Golf

Don’s fans are likely aware by now that Don is an avid golfer, appearing in numerous charity tournaments in the USA and abroad. Don is particularly active in his support of organizations dedicated to the welfare of children and is very committed to helping out where he can. We estimate that Don’s probably played around 1,438,487 holes of benefit golf for various causes.

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Don and Sandy Lyle on the Swilcan Bridge at St. Andrews, 2014. Photo by Anne Schillitto

Below is a cross-section of just some of the golf and benefit events in which Don participated. We have quite a lot of golf stuff on the site so you might want to check the archives for more golf events by using the site search.

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2014

Golf Digest revives their ranking of the top 100 golfers in music (10-17-14)
Don talks about his game while playing at the Alice Cooper Solid Rock Foundation Golf Event:

2013


Don’s Alfred Links Alfred Dunhill Championship blog via The Scotsman Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

Ties that bind. Don’s partner Dean Bramlet tied for first among the amateurs and Don himself placed 10th along with former pro-footballer Eric Dickerson at the end of the three Pro-Am rounds in the 2013 Humana Challenge (formerly the Bob Hope Classic.) Way to go, guys!
A transcript of the video at the Desert Sun online.

2012

Don talks golf at ESPN’s blog 12-10-12
Some images from the Seve Legend’s Tournament at Pebble Beach (29 November-1 December, 2012)
Don once again joining Alice Cooper at his annual charity golf event.

2011

Dunhill Links Championship

Gallery from Saturday night’s Alfred Dunhill dinner party
Write-up with photo from Tommy Thayer’s Pacific University Legends of Golf fundraising tournament on August 1.
The Courtnall Celebrity Classic is the subject of this article from the Times Colonist (23-Jul-2011)
Short write-up about the Jim Kinnear Classic fundraiser in Calgary on June 20. Entertaining video of the charity auction on YouTube.
Slide show of the band performing at the BMW Charity in Greenville via wroq.com

 

Photo gallery from the 2011 Pairings Party and Celebration posted on the updated Humana Challenge (formerly Bob Hope Classic) website.

Wednesday, January 19
Looks like “Mr. Sandman” can bury those dreams of a bunkerless round.
Thursday, January 20
Don and his team tee off in 2nd place in the amateur standings. Finish up 7th.
Friday, January 21
Don sacrifices 7 positions in the standings in order to psych himself up for the Celebrity Jam.
Saturday, January 21
The guys start the day in 14th place, slug it out and slide back some to end up 27th out of what seemed like 4.6 million teams. Some photos of Don via UPI, the Golf Channel and the Bob Hope site.
Celebrity quotes, including Don’s, in this article @ southlandgolfmagazine.com

2010

Local writeup with photo from the October “Umbrella Gala” benefit for the Children’s Specialized Hospital. Don headlined the entertainment.
Don participated in the fundraiser “It’s All About the Kids” benefitting several children’s charities at the Stars and Stripes Tournament at Cabo San Lucas. He entertained along with the World Classic Rockers.
Short write up of Don’s show at the Grammy museum on June 5 benefitting the Yo-San University.
Don made is first appearance at the BMW Charity ProAm, a stop on professional golf’s Nationwide Tour.
A couple of photos of Don via the Greenville News: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Part of the extracurricular activities: a silent auction/celebrity jam. Link to video at Fox Carolina.Rock Til It Stops
Don gave a private concert in support of the Cleveland area’s Autism Speaks initiatives. Here a short write up.
Don participated in the Bogart Foundation’s Golf Classic and helped raise $175,000 for pediatric cancer research. Write-up and photo

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1/24/2010


Bob Hope Classic
1/20 – Don’s team mid-pack after round one. Best celeb team is a tie between Team Oliver Hudson/Kurt Russell and Team Patrick Wharburton.
1/21 – Play suspended due to heavy rain. Resumes tomorrow.
1/22 – Tee times delayed to let the groundskeepers work miracles. Due to time constraints, only the pros (and those with webbed feet) play today.
1/23 – Don entertained at last night’s celebrity party. The amateur competition has been shortened by a round so by the time his socks dry out the event will be over.
1/24 – Don’s paired with last year’s champ Pat Perez. He got some Golf Channel luv on 17 and fortunately sunk his three-foot putt when the camera was rolling.

2009

Don donated his signature on Stratocaster guitar to the Musicians Local 47 Foundation’s recent fundraising auction. Read more> 5/Nov(09)
Day 1 Don drew pro Simon Khan at the Dunhill Links Championship and is playing together with pro Soeren Hansen and partner Kieran McManus. Today’s round was at Carnoustie, the most challenging course. The weather held up and so did Don, who shot par. Kieran and Soeren played very well and lead the team standings. Best professional surfer today was Kelly Slater.

    Day 2 Today the guys played the Old Course at St. Andrews. Temperatures dropped some, and so did Don’s score. He finished three under par for the day. Kieran and Soeren fell to 2nd in the team standings. Like every year, we still can’t figure out how after only two rounds the professional leaders are already playing a million under par. If somebody can clue us in, please do.
    Day 3 Play was suspended today due to a hurricane a Scottish breeze. In the meantime, here are a couple of images of Don at the pairings party via RexUsa.
    Day 4 The weather turned around and so did Don’s group out at Kingsbarns. Soeren and Simon both picked up a slew of birdies to make the cut, with Soeren and Kieran regaining the top team spot going into tomorrow’s showdown. Obviously still full of energy from last evening’s players party jam, Don got in one last dance with a female TV reporter before cruising to a final round six under.

Don played in thefantabulous Bob Hope Chrysler Classic again this year. Astonishingly, he didn’t get asked a single golf-related question. Video Clip
The official tournament online page published these galleries with several shots of Don. Poke around, and if you dig deep enough, you’ll see him in black tie. Especially noteworthy are the ones about halfway through the “Celebrity Party” gallery which capture him and Stephen Stills performing together on stage.
And Don (looking like he stepped straight out of ER) graces the tournament photo gallery. See if you can find him. Even more great photos courtesy of Smug Mug. Be sure to page through.

2008

Don participated in the Stars and Stripes Classic in honor of the troops hosted by former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle.
Don made the Golf Digest list of the Top 100 golfers in music for the second straight year, coming in at #34.
“An Eagle on the Old Course”- Photo gallery from the 2008 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
Our “coverage” of the Dunhill: Day One *** Day Two *** Day Three. Have a look at our photo gallery
Harman International Dream Foundation event on 7-25-08. Don entertained.
Write-up and photo from the Legends Golf Classic from forestgrove newstimes.com
A gazillion random photos from the Bob Hope 2008 tourney. Don’s team did pretty well, finishing among the top amateurs.

2007

The 2007 Alfred Dunhill Links Welcome Party. Our coverage of the 2007 Dunhill here.
Short write-up and photo from the celebrity tournament at the Vale Abbey Golf Club in Cheshire here.
The 2nd Annual Athletes Against Autism Golf Tournament took place on June 25th. Stop by nhl.com for more about what went on. Besides the substantial sum the event raised for the cause, all those athletic gentlemen in one place must have been a treat for female spectators.
Visit the Blueroom for some video coverage of the 2007 edition of the Dennis Quaid Charity Weekend. Type in “Dennis Quaid” in the search box.
Brief write up in the Las Vegas Review Journal about the NCMEC benefit show.

2006

Don sums up his devotion to charity work: “I’m a sucker for charities and, unfortunately, the word’s out on me. I can’t say no.” You can read more about Don’s motivation in this article in the Arizona Republic from 12/13/06 published prior to the Alice Cooper Christmas Pudding benefit show.
Golf Digest’s December 2006 issue ranked the Top 100 Golfers in Music. Guess who made the top half?
Check out The Pin is In photo gallery with Don and fellow entertainment and sports personalities at the Autism Speaks Foundation site.
Get a taste of what the 2006 Dunhill Links tournament means to celebrity guest golfers, including Don, in this article from cnn.com featuring actor Hugh Grant. Don’s celebrity partner, ex-BoyZone frontman Ronan Keating explains what it was like participating in this prestigious tournament in this sound bite. And you can page through more of Don and Ronan together in action at the 2006 tournament at Rex.
View the video clips from the Dennis Quaid Charity Weekend & Golf Tournament at KEYE-TV Sports Archives. Use the search function by typing in “Dennis Quaid” and select the footage. Don’s in there somewhere.
This new Fender “Squire” Stratocaster guitar autographed by the legendary Eagles guitarist Don Felder can be yours for your in-home music hall of fame. The signed sheet music from “Hotel California” is a great addition to your collection. Contributed by Don Felder. Value $Priceless.” Don’s donation to their auction held on September 30th supporting Guide Dogs for the Blind was indeed priceless.
Don is featured on the front page of All Access Music’s online write up of the LAPD Memorial Foundation tournament.
Here’s a re-cap of the first annual Athletes Against Autism fundraiser.

2005

Lost in the catacombs of our data base. We’ll try to dig it out someday.