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<\/a>Invitational golfers at Country Club of the Rockies, on September 22, 2025, golfing to raise funds for The Bright Future Foundation, an organization dedicated to the prevention and intervention of domestic violence in Colorado.<\/p>\nAt the finals each team will play three tour-quality courses plus one day of 31 holes of Par-3 golf on some of the finest courses in the world, including the remarkable new Cliffhanger course that sits on a steep hillside adjacent to Payne Valley\u2019s famous 19th hole. Cliffhangers\u2019 18 holes range from 60 to 165 yards featuring dramatic elevation changes, large and small targets, tucked pins, precipitous slopes, waterfalls, and caves. The team with the lowest score for four rounds will be named Applied Underwriters Invitational National Champion. To make it to the finals, players at all skill levels compete in local and regional four-person scramble tournaments.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Invitational Tournament has had an impact on so many levels: it is no surprise how it has grown in participation, prestige, and practical results for so many charities,\u201d said Steve Menzies, chairman of Applied Underwriters. \u201cFor us as the event\u2019s leaders, applying the principles of entrepreneurship to a charitable undertaking, the result is unimaginably rewarding as we see all of this concerted effort bringing to fruition the experience of high-level competition, the dedicated voluntarism of more than 2,500 men and women across the country, the commitment of 2,700 generous corporate sponsors, and the guidance and active participation of legends from the world of sports, entertainment, music, and public life.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said hospitals, patient care organizations, research foundations, scholarship funds, youth organizations, mentoring groups, and nutritional support institutions benefit from the invitational.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are proud to support so many charities, including Boys & Girls Clubs, the Habitat for Humanity, the United Way, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Chinese Hospital of San Francisco, Wide Horizons for Children, Reimagine Life Foundation, the Addiction Education Society, the Autism Society, and multiple cancer fighting organizations, including the American Cancer Society,\u201d Mr. Menzies concluded.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Reimagine Life Foundation supports people who have experienced traumatic brain or spinal cord injury though adaptive recreational sports such as golf, wheelchair ballroom dancing, and tennis. We also support research and community outreach to help people transition from hospitalization and therapy to home life. The Applied Underwriters Invitational has been a partner and supporter of our cause for many years and the funds we raise at the Invitational golf events make a real difference in the lives of so many Michiganders who are desperate for our services,\u201d said Katie Spillane-Knight, CEO of the Reimagine Life Foundation.<\/p>\n
Golf legend, long time Invitational advocate, and two-time winning European Ryder Cup Captain, Luke Donald stated, \u201cWhat Applied is doing charitably is truly special\u2014bringing people together to support causes that really matter. Playing at Big Cedar is a bucket list event for amateur golfers. It\u2019s the closest thing to stepping into a major. We wish the best of luck to all the finalists.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among plans for next year are events to be held on prestigious golf courses, including Riviera Country Club, Oakland Hills, the Olympic Club, Bighorn, Sleepy Hollow, the Quarry, Lake Nona, and Quaker Ridge among many others, according to National Tournament Director Loren Shapiro.<\/p>\n
Shapiro thanked this year\u2019s National Presenting Sponsors and National Marketing Partners:<\/p>\n
National Presenting Sponsors<\/p>\n
Cobra PUMA Golf
\nBridgestone Golf
\nBass Pro Shops
\nBalance of Nature
\nPopticals
\nThe Experience St. Andrews
\nStanley
\nBig Cedar Lodge<\/p>\n
National Marketing Partners<\/p>\n
Casa de Campo
\nBrush Creek Ranch
\nGlobal Golf Post
\nSportsBox AI
\nCharity Golf Today
\nStyle Driver
\nThe Fish Guyz<\/p>\n
Photo: Invitational golfers at Country Club of the Rockies, on September 22, 2025, golfing to raise funds for The Bright Future Foundation, an organization dedicated to the prevention and intervention of domestic violence in Colorado.<\/p>\n