Tee Times For CVS/Caremark Charity Classic
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
For those who will be attending the 2013 CVS Caremark Charity Classic at Rhode Island Country Club next week, here is the official press release on tee times for Monday morning:
CVS Caremark Charity Classic First Round Tee Times
CVS CAREMARK CHARITY CLASSIC FIRST ROUND TEE TIMES
Tournament Welcomes Dan Hicks as Emcee of Opening Ceremony
WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island (June 11, 2013) – The CVS Caremark Charity Classic today announced the first round tee times for the 15th anniversary of the charity golf tournament, scheduled for June 23-25 at Rhode Island Country Club.
Tournament week begins with the Pepsi Pro-Am on Sunday, June 23 followed by the two-day tournament on Monday, June 24 -Tuesday, June 25. On Monday, tournament activities begin at 9 a.m. with a fun and entertaining clinic featuring Dan Hicks, NBC’s voice for golf and Notre Dame football. The clinic will feature a skills challenge featuring all 20 main field professionals. Trick shot artist and two-time RE/MAX World Long-Drive Champion Jamie Sadlowski will also provide entertainment. The first round of tournament competition begins immediately following the clinic with the final round slated for Tuesday at 9 a.m.
The first-place team from both Sunday’s morning and afternoon Pepsi Pro-Am rounds will once again compete in the Pepsi MAX shootout during regular tournament play on Monday. The first round schedule is as follows:
10:30 a.m. Michael Thompson – Fuzzy Zoeller
Lexi Thompson – Peter Jacobsen
10:40 a.m. Pepsi MAX Shootout Team #1
10:50 a.m. Juli Inkster – Russell Henley
Annika Sorenstam – Billy Horschel
11:00 a.m. Pepsi MAX Shootout Team #2
11:10 a.m. Bo Van Pelt – Steve Stricker
Jeff Sluman – Brad Faxon
11:20 a.m. Morgan Pressel – Jay Haas
Bill Haas – Billy Andrade
11:30 a.m. Nick Price – Louis Oosthuizen
Rickie Fowler – Bubba Watson
Family Fun
The CVS Caremark Charity Classic uniquely offers fans the chance to enjoy world-class golf in a relaxed atmosphere while helping to support hundreds of New England area charities. In addition to great golf, the CVS Caremark Charity Classic is packed with a variety of other fun activities the whole family will enjoy. Professionals from the New England PGA will be on hand providing one-on-one golf tips during the free kids and family golf clinic each day of the event. Visit cvscharityclassic.com for clinic times.
Honoring Veterans
New for 2013, the CVS Caremark Charity Classic is honoring veterans by offering complimentary admission for all active, reserve and retired Military Service Members and their dependents. Veterans simply present a valid Common Access Card or Retired Military Card at the gate any day throughout the three-day tournament. Police and Fire department employees and their families also receive free admission with a valid ID.
Tickets
Tickets for the 2013 CVS Caremark Charity Classic are available through a special offer at CVS/pharmacy stores in Rhode Island as well as select CVS/pharmacy locations in Southeastern Massachusetts. Fans can purchase select products to receive a voucher good for one good-any-day ticket. Visit cvscharityclassic.com for details on eligible products.
In addition, fans can purchase a three-day pass ($60) or single, good-any-day tickets ($25) by calling 866-CVS-9441 or visiting cvscharityclassic.com. Children 17 and under are free with a ticketed adult. The tournament also offers tickets to the Wine Pavilion presented by Robert Mondavi Private Selection. Open to attendees ages 21 or older, the Wine Pavilion is located between the 16th and 17th fairways along Narragansett Bay and offers daily food and wine samplings provided by award-winning Robert Mondavi, Clos Du Bois and Blackstone wines. Offering spectacular, close-up views of tournament play, tickets to the pavilion tent are $50 per day.
About the CVS Caremark Charity Classic
The CVS Caremark Charity Classic is Rhode Island’s largest charitable sporting event and hosts some of the best PGA and LPGA professional golfers in the world. Since 1999, the CVS Caremark Charity Classic has driven more than $16 million to charities around the region, providing vital funding for a variety of critical programs serving children, families and people in transition throughout Southeastern New England. For more information, visit cvscharityclassic.com.
About CVS Caremark
CVS Caremark is dedicated to helping people on their path to better health as the largest integrated pharmacy company in the United States. Through the company's more than 7,400 CVS/pharmacy stores; its leading pharmacy benefit manager serving more than 60 million plan members; and its retail health clinic system, the largest in the nation with approximately 600 MinuteClinic locations, it is a market leader in mail order, retail and specialty pharmacy, retail clinics, and Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans. As a pharmacy innovation company with an unmatched breadth of capabilities, CVS Caremark continually strives to improve health and lower costs by developing new approaches such as its unique Pharmacy Advisor program that helps people with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, obtain and stay on their medications. Find more information about how CVS Caremark is reinventing pharmacy for better health at info.cvscaremark.com.