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.