Steinberg hosts celebrity golf tourney
Greg Risling
NEWPORT BEACH -- Sports super agents Leigh Steinberg, Jeffrey Moorad and
David Dunn will host their annual celebrity golf tournament later this
month at Pelican Hill Golf Club to benefit two charities.
The trio of agents, whose clients include quarterbacks Steve Young, Troy
Aikman and Mark Brunell, decided to hold the star-studded golf tournament
in their own backyard this year.
The tourney will pair four entrants with a celebrity golfer. Participants
will play 18 holes of golf on the Ocean South Course followed by a dinner
and auction. There will also be awards given for the tournament’s longest
drive, closest to the pin and the winner of a putting contest.
The money raised will be donated to the United Cerebral Palsy Assn. of
Orange County and the Derrick Thomas Third and Long Foundation.
Thomas, who was a client of Steinberg’s, died in January from injuries he
suffered in a car crash. Thomas, a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs,
was ejected from his car in the accident and partially paralyzed. He died
two weeks later from a massive blood clot that sent him into cardiac
arrest.
The short list of athletes who have committed to the March 31 event
include Arizona Cardinals quarterback Jake Plummer, Kansas City tight end
Tony Gonzalez and defensive end Bruce Smith. More superstars are expected
to give commitments over the next two weeks.
The event still needs sponsors. Depending on the amount donated, sponsors
will have their names prominently displayed throughout the course, have
the ability to enter employees into the tournament and will receive
tickets to the agency’s annual Super Bowl bash. The title sponsor is
Allergan, an Irvine-based health care company.
For more information, call (949) 720-8700.
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