Cadillac NFL Golf Classic donates to Tomorrows Children's Fund
and NFL Charities

The Cadillac NFL Golf Classic brings together the biggest stars of the NFL and Senior PGA Tour and also brings out the best in the human spirit. Since its inception in 1993, the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic has helped raise more than $1.5 million for worthy charities both near the event's home, in Clifton, N.J., and around the country. The Cadillac NFL Golf Classic will make its drive for charity in 1999 as the event returns to the Upper Montclair Country Club from May 31-June 6 for a week of exciting special events and golf competition.

Funds generated by the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic will benefit NFL Charities across the country, as well as the designated local charity, Tomorrows Children's Fund (TCF). Located at the Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J., TCF provides counseling, recreational outlets and support services for children and families of children battling cancer and other serious blood disorders.

The Cadillac NFL Golf Classic also touches the lives of people in communities across the United States through the NFL Charities. The top 26 finishers out of the field of 56 NFL players are competing for a piece of the $160,000 purse. Each player designates their winnings to a charity of their choice through the NFL charities.

"We are very proud of the contributions the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic has made to the Tomorrows Children's Fund and the NFL players' designated charities," said Martin Walsh, Cadillac marketing services manager. "Since we became the umbrella of the Senior Tour and televisions sponsor of the Cadillac Senior Tour Series in 1990, more than $36 million has been raised for worthy causes all over the country."

With the money raised by the 1998 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic, TCF funded its Creative Arts Program. The program provides a comfortable setting, similar to that of a nursery school, for kids ages 3-5 undergoing medical procedures such as chemotherapy and spinal taps. In the program, the children work with dolls and trained counselors to cope with the fear and anxiety of their situation.

A special Cadillac NFL Golf Classic room is used for children's physicals and to begin chemotherapy or blood products infusion, if needed. The room is decorated with a montage of Senior PGA Tour players, NFL players and Marvel Comics Super Heroes. The montage was created during the 1994 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic by John Romita, Sr., the acclaimed illustrator of many legendary marvel Comics Super Heroes such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the X-Men.

1998 winner Trent Dilfer of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers donated $30,000 to the fellowship of Christian Athletes. Other NFL charities included the Make A Wish Foundation, The American Cancer Society and several local Boys and Girls Clubs.

For further information, please call the Tournament Office at (800) 964-4PGA. If you would like to make a donation to the Tomorrows Children's Fund, please call 1-800-ATC-FKID.