The annual Nanci Bowen Charity Event will be held at the Spring Hill Country Club in Tifton on Monday, May 13. This golf tournament benefits the special needs of Tift Regional Health System (TRHS) hospice and cancer patients. Morning and afternoon tee times are available. Interested participants can form a team or sign-up as a corporate sponsor. There are multiple sponsorship opportunities and the team fee is $400. Dinner will be served in the afternoon for all players along with an awards ceremony with great prizes for the winning teams.

A Tifton native, Bowen is a retired Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour player. She attended the University of Georgia on a full golf scholarship and joined the LPGA immediately after graduating in 1989 with an undergraduate degree in public relations.

Bowen’s professional golf career was highlighted in 1995 with a win at the Nabisco Dinah Shore, one of the LPGA’s four major championships. Other notable achievements included two runner-up finishes in 1997 at the Rochester International and the Susan G. Komen International, plus numerous top 10 finishes at LPGA tournaments between 1994 and 2005. She started the annual golf tournament in Tifton 19 years ago.

“We are grateful to Nanci for launching this annual event and lending her name to the tournament for so many years,” said Louise Woodham, Tournament Chairperson. “It’s a fun, competitive day benefiting a great cause.”

For more information or to register for a team or corporate sponsorship, visit call (229) 353-6330.