Driving 4 Life: A Quest For A Cure
Driving 4 Life is pleased to announce that PGA TOUR professional and local celebrity Brad Faxon will join a star studded line up of talent to kick off the Driving 4 Life Quest for a Cure Open at the Tournament Players Club of Boston in Norton, Massachusetts this May 8th. All Driving 4 Life charity golf tournaments benefit ALS TDF, a local nonprofit research center seeking a treatment and cure for ALS.
Commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS is an incurable disease affecting about 600 Massachusetts residents (30,000 in the US and 350,000 worldwide). While more is known today about ALS than during Gehrig's battle, the cause of ALS largely remains a mystery.
"We're thrilled to be holding this event in Boston. The Quest for a Cure Open will honor all ALS patients throughout New England, past and present, and provide our local community a chance to play on one of the best courses in the world, for a very worthy cause," remarks Driving 4 Life founder Kim Julian, widow of PGA TOUR professional and New England native Jeff Julian who succumbed to the disease in 2004, "when you combine the game of golf with a challenge such as ALS, you end up with a group of extraordinarily generous people, and an infinite amount of hope."
ESPN analyst John Buccigross will join Brad on the golf course, and NESN sportscaster Bob Neumeier will emcee the evening portion of the event. Sponsors are still needed for the event. For more information or to make a donation to Driving 4 Life, visit the Quest For A Cure Website.
"We will break ALS down gene by gene, protein by protein and begin the tedious task of tracking how it develops in, and changes the body. We will stop this disease one protein at a time if we have to." says James Heywood, ALS TDF Founder and CEO.
About the Event: The Quest for a Cure Open is a charity golf event to benefit the ALS Therapy Development Foundation (ALS TDF). Part of the Driving 4 Life Signature Series, this event will play a major role in raising the $500,000 needed to fund a new microscopy core at ALS TDF. Driving 4 Life is a fundraising campaign founded by PGA TOUR member Jeff Julian, World Golf Hall of Fame golfer Tom Watson, his long-time caddy Bruce Edwards and their wives, in 2003. Driving 4 Life has provided more than $3 million raised through nearly 100 golf fundraisers for ALS research.
Commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS is an incurable disease affecting about 600 Massachusetts residents (30,000 in the US and 350,000 worldwide). While more is known today about ALS than during Gehrig's battle, the cause of ALS largely remains a mystery.
"We're thrilled to be holding this event in Boston. The Quest for a Cure Open will honor all ALS patients throughout New England, past and present, and provide our local community a chance to play on one of the best courses in the world, for a very worthy cause," remarks Driving 4 Life founder Kim Julian, widow of PGA TOUR professional and New England native Jeff Julian who succumbed to the disease in 2004, "when you combine the game of golf with a challenge such as ALS, you end up with a group of extraordinarily generous people, and an infinite amount of hope."
ESPN analyst John Buccigross will join Brad on the golf course, and NESN sportscaster Bob Neumeier will emcee the evening portion of the event. Sponsors are still needed for the event. For more information or to make a donation to Driving 4 Life, visit the Quest For A Cure Website.
"We will break ALS down gene by gene, protein by protein and begin the tedious task of tracking how it develops in, and changes the body. We will stop this disease one protein at a time if we have to." says James Heywood, ALS TDF Founder and CEO.
About the Event: The Quest for a Cure Open is a charity golf event to benefit the ALS Therapy Development Foundation (ALS TDF). Part of the Driving 4 Life Signature Series, this event will play a major role in raising the $500,000 needed to fund a new microscopy core at ALS TDF. Driving 4 Life is a fundraising campaign founded by PGA TOUR member Jeff Julian, World Golf Hall of Fame golfer Tom Watson, his long-time caddy Bruce Edwards and their wives, in 2003. Driving 4 Life has provided more than $3 million raised through nearly 100 golf fundraisers for ALS research.
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