EVENTS
Cowgill Valvano
Scramble Fore Cancer
All Proceeds Benefitted The V Foundation for Cancer Research
Brendan Sweeney seems ready to get started.
Celebrity onlookers react to a close putt.
Aug. 7
Valhalla Golf Club
Photos by David Harrison
The Louisville Friends of V, in partnership with WLKY, hosted the 2017 Cowgill
Valvano Scramble Fore Cancer to raise money for cancer research in the state
of Kentucky. The scramble took place Aug. 7 with golfers enjoying a round at
the famous Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville.
This year’s event marks the 24th year that local sportscaster Fred Cowgill has
hosted a charity golf event in the community. The first 17 years saw him raising
money to benefit diabetes research. However, after losing his father, Ralph,
to pancreatic cancer in 2009, Fred asked his friend Bob Valvano to partner
with him to raise funds in an effort to support cancer research, programs, and
services. Since then, the Scramble Fore Cancer has helped raise more than
$300,000 to help fight cancer in Kentucky, the state with the highest rate of
cancer in the United States.
The event also featured an evening buffet dinner, live and silent auctions
and a private show by country music recording artist JD Shelburne, another
participant in the golf event.
To learn more about the organization, go to www.jimmyvlouisville.org.
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Mark Crabtree, left, and Ted Shultz watch
the others tee off in the celebrity challenge.