Arnold Palmer’s Latrobe Country Club hosts
Penn State New Kensington Alumni Society's annual fundraiser outing
UPPER BURRELL, Pa. – The Penn State New Kensington Alumni Society will host the 17th annual Alumni Golf Scramble at 12:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 1, at Arnold Palmer's Latrobe Country Club.
Co-hosted by Penn State New Kensington, the shot-gun start tournament is open to alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends of Penn State. The $200 entry fee includes green fee, cart, lunch, dinner, refreshments and awards. Participants registering by May 31 will receive a $25 discount per golfer.
Various sponsorship opportunities are available, ranging from a $5,000 tournament sponsor to a $200 tee sponsor. All sponsors will get recognition at a tee box, in the event program, and on the Penn State New Kensington website.
Out-of-town golfers can stay at the Springhill Suites Pittsburgh Latrobe, located less than five minutes from Latrobe Country Club. A tournament partner, Springhill Suites offers a nightly rate of $119, which includes breakfast and shuttle to the golf course. For hotel reservations, call 724-537-7800.
For those wanting to get a jump on festivities a day earlier, the Alumni Golf Scramble committee will host a private tour of Palmer’s memorabilia in the hotel and dinner at DeNunzio’s Italian Chophouse at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Sunday, July 31. The cost is $50.
Non-golfers are welcome to forego chasing a little white ball with implements ill-suited for the purpose, and attend the post-tournament dinner and awards ceremony. The dinner is $50.
The golf scramble is the alumni group’s major fundraiser. Proceeds benefit the society's endowed scholarship that is awarded annually to New Kensington campus students. For the 2015-16 academic year, a record $5,500 in scholarships was awarded to four New Kensington campus students -- Lynsie Headley of Ford City; Alissa Dolensky of Lower Burrell; Adis Juklo of Pittsburgh; and Carley Carnahan of Lower Burrell. The endowment was established in 1994 at $15,000. It now stands at $109,000. Since 1998, the society has awarded $53,500 to 59 campus students.
For more information on the golf outing, contact Kary Coleman, director of development and alumni relations, 724-334-6057 or kxc22@psu.edu
To download the brochure, visit Alumni Golf Brochure
To download registration forms, visit Alumni Golf Registration
For more about the Penn State New Kensington Alumni Society, visit http://www.nk.psu.edu/Alumni/alumorg.htm