Wednesday, March 31, 2010

PGA Tour Reports Janzen Joins with Feed The Children

Janzen Joins Forces with Feed The Children

Mar 22, 2010
By PGA TOUR Staff

ORLANDO, Fla.—Take a semi tractor-trailer full of food, add in a two-time U.S. Open
champion and make a stop at the First Baptist Church of Orlando and a lot of good is
going to happen.
Janzen, an Orlando-area resident, will see to that as he assists in the distribution
of food and personal-care items on March 24 that will help 400 families.
This activity is the latest stop on Feed The Children’s Americans Feeding Americans
Emergency Caravan, which has helped more than 40,000 families across the country
in cities affected by the nation’s economic downturn. Feed The Children is planning
similar distributions in more than 20 major American cities this year.
Feed The Children partner agency, First Baptist Church of Orlando, pre-identified the
400 recipient families, and they will be on hand with volunteers to distribute the
supplies. Each family will receive a 25-pound box of food and a 10-pound box of
personal-care items, along with Avon products. The boxes are designed to help a
family for up to one week.
“There are many families struggling in Orlando and throughout Florida during this time
of economic hardship,” said Feed The Children’s Tony Sellars. “We are extremely
grateful for Lee Janzen for partnering with Feed The Children to help serve the
community.”
Florida has the seventh-highest rate of unemployment in the country—more than twice
the rate for the same time in January 2008. Unemployment in Florida has been in the
double-digits since May of 2009. Nearly one in eight Florida citizens lives in poverty,
including 18.3 percent of all children. Children make up nearly one-third of all Floridians
who live in poverty.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Lee Janzen to Play Tavistock Cup

Tavistock rosters released; Els and O'Meara return as captainstext size Mar. 17, 2010

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Marquee golfers Mark O'Meara and Ernie Els return to captain the annual Tavistock Cup, a unique interclub competition pitting the golf professional members of Isleworth Golf & Country Club against their counterparts at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club.

The seventh edition of the two-day team event will be contested at Isleworth Golf & Country Club on March 22-23.


Tavistock rosters
LAKE NONA ISLEWORTH
Els (cpt.) O'Meara (cpt.)
Curtis Allenby
Fisher Appleby
Goosen Atwal
P.Hanson Cook
Immelman Davis
McDowell Holmes
Poulter Howell
Rose Janzen
Stenson O'Hern

Isleworth and Lake Nona have been doing battle since 2004, the year the officially sanctioned PGA TOUR event debuted at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club. Since the tournament began, O'Meara and Els have led the rival teams each year in their quest to become World Golf and Country Club Champion.

Team Lake Nona has celebrated two Tavistock Cup victories under the leadership of Els, whose resume includes more than 60 worldwide victories, three major championships and last week's World Golf Championships-CA Championship.

Two-time major champion O'Meara has guided Team Isleworth to victory three times, and they lead the Tavistock Cup series 3-2-1.

Team Lake Nona's 10-man lineup includes Els, Ben Curtis, Ross Fisher, Retief Goosen, Peter Hanson, Trevor Immelman, Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson. The caliber of talent includes five of the top 25 players in the world.

Team Isleworth's 10-member squad features O'Meara, Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Arjun Atwal, John Cook, Brian Davis, J.B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Lee Janzen and Nick O'Hern.

Team Isleworth has never lost on its home turf.

Through 2009, Tavistock Cup participants have won a combined 54 major championships and more than 725 worldwide victories. Tavistock Cup team members are determined by world rankings and committee selection and are members of either Isleworth Golf & Country Club or Lake Nona Golf & Country Club.

The Tavistock Cup is known for its charitable giving as much as it is for its spirited competition. Since the tournament's inception, Tavistock Cup has donated millions of dollars to organizations around the globe.

In the spirit of Tavistock Cup competition, spectators wear the official team colors of Isleworth Red or Lake Nona Blue to show their support for Team Isleworth or Team Lake Nona.

"This invitation-only event for members, residents, sponsors and invited guests is truly unlike anything in the game of golf," said Andy Odenbach, vice president of sports ventures for Tavistock Group. "We try to create the most relaxed environment possible for both spectators and players alike, but more importantly, we are helping worthy organizations through our charitable initiatives."

Isleworth Golf & Country Club and Lake Nona Golf & Country Club are located within 25 miles of one another and are both owned by Tavistock Group, a privately held investment company.

The Tavistock Cup will be televised live on the GOLF Channel in the U.S., Canada and Japan and to more than 40 countries around the world through international affiliates.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Janzen to Assist Feed The Children

FEED THE CHILDREN EMERGENCY CARAVAN TO HELP 400 FAMILIES IN ORLANDO
U.S. Champion Lee Janzen to Host Event

Orlando, FL (March 15, 2010) – Feed The Children and two-time U.S. Open Golf Champion Lee Janzen will distribute a semi tractor-trailer full of food and personal care items to help 400 Orlando families First Baptist Church of Orlando (3000 S. John Young Parkway) beginning at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24.

The distribution is the latest stop on Feed The Children’s Americans Feeding Americans Emergency Caravan, which has helped more than 40,000 families across the country in cities that have been affected by the nation’s economic downturn. Feed The Children is planning similar distributions in more than 20 major American cities this year.

Feed The Children partner agency, First Baptist Church of Orlando, pre-identified the 400 recipient families and they will be on hand with volunteers to distribute the supplies. Each family will receive a 25-pound box of food and a 10-pound box of personal care items, along with Avon products. The boxes are designed to help a family for up to one week.

“There are many families struggling in Orlando and throughout Florida during this time of economic hardship,” said Feed The Children Spokesperson Tony Sellars. “We are extremely grateful for Lee Janzen for partnering with Feed The Children to help serve the community.”

Florida families are struggling during these tough economic times. Currently, Florida has the seventh-highest rate of unemployment in the country – more than twice the rate for January 2008, just two years prior. In fact, unemployment in Florida has been in the double-digits since May of 2009. Nearly one in every eight persons in the state lives in poverty, including 18.3 percent of all children. Shockingly, children make up nearly one-third of all Floridians who live in poverty.

Janzen has won eight times on the PGA Tour, most notably the 1993 and 1998 U.S. Open. In 1993, Janzen defeated Payne Stewart at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, en route to tying the 72-hole U.S. Open scoring record of 8-under par. Five years later, Janzen again bested Stewart to win his second U.S. Open, this time at the Olympic Club in San Francisco.

About Feed The Children
Founded in 1979, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters. In FY 2008, Feed The Children distributed more than 133 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally, supplementing more than 760,000 meals each day. Since its founding, the organization has reached out to help those in need in 119 countries around the globe. For more information, please visit www.feedthechildren.org.