The Boy Scouts of America's Suffolk County Council will host its 2011 F.D.R. Golf Classic on Tuesday, August 9 at Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club in Hauppauge. Long Island golfers are invited to participate and help raise money for special-needs Scouting.
Entry fee for the event is $225 per player and includes breakfast, motor cart, range balls, refreshments at the halfway house, post-round cocktail hour and lunch. Registration and breakfast begins at 6 a.m. with shotgun start scheduled for 7:30.
To register as a player or sponsor, or for more information, download the event brochure from the Boy Scouts of America website or contact Lauren Vlachos at (631) 924-7000 ext. 37.
The F.D.R. Division of the Suffolk County Council is a special-needs Scouting program serving developmentally, physically and emotionally disabled youth and adults in the county. Its mission is to provide opportunities for individuals with special needs to participate in the Scouting movement.
Hamlet Wind Watch is an attractive, hazard-heavy layout (nearly 80 bunkers in total) that tees off from one of Long Island's highest points. For more on the course, check out the Wind Watch flyover.