NKF Signature Event Teeing Off Sept. 14 at Greystone Golf Course

LUTHERVILLE, Md. – The road to Pebble Beach starts Friday, Sept. 14, in White Hall, Md.

Greystone Golf Course will host the NKF Konica Minolta Golf Classic on behalf of the National Kidney Foundation Serving Maryland and Delaware.

Designed for new golfers and seasoned players alike, the four-person scramble-style tournament comprises Handicap Index and Gross divisions. The Top 3 winners in each division will receive awards, as well as an exclusive invitation to compete in the National Finals at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course and the Links at Spanish Bay, Jan. 17-20, 2019.

Adding to the excitement will be Putting, Closest to the Hole, Longest Drive and Hole-in-One contests, as well as the Birdie Challenge where participants can challenge friends, family and colleagues to pledge for each birdie their team makes. Each team will have their own fundraising website.

“Thirty million Americans, nearly equal to the number of golfers in the U.S. have chronic kidney disease and 73+ million are at risk due to hypertension, a family history of kidney failure or are over age 60,”
said Event Chair Greg Miller (vice president, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield).

“The NKF Konica Minolta Golf Classic offers a fun way to spend the day and earn the chance to compete at one of the country’s top golf courses while directly raising money to help the staggering number of people affected by kidney disease,” Miller added. “It is the nation's Premier Amateur Golf Event for Charity.”

Practice and registration begin at 11:30 a.m. followed by a shotgun start at 1 p.m., and the awards reception and dinner at 6 p.m.

A foursome package is $1,200, which includes greens & cart fees, a boxed lunch, on-course activities and contests, and premium golfer gifts from national promotional partners, Greg Norman Collection, Bridgestone Golf, PING Accessories and Golf Global Post.

Local sponsors to date include McCormick & Company, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Medimmune, Alderson Loop, LLC, Republic National Distributing Company, OmegaCor Technologies, Greystone Golf Course and Mindgrub Technologies.

Annual Partners are CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, PA and University of Maryland Medical Center. National title sponsor is Konica Minolta and national corporate sponsor is Insurance Auto Auctions Inc.

For online registration, visit www.kidneymd.org. To register offline or receive more information about the event and sponsorship opportunities, contact pattie.dash@kidney.org or 410.494.8545.

About NKF
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is the largest, most comprehensive and longstanding organization dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease. For more information, visit www.kidney.org