Program Resources
Champions Golf Challenge
Celtics legend Bill Russell and investment banking titan Geoff Boisi assembled some of the greatest champions in the sports and business world to play in the inaugural MENTOR's Champions Golf Challenge. This unique celebrity-amateur competition, sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP and Roundtable Investment Partners, LLC, was being played at the exclusive Friar’s Head golf course in Riverhead, Long Island on September 19,2011.
Like last year, proceeds from the upcoming 2012 tournament will benefit MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, the lead champion for youth mentoring in the United States, which Boisi founded with Raymond G. Chambers 20 years ago. Bill Russell has served as a Founding Board Member since then, because of his unparalleled commitment to mentoring and our nation's youth. In addition, the tournament will benefit the local mentoring partnerships of Long Island and New York City. Ernst & Young joined Roundtable Investment Partners LLC were co-presenting sponsors of the unique event. Please see photos of last year's exciting event.
About the 2012 Champions Golf Challenge
See the Golf Challenge Fact Sheet at this link.
For more information about MENTOR's Golf Challenge, contact Championsgolf@mentoring.org.
Videos of the 2011 Event
- My Long Island TV - The Mentoring Partnership clip
- My Long Island TV - Mentors to the All-Stars clip
- NBA Footage of the Golf Tournament
- News 12 Long Island clip about MENTOR's Champions Golf Challenge
Pictures from the 2011 Event
 Geoff Boisi, Nancy Altobello, Bill Russell, Willem Kooyker |
 Joe Morgan, Steve Largent, Charles Barkley, Bruce Bowen Jr. |
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 Larry Wright, Willem Kooyker, Ahmad Rashad |
 Nancy Altobello of Ernst & Young with Rick Barry |
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 Golf Channel's Win McMurry, Geoff Boisi, Bill Russell, and owner of Friar's Head, Ken Bakst |
 Alonzo Mourning |
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 Co-chairs, Russell and Boisi with Ken Bouyer, Jim Brown, Stuart Layne |
 Bill Russell |
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 Jerry West's team |
 Alonzo Mourning's team |
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 Charles Barkley's team |
 Julius Erving |
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 Julius Erving's team |
 Sam Jones' team |
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 Ahmad Rashad's team |
 Jerry York's team |
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 Rick Barry's team |
 Bruce Bowen Jr.'s team |
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 Bill Russell's team |
 Joe Morgan's team |
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 Franca Floro, Charles Barkley, Karen Cohen |
 Natalie McIntyre, Jean Cohen, Tonya Wiley, Julius Erving, Libra Johnson, Kate Schineller |
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 Jim Rice, Tonya Wiley, Bruce Bowen Jr., Libra Johnson |
 Kate Schineller, Tonya Wiley, George Gervin, Libra Johnson |
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 Artis Gilmore's team |
 Jim Rice's team |
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 Reggie Jackson, John Powers, Bill Russell, Bart O'Connor , John Powers Jr., Geoff Boisi |
 Ken Bakst, Bill Russell, Geoff Boisi, Jim Brown |
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