Bruce the Blog

I’ve heard a few mutterings lately about the proliferation of fundraisers in our area that take the form of golf tournaments. (Full disclosure: my family’s own Harrison Apar Field of Dreams Foundation contributes to the glut with its annual Columbus Day Golf Classic, this year (Oct. 13) at Mohansic Golf Course).

In this year’s economy, attendance at some of the tournaments is down even as entry fees continue to climb, a function of how much the course or club is charging the charity and how much profit the charity wants to clear on each player.

One of the best run tournaments I’ve been to is the DeVito Foundation’s annual event, just held at The Canyon Club in Armonk on Sept. 18. Anthony DeVito and brother John do a splendid and classy job, and it shows in the turnout of 110 golfers, including Yorktown Supervisor Don Peters, County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz, Yorktown’s unofficial lawyer laureate and past Supervisor Al Cappellini, restaurateur Dave Paganelli, Atlantic Appliance proprietor Rich Leahy, Yortown Planning Dept. head John Tegeder, Planning Commission chair Dave Klaus, Outback Steakhouse exec Ron Duckstein, NetbizCom exec Tom Jacobs, Club Fit’s Bill Beck and James Stropoli, and more.

It was a gorgeous day to be out on the links and the Canyon course is no walk in the park, but a lot of fun nonetheless.

(To Be Continued)