February 2012 Archives

Springtime for local golf fans means the arrival of the game's elder statesmen for the Toshiba Classic in Newport Beach. Among other notables, two-time Toshiba winner (and three-time U.S. Open champ!) Hale Irwin will go for the gold and also be the featured speaker at the annual Toshiba Classic "Breakfast with a Champion" presented by the Allergan Foundation on March 13. Start time is 7 a.m., so set your alarm very early and support some great charities by attending.

The tournament itself has generated over $14 million for charity in the last fourteen years, and the breakfast is an occasion to get up close and personal with some of the game's greatest competitors -- past legends attending include Tom Kite, Lee Trevino and Gary Player. The breakfast also serves as an opportunity to award two top Orange County students with a $10K scholarship from the Toshiba Classic Scholarship Fund.

Those of you who love the game and relish the opportunity to support a good cause would do well to break bread at the Newport Beach Marrriott Hotel & Spa with the estimable Mr. Irwin. Ticket information can be found at this web address.

You with the driver in your hands! Got the post-holiday spare tire jiggling around your waistline? Are you one of the seven out of ten golfers already overweight? Have no fear, Larry Jacobs is here. On February 15, the slim-down coach to the birdie-and-bogey set will present a weight-loss tele-seminar that has already helped golf notables like Fred Funk and Dottie Pepper shed unwanted pounds.

Jacobs' "Thin for Life" series is a four-part package -- at a special half-price rate -- featuring valuable strategies based on his successful "Weight Loss for Golfers" program. You can get further information at his website, Weightlossforgolfers.com. To quote the man himself: "I can show any golfer how to go from a Fat Storer to a Fat Burner in two weeks or less without dieting, counting calories or starving, guaranteed!"