), Boston (2014), St. Louis (2014) and Atlanta (2015-16). Named an All-Star In 2002, Pierzynski hit a clutch home run in the ninth inning of the American League Division Series final game, clinching the series for the Twins. While in Chicago, Pierzynski posted a career-best .312 batting average in 2003 and set an AL record with 962 consecutive errorless chances from April 18, 2005 to May 19, 2006, breaking Yogi Berra’s mark of 950. In 2012, Pierzynski homered in five consecutive games, tying the White Sox franchise record. He was awarded the Silver Slugger Award that year. After various stints as an analyst in the post-season, Pierzynski joined the FOX Sports team full-time in May 2017 as an analyst and makes appearances on FS1’s “MLB Whiparound.”

Tom Purtzer

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: Known for having one of the “sweetest” swings in golf, Tom Purtzer won five PGA Tour tournaments in three different decades, before moving to play on the PGA TOUR Champions where he has won four events. His first PGA Tour win came at the 1977 Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open. He followed that up with wins at the 1984 Phoenix Open, 1988 Gatlin Brothers-Southwest Golf Classic, 1991 Southwestern Bell Colonial, and 1991 NEC World Series of Golf. In his first season on the Champions Tour in 2002, Purtzer’s official earnings of $760,056 topped his best year on the PGA Tour ($750,568). He earned his first Champions Tour victory when he drained a 60-foot eagle putt to win the 2003 SBC Classic. Purtzer won the 2004 Toshiba Senior Classic, tying a Champion Tour all-time record with an 11-under-par 60. His other wins came at the 2005 3M Championship and 2007 AT&T Champions Classic. Purtzer had an unusual statistical double in 2007, leading the Champions Tour in both Driving Distance (297.6 yards per drive) and Greens in Regulation (76.24%). He also has one International victory, the 2005 Australian PGA Seniors.

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Alfonso Ribeiro Actor

Career Highlights: Alfonso Ribeiro is an actor, director, singer and dancer who can now be seen as host of the popular television series “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” Ribeiro is best known for his role as spoiled rich-kid Carlton Banks in the former hit sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” Ribeiro is also recognized for winning the prestigious Mirror Ball Trophy with professional dancer Witney Carson on “Dancing with the Stars” in 2014. Ribeiro has also hosted the game show “Catch 21” on the Game Show Network and has directed several episodes of “Meet the Browns” and “Are We There Yet?” Ribeiro began his acting career in “Oye Willie” at age eight and by 10 years old, he had released such songs as “Dance Baby” and “Not Too Young.” He starred in the Broadway musical “The Tap Dance Kid,” receiving rave reviews for his performance. He was cast as Rick Schroder’s best friend in the television series “Silver Spoons,” and is also known for his role in LL Cool J’s show “In the House” and as host of “Your Big Break” and the “GSN Live.” He won FOX’s reality show “Celebrity Duets” in 2006.

Rob Riggle

Actor/Comedian

Career Highlights: A veteran of television hits such as “Saturday Night Live” and “The Daily Show,” Rob Riggle is a multi-talented actor, comedian, and writer. A staple in comedic films for more than 20 years, Riggle worked alongside Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels in “Dumb & Dumber To,” the sequel to the 1994 comedy classic, “Dumb & Dumber.” Riggle has appeared in numerous films and television programs, including “Son of Zorn,” “The New Girl,” “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2,” “The League,” “Let’s Be Cops,” “21 Jump Street,” “22 Jump Street,” “Big Miracle” and “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.” He served as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” (2006-08) and as a key player on “Saturday Night Live” (2004-05). Additional roles included “Modern Family,” “The Office,” “Arrested Development,” “30 Rock,” “The Hangover,” “The Other Guys,” “Talladega Nights” and “Step Brothers.” He also co-starred in “NTSF: SD: SUV,” the Adult Swim comedy-action series, and hosted the 2012 ESPY Awards. A retired United States Marine Corps Reserve officer, Riggle can also be seen during football season on the comedy skit portions of Fox NFL Sunday and as a standup comedian on various U.S. tours.

Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez Hall of Fame Catcher

Career Highlights: Regarded as one of the game’s best defensive major league catchers, Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez was elected into the 2017 National Baseball Hall of Fame. A 13-time Gold Glove Award winner, Rodriguez also was a seven-time Silver Slugger honoree. A 14-time All-Star, he played for six teams during his 21-year MLB career – Texas, Florida, Detroit, New York Yankees, Houston, and Washington. Named the 1999 American League MVP after hitting a record 35 home runs in a season by a catcher, Rodriguez also was the first catcher to have more than 30 home runs, 100 runs batted in, and 100 runs scored in MLB history. He won the 2003 World Series with the Florida Marlins and played in the 2006 World Series with Detroit. With the Marlins, he set many single season records for a catcher and was named the NL Championship Series MVP. Rodriguez holds an MLB record with 2,543 games caught, and he also had the best caughtstealing percentage of any major league catcher (45.68%). Rodriguez finished his career with a .296 batting average, 2,844 hits, 311 home runs, 1,332 RBI in 2,543 games.

Jeremy Roenick Nine-Time NHL All-Star

Career Highlights: Jeremy Roenick was always known as one of the NHL’s most colorful and fan friendly personalities both on and off the ice. A nine-time All-Star center Roenick played for Chicago (1988-96), Phoenix (1996-2000 and 2006), Philadelphia (2001-04), Los Angeles (2005), and San Jose (2007-09). He finished his illustrious 20-year NHL career with 513 goals, 703 assists in 1,363 games. Roenick represented Team USA in numerous international tournaments including two Olympics (1998 and 2002) collecting a silver medal in Salt Lake City in 2002. He is only the third American-born player to score 500 goals. Drafted by Chicago in 1988, Roenick was the first Blackhawk ever to reach the 100-point mark in three consecutive seasons and his 13 game-winning goals in 1991-92 broke Bobby Hull’s single-season record of 11. Roenick established a rookie record for points in the playoffs when he picked up 18 in 1990 and was named The Sporting News NHL Rookie of the Year. Roenick currently is a studio analyst for NBC’s NHL coverage on “NHL Live,” “NHL Overtime,” and NBCSN’s pre-game and post-game shows. Roenick has also published two books titled “J.R.” and “Shoot First, Pass Later: My Life, No Filter.”

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Willie Robertson TV Personality & Businessman

Career Highlights: A businessman, outdoorsman, author and television personality, Willie Robertson is best recognized for the reality television series “Duck Dynasty.” ”Duck Dynasty” portrays the lives of the Robertson family, who became wealthy from their family-operated business, Duck Commander. Robertson is the CEO of the Louisiana-based business that makes products for duck hunters, including the best-selling duck call called Duck Commander. Robertson helped grow Duck Commander from a small family business to a multi-million-dollar empire. The Robertson men, which include brothers Phil and Si, are known for their long beards and Christian faith. The program, of which Robertson does the narration, has broken several ratings records on A&E and cable television. In 2006, Robertson also started the company Buck Commander, which also created the Buckmen series of DVDs and the television show Buck Commander Protected by Under Armour on the Outdoor Channel. Robertson co-wrote a New York Times best-selling book with the wife Korie titled, “The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, Ducks Built a Dynasty,” and together they made a cameo in the Christian film “God’s Not Dead.”

Joe Don Rooney Singer/Musician

Career Highlights: Joe Don Rooney is the lead guitarist and harmony signer in the country band Rascal Flatts along with Jay DeMarcus and his cousin Gary LeVox. Rooney also plays the acoustic and bass guitars, as well as the mandolin. Since their debut in 2000, Rascall Flatts has produced 10 albums, sold more than 23 million records, and delivered 16 #1 hit singles. The trio released their most recent album titled “Back To Us” in May 2017. The most awarded country group of the past decade, Rascal Flatts has earned more than 40 trophies from the American Country Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards, American Music Awards, Country Music Association Awards, and more. Their list of country music hits includes the 2017 hit “Yours If You Want It,” “I Like the Sound of That,” “These Days,” “Bless the Broken Road,” “What Hurts the Most,” “My Wish,” “Take Me There” and “Here Comes Goodbye.” Rascall Flatts has sold more than 10 million concert tickets and has included as opening acts music greats such as Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton and Jason Aldean. Rooney got his music start with the 1992 band Uncle Thumbtack.

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PGA Professional

Career Highlights: Charlie Rymer joined Golf Channel in 2008 and has held various positions including serving as a studio analyst for “Golf Central” and co-host for “Morning Drive,” the network’s daily news and lifestyle program. Rymer spent more than 10 years playing professional golf and recorded his best finish on the PGA Tour with a third place finish at the Shell Houston Open in 1995. He also captured a victory on the Web.com Tour in his home state at the 1994 South Carolina Classic. Relying on his experiences on the PGA Tour, Rymer uses his views on life and golf to entertain audiences. He has grown to develop a likable reputation for his quick wit and “down home” humor on air. An accomplished junior golfer, Rymer won the 1985 U. S. Junior Amateur and went on to become a two-time, All-American at Georgia Tech. In 2015, Rymer was elected into the PGA of America as a certified PGA professional. In addition, Rymer recently announced that he turned 50 years old in December 2017 and will be playing in five select PGA TOUR Champions events in 2018, all while continuing his Golf Channel duties.

Former All-Pro NFL Quarterback

Career Highlights: Mark Rypien was a two-time Super Bowl Champion, a Super Bowl MVP, and the first Canadian-born quarterback to start in the National Football League. An 11-year NFL veteran, Rypien enjoyed his best years playing for the Washington Redskins from 1987 to 1993. Rypien led the Redskins to the playoffs in three consecutive seasons (1990-92) and directed the team to a victory in Super Bowl XXVI, passing for 292 yards and two touchdowns in Washington’s win over Buffalo where he was named the game’s MVP. For his career, Rypien was a two-time Pro Bowler who completed 1,466 of 2,613 passes for 18,473 yards and 115 touchdowns. Rypien was the 1991 UPI NFC Player of the Year and was named to the AP Second-Team. His ferocious, hard-nosed style of play made him a great pick for the “All-Madden Team” that year. Rypien finished his career with Cleveland (1994), St. Louis (1995 and 1997), Philadelphia, (1996) and after three seasons away Indianapolis (2001). An accomplished golfer, Rypien has won numerous celebrity golf tournaments including the inaugural Celebrity Golf Championship in 1990 (later named American Century Celebrity Golf Championship), and again 25 years later in 2014.

Sterling Sharpe

Former NFL All-Pro Wide Receiver

Career Highlights: Sterling Sharpe was a five-time Pro Bowler and three-time First-Team All-Pro selection for the Green Bay Packers during his six-year NFL playing career. Along with quarterback Brett Favre, Sharpe formed one of the most prolific tandems in NFL history from 1992 to 1994 when the duo combined for 300 receptions, 3,696 yards and 41 touchdowns. Sharpe was the first receiver in NFL history to post at least 300 receptions in a three-season span and first player with consecutive 100-catch seasons. He also holds NFL records of 34 consecutive games with at least four receptions, and had four games with three touchdown passes. Sharpe led the NFL with 18 touchdown catches in 1994, the second most in league history at the time. Sharpe broke the league’s single-season record for receptions in 1993 with 112. Unfortunately, Sharpe left the game way too early when he suffered a careerending neck injury in 1994. The older brother of Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe, Sharpe has enjoyed a strong broadcasting career having spent several years as an NFL Network analyst. Prior to that, he spent nine years at ESPN and also worked briefly at NBC Sports.

Wes Short, Jr.

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: A winner on both the PGA Tour and PGA TOUR Champions, West Short, Jr. has had quite the unorthodox golf career. Short made his PGA Tour debut as a 40-yearold rookie in 2004 after years of giving lessons at a driving range followed by seasons on the Hooters Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Short’s second year on the PGA Tour was highlighted by his first career victory at the 2005 Michelin Championship at Las Vegas. Unfortunately, lingering back issues limited his playing time on the Tour. In 2013, Short became fully-exempt for the 2014 PGA TOUR Champions after easily earning medalist honors at the National Qualifying Tournament. He tied the 72-hole record of 20-under-par and waltzed to a fivestroke win. In his first season, Short won the Quebec Championship, posted seven top-10 finishes, and finished 18th on the money list with earnings of more than $900,000. In his four years on the Champions Tour, Short has posted 23 top-10 finishes and 58 top-25 finishes in 99 starts, in addition to making more than $3 million in earnings.

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Bret Saberhagen

Former All-Star Pitcher & Cy Young Winner

Career Highlights: A three-time All-Star and two-time Cy Young winner, Bret Saberhagen’s illustrious major league pitching career spanned 16 years. In just his second year in the major leagues with Kansas City, the 21-year-old known as “Sabes” established himself, going 20-6 with a 2.87 ERA and winning his first of two Cy Young Awards. In that 1985 season, Saberhagen led the Royals to a World Series title over St. Louis and was named MVP of the Series after hurling two complete-game victories, allowing just one run in 19 innings. In eight seasons in Kansas City, he won 110 games and two Cy Young honors. Saberhagen also played with the New York Mets, Colorado and Boston. A 1989 American League Gold Glove Award winner, he led the American League in ERA (2.16) and wins (23) that season. Saberhagen pitched a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox in 1991 and had two 20-win seasons and four 15-win seasons. Saberhagen’s other honors include: the Tony Conigliaro Award (1998), Sporting News Pitcher of the Year (1985, 1989), Babe Ruth Award (1985) and he was a twotime American League Comeback Player of the Year (1987 & 1998).

Joey Sindelar

PGA Professional

Career Highlights: A seven-time winner on the PGA Tour, Joey Sindelar currently plays on the PGA TOUR Champions. Since joining the Champions Tour in 2008, Sindelar has just missed winning on several occasions as he has finished second four times, third seven times, and has recorded more than 38 top-10 finishes and 82 top-25 finishes. Sindelar finished runnerup at the 2009 U.S. Senior Open Championship, 2009 Toshiba Classic and the 2010 and 2012 Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf. After a strong collegiate career at Ohio State where he was a three-time All-American and member of the 1979 NCAA Championship team, Sindelar turned professional in 1981. He won seven PGA Tour events with his best year on Tour being 1988 when he won two tournaments (The International and the Honda Classic) and placed runner-up twice. In his PGA Tour career he finished second nine times, third eight times and recorded 83 top-10 finishes. His other notable titles were the 1985 and 1987 B.C. Open, 1985 Greater Greensboro Open, 1990 Hardee’s Golf Classic and 2004 Wachovia Championship.

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PGA Professional

Career Highlights: Professional golfer Jeff Sluman is best known for winning the prestigious PGA Championship in 1988. Sluman fired a final round 65 at Oak Tree Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma winning by three, and tying the mark as the lowest winning round in PGA history. Sluman’s game has only gotten better with age, as once he turned 40 he started winning consistently on and off the PGA Tour. After winning the 1997 Tucson Chrysler Classic, he won seven events including four on the PGA Tour – the Greater Milwaukee Open twice, Sony Open and B.C. Open. In 1992, he also finished second at the U.S. Open and tied for fourth at The Masters. Sluman, whose best season was in 2002 when he finished the year ranked 15th on the PGA Tour money list with more than $1.2 million in earnings, has been one of the Tour’s most consistent top 10 finishers throughout his career. Sluman joined the PGA TOUR Champions in 2007 and has won six tournaments thus far, including the First Tee Open at Pebble Beach three times, and his most recent, the 2014 Big Cedar Lodge Legends of Golf.

Hall of Fame Pitcher

Career Highlights: An eight-time All-Star and Cy Young winner, John Smoltz was elected into the 2015 National Baseball Hall of Fame. Best known for his prolific 20-year pitching career with the Atlanta Braves, Smoltz became the first pitcher in major league history to top both 200 wins and 150 saves. A great postseason pitcher with a lifetime record of 15-4 and 2.67 ERA, Smoltz was instrumental in helping Atlanta win the 1995 World Series. He was the only Braves player to be part of the franchise’s historic run of 14 consecutive division titles. Smoltz’s best year was 1996 when he went 24-8 with a 2.94 ERA and 276 strikeouts, including winning a franchise record 14 straight games, a NL record 24 wins, and the Cy Young honor. Predominately a starting pitcher, Smoltz spent three and a half seasons as Atlanta’s closer. In 2002 he became only the second pitcher in history to have had both a 20-win season and a 50-save season. Other accolades include: 1992 NL Championship Series MVP, 1997 Silver Slugger Award, 2005 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, 2005 Roberto Clemente Award. His career statistics include a 213-155 record, 3.33 ERA, 3,084 strikeouts and 154 saves.

Justin Verlander 2017 World Series Champion

Career Highlights: One of the most dominant pitchers in the major leagues, Justin Verlander helped lead the Houston Astros to the 2017 World Series Championship. For the 2017 post-season, Verlander was 4-1 with a 2.21 ERA and 38 strikeouts, and was named MVP of the American League Championship Series. A six-time All-Star and Cy Young Award winner, Verlander was traded to the Astros in late August 2017 after 13 years with the Detroit Tigers. Since being named the 2006 American League Rookie of the Year, Verlander has received many accolades throughout his impressive 13year career including throwing two no-hitters. Verlander posted his best year in 2011 when he won the Cy Young honor (second player to receive by unanimous vote), was voted the AL MVP, AL ERA leader, and won the Triple Crown leading the league in wins (24), strikeouts (250) and ERA (2.40). He also led the league in innings pitched (251) and win-loss percentage (.828). Verlander was named 2011 Player of the Year by numerous publications. A four-time major MLB strikeout leader (including 2016) and two-time MLB wins leader, Verlander led the Tigers to the 2012 World Series against the San Francisco Giants.

Scott Verplank

PGA Professionals

Career Highlights: A five-time PGA Tour winner, Scott Verplank’s resume also includes an impressive amateur career. In 1985, Verplank won the U.S. Amateur and followed up later that summer winning the 1985 Western Open in a playoff, becoming the first amateur to capture a PGA Tour title since Doug Sanders at the 1956 Canadian Open. That year he won 11 of 26 collegiate, amateur or pro events he entered and had 21 top-10 finishes. He turned pro prior to the 1986 U.S. Open on the heels of winning the NCAA individual championship. Despite being derailed by multiple injuries throughout his career and being an elite athlete with diabetes, Verplank has five career wins, two U.S. Ryder Cup appearances and was in the top 100 on the money list 18 of 28 years. His other PGA Tour wins were at the 1988 Buick Open, 2000 Reno-Tahoe Open, 2001 Bell Canadian Open, and 2007 EDS Byron Nelson Championship. He almost won the 2011 PGA Championship when he was 47, finishing tied for fourth. On the PGA TOUR Champions, Verplank had his best season in 2017 with two runner-up finishes, six top-10s, nine top-25s and more than $800,000 in earnings.

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Brian Urlacher Former NFL Pro Bowl Linebacker

Career Highlights: One of the NFL’s most dominant defensive linebackers, Brian Urlacher, spent his entire 13-year career (2000-12) with the Chicago Bears. Urlacher, who played in 182 career NFL games, starting all but two, was the 2005 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. An eight-time Pro Bowler, Urlacher was named First-Team All-Pro four times and Second-Team All-Pro once. He recorded a Bears’ team-record 1,353 tackles, 41.5 sacks, 22 interceptions, 16 fumble recoveries, and 11 forced fumbles. Urlacher was the first Chicago defender to lead the team in tackles in his first four NFL seasons. In 2006, he played a pivotal role in helping the Bears to a 13-3 record, the NFC’s top playoff seed, and two post-season victories before losing to Indianapolis 29-17 in Super Bowl XLI. For those efforts, Urlacher was selected as the NFC’s starting middle linebacker in the 2007 Pro Bowl and was named to the 2006 Associated Press All-Pro Team. Urlacher’s other accolades include: 2012 Ed Block Courage Award, 2007 Brian Piccolo Award, 2005 AP and Pro Football Weekly NFL Defensive Play-of-the-Year, 2001 Football Digest NFL Defensive Player-of-the-Year, and 2000 AP NFL Defensive Rookie-of-the-Year.

Jack Wagner Actor

Career Highlights: Actor and singer Jack Wagner is best known for his roles on the soap operas “General Hospital,” “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Santa Barbara” and the popular series “Melrose Place.” Wagner can now be seen in the cast of Hallmark Channel’s popular television series “When Calls the Heart” playing the role of Bill Avery. He also recently starred in television movies “The Wedding March” and “Love on the Vines.” The popular star was nominated for a 2005 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in “The Bold and the Beautiful” and also received rave reviews for his portrayal of Tony in the National Touring Company production of “West Side Story.” Wagner jumped on the entertainment scene in 1984 launching a successful recording career with his gold hit, “All I Need.” Wagner released other albums through the years, with his most recent “On The Porch” album in 2014. Wagner has starred in several movies made for television and also hosted the Miss Universe Pageant twice. He has previously starred on Broadway as the title characters “Jekyll & Hyde.” An accomplished golfer, Wagner is a two-time champion of the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship.

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Grant Waite

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PGA Professional

Career Highlights: A native of New Zealand, Grant Waite has a PGA title to his credit, the 1993 Kemper Open. A three-time All-American at the University of Oklahoma, Waite had one of his best years on the PGA Tour in 2000 when he earned more than $1 million for the first time in his career on the strength of two runner-up finishes in Canada. He held the 54-hole lead at the Air Canada Championship before finishing one stroke back of Rory Sabbatini. The following week, Waite lost to Tiger Woods by one stroke at the Bell Canadian Open. He also tied for second at the 1997 Michelob Championship, losing in a playoff to David Duval. Waite played his first full season on the PGA TOUR Champions in 2015 after finishing second at the 2014 Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament. In 2015, Waite was the only player to post four consecutive rounds in the 60s at the U.S. Senior Open, earning him a tie for third place, his best finish in his Champions career. Prior to the Champions Tour, Waite transitioned in 2006 into a job as a swing instructor with several PGA Tour professionals as students.

Former MLB All-Star Pitcher

Career Highlights: Best known for his signature knuckleball pitch, former MLB All-Star Tim Wakefield was instrumental in helping the Boston Red Sox win two World Series titles. Wakefield began his career with Pittsburgh in 1992, but spent the majority of his MLB career (17 seasons) with the Red Sox (1995-2011). In 19 MLB seasons, he posted a 200-180 record with a 4.41 ERA. Wakefield’s 186 wins with Boston places him third on the all-time Red Sox win list behind Cy Young and Roger Clemens, who have 192 each. Wakefield ranks first all-time in Red Sox innings pitched (3,226), and second in wins at Fenway Park (97), second in appearances (627) and second in strikeouts (2,156). An All-Star in 2009, he was one of only five American League pitchers to ever start at least one game in 17 consecutive seasons for the same team as he recorded at least four wins and 125 innings in each of his 17 years in Boston. Inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, Wakefield won the 2010 Roberto Clemente Award for his contributions to the community and was also the 1995 American League Comeback Player of the Year.

Michael Waltrip Two-time Daytona 500 Champion

Career Highlights: A two-time Daytona 500 Champion, Michael Waltrip is one of NASCAR’s most recognizable names in a career spanning 33 years. In his illustrious racing career on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Waltrip has competed in more than 780 races, posting four career wins, four career poles and more than 130 top-10 finishes. He has posted 11 career wins on the NASCAR Xfinity (formerly Nationwide) Series and a win on the Camping World Truck Series. Only Waltrip and Mark Martin own victories in four different decades in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup, Nationwide, and Camping World Truck series, and he is one of only four drivers who have more than 1,000 starts in those same series. Waltrip became a part-time driver in 2010 and scored two top-five finishes in only four starts in 2013. He recently competed in the 2017 Daytona 500, driving the No. 15 Aaron’s Inc. Camry for Premium Motorsports. Waltrip is also a pre-race analyst for NASCAR on Fox, and works as a color commentator for both the Xfinity Series and the Truck Series. He wrote a New York Times best-seller in 2011 titled “In the Blink of an Eye.”

Jay Williamson PGA Professional

Career Highlights: A winner on the Web. com Tour, professional golfer Jay Williamson was so close to winning on the PGA Tour. Williamson finished second twice, losing both tournaments in playoffs to Hunter Mahan at the 2007 Travelers Championship and to Kenny Perry at the 2008 John Deere Classic. Williamson’ Web.com Tour win came at the 2007 Fort Smith Classic, where he posted a 16-under-par 264 finish on rounds of 69-6666-63. Williamson played on the PGA Tour from 1995 to 2011 and in his 377 events, he posted the two runner-up finishes, one third place showing, 18 top-10 finishes and 50 top25 finishes. His best season was 2007 when he won $835,510, and over the course of his time on the PGA Tour won nearly $6 million in official earnings. Williamson recently competed at the PGA TOUR Champions Qualifying School in December 2017 and finished tied for 40th on rounds of 69-74-7166 for a four-under-par 280. A graduate of Trinity College, Williamson also won the 1991 Kansas Open.

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Duffy Waldorf PGA Professional

Career Highlights: Duffy Waldorf is a four-time PGA Tour and two-time PGA TOUR Champions winner. His first PGA Tour victory came in decisive fashion at the 1995 LaCantera Texas Open. Waldorf’s best season came in 1999 with wins at the Buick Classic and Westin Texas Open. Waldorf followed that up by winning the 2000 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney. Other victories include winning the Hyundai Team Matches with Tom Lehman three times. Throughout his PGA Tour career, Waldorf finished runner-up eight times, third on six occasions, posted 62 top-10 finishes and earned nearly $12 million. On the Champions Tour in 2017, Waldorf qualified finished 26th on the money list. In 2016, he enjoyed his best year on Tour since his rookie season in 2013 winning the first event of the season, the Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Waldorf finished that season with 10 top-10 finishes, placed second in total birdies, and was 10th on the final money list with more than $1.2 million. He won his first Champions Tour event at the 2015 Toshiba Classic, after posting an 11-under-par 60 on Saturday’s round. A two-time All-American at UCLA, Waldorf was the 1985 College Player of the Year.

Larry The Cable Guy Comedian

Career Highlights: A stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor and former radio personality, Larry The Cable Guy has become a multiplatinum recording artist, Grammy nominee and Billboard award winner. His given name is Daniel Whitney, yet he is best known by his stage name, despite never working for a cable company. Larry starred in the popular History Channel series “Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy,” where he explored the country and immersed himself in different lifestyles, jobs, and hobbies. Larry was a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour that included Bill Engvall, Ron White, and Jeff Foxworthy. He has released seven comedy albums, of which three have been certified gold. Larry won Billboard’s 2005 Comedy Artist of the Year and Comedy Album of the Year, and the 2006 Billboard Top Comedy Tour Award. He has starred in three Blue Collar Comedy Tour-related movies, as well as films including: “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector,” “Delta Farce,” “Witless Protection,” ”Tooth Fairy 2,” “A Madea Christmas,” and “Jingle All the Way 2.” The voice of Mater in the Disney animated “Cars” films, Larry’s catchphrase: “GitR-Done!” is also the title of his best-selling book. D R I G O L F. C O M

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