2021 Green Berets at Golden Bear Charity Tournament, Raises Over $175,000

Published
12/01/2021 by

The Green Beret Foundation (GBF) is excited to announce the 2021 Green Berets at Golden Bear Charity Tournament, presented by Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (NYSE: HGV), raised over $175,000 in funds and in-kind benefits to support the Green Beret Foundation and its mission.

"We were thrilled at the amazing outcome of this year's Green Berets at Golden Bear, which featured 26 foursomes, Silver Star recipient Ryan Hendrickson and a demonstration from the Special Forces Association Jump Team. Events like this are critical to the success of our organization and our ability to support our five program pillars. We also want to extend our gratitude to all of our sponsors, particularly our Title Sponsor Hilton Grand Vacations, our Special Forces Sponsor Bank of America and local Green Beret Foundation ambassadors Ben Loper and John Paluska of HGV," said Brent Cooper, Executive Director of the Green Beret Foundation.

This year's tournament was held on Nov. 8, 2021, at the world-famous Jack Nicklaus designed Golden Bear Club in Keene's Pointe – home club of 2021 Masters Champion Hideki Matsuyama

"We're honored to have contributed to a great cause in direct support of our special operations veterans," said Mark Wang, president and CEO of Hilton Grand Vacations. "We're thrilled to see such a strong turnout to this event, which generated significant support for a cause directly tied to the Veterans pillar of our corporate social responsibility program – HGV Serves."

Special Forces Sponsor: Bank of America

Green Beret Sponsors: Citizen's Financial Group Inc., Credit Suisse, Foley & Lardner LLP, Greenspoon Marder LLP, GreenbergTraurig LLP, Truist Financial Corp

Partner Force & JCET Sponsors: Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Fidelity Real Estate, Fifth Third Bancorp, First American Title, LANCO, Nordis Technologies, RCI, The Sherwin-Williams Company, Sunshine State Distributing, Willis Lease Finance Corporation

Transportation Partner: Ferrari of Central Orlando Inc.

Hospitality Partners: Four Seasons – Golden Oak, Hilton - Bonnet Creek, JW Marriot – Bonnet Creek

Breakfast Partner: Chick-fil-A Millenia

Tournament Ambassador: Deutsche Bank

Additional tournament details at www.orlandocharitygolf.com