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Play Golf - Fight Cancer!
The University of Florida has recently opened the first proton therapy center in the Southeast in Jacksonville with the mission of bringing the best in cancer therapy to the citizens of Florida. The University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute will also conduct both clinical and basic research. By participating in this tournament you will be supporting UF research and development in proton therapy for the benefit of cancer patients in Florida.
The Classic is open to individual golfers as well as full teams who represent a company, church, media group, health care facility, or club.
The format is a four-person modified scramble, and awards will be given for each of the six flight winners, longest drive, closest to the pin, Hole-in-One contests, and more. Individuals and teams are welcome! Please peruse this entire site for information on all the events and activities that will take place on October 12, 2009. See further down on this page for the Celebrity update. Click here to Review our History
2008 Celebrity Attendees!
To help celebrate the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute's 5th Annual Central Florida Play Golf - Fight Cancer Golf Classic the following celebrities appeared:
| Hubert Green
| Hubert Green is a 2007 World Golf Hall of Fame member and Champions Tour player. He was a three time Ryder Cup Golf Team member and won the 1977 US Open and the 1985 PGA Championship. He now plays on the Champions Tour. | | Chris Doering  | "Gator Great", Chris Doering, a member of the 1996 University of Florida National Championship team and a 10 year veteran of the NFL. | | Mark Wise
 | Mark Wise is entering his 13th year of doing color analysis of college basketball on radio and TV. Mark will begin his 11th season on the Gator Radio Network as the sidekick to Mick Hubert. His television work has included games for Sun Sports, ESPN Regional, Fox Sports South, Cox, and Comcast. In addition, he is college basketball's lead analyst for XM Sportsnation on Channel 144. Before broadcasting, Wise was a college coach with men's basketball for 13 years with 8 of those on the Division I level. |
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Marion Wright Edelman
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