Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/21/2015
12:00 am
Location
Ibis Golf & Country Club
The William “Bill” Dickey Invitational Junior Golf Championship is named in honor of the late William “Bill” Dickey, Founder of the Bill Dickey Scholarship Association (BDSA) who, in August 1999, became the first African American to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Professional Golf Association of America. An ambassador for youth around the country, he was uniquely positioned to both promote the game of golf and assist students in pursuit of academic excellence.
The 16th Annual Bill Dickey Invitational (BDI) is a premier 36-hole junior golf championship that also features a Junior-Am/Corporate Challenge. Champions of both the boy’s and girl’s divisions will receive exemptions into the prestigious PGA Junior Championship. In accordance with the mission of the Bill Dickey Scholarship Association, the purpose of the BDI is to identify college scholarship candidates and to provide an internationally recognized and highly competitive venue for the country’s top minority junior golf talent.
Junior golfers will participate in plenary sessions and leadership workshops that will expose them to a variety of personal and professional mentoring, networking opportunities and life skills training to help them succeed in school and beyond. They will meet with current BDSA scholars and alumni, golf industry professionals and corporate executives. Proceeds from the Bill Dickey Invitational will fund minority student scholarships.
The Bill Dickey Scholarship Association was established in 1984 to introduce youth of color to the game of golf, at all levels, and to provide financial assistance to college bound students. To date, over 1,000 students have been empowered to pursue their higher education aspirations with the aid of $3.4 million in scholarships.
For more information about the Bill Dickey Invitational and the national programming efforts of the Bill Dickey Scholarship Association, please contact: Andrea Bourdeaux, Executive Director Bill Dickey Scholarship Association 1301 East Washington Street. Suite 200 Phoenix, Arizona 85034 602.258.7851 (Office) • 602.258-3412 (Fax)
HOTEL RESERVATIONS Homewood Suites by Hilton Palm Beach Gardens For reservations, call (561)-622-7799 Request rates for “Bill Dickey Invitational” or Group Code “BDS” Special rates and availability guaranteed until June 10, 2015 4700 Donald Ross Road Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 $139.00/night, plus 12% tax (King One Bedroom Suites)
