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Wounded
Warrior Project
at
The Rotonda Golf & Country
Club
to benefit
Iraq / Afghanistan War Veterans
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This event was held on January 10, 2009 at the Rotonda Golf and
Country Club Hills Course and Palms Course in Englewood Florida.
This event costs $100 per person and included 18 holes of golf, with
raffles, prizes and a prime rib dinner at the Hill's Country Club.
For more information visit
www.woundedwarriorproject.org
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This is Greg Rineer with his military issue saber... He was
in charge of the event, and I had the privilege of traveling the Hills
course with him as he met with each of the teams to personally thank them
for participating hand out prizes on the course as they played. For
more info you can contact Greg at 697-4839
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Ready to eat government issue meals were handed out to the players
at the 18th hole. Varieties included choices like chicken fajita's,
cheese tortellini vegetarian, spicy penne pasta, chili and macaroni,
beef enchilada and others. Mmmmmmm Good :)
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As we traveled the course... Greg spoke with each team to offer
his personal thanks for their participation and to hand out valuable prizes
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To keep things fun and interesting there were some strange things
to do along the course and each team had to participate
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At this hole, team captains had to don the military issue backpack
and helmet and carry this M-1 rifle. This team captain got a
little
carried away and captured his own team :)
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As we traveled the course backwards... I tried to photograph each
of the teams. Sorri if I missed anyone but it was 36 holes of photographing
people on the move. These team photos are free for the taking.
Just right click and choose "save image as" to save. Full sized hi-resolution
photo's are available upon request for $10. Contact
Robert
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Volunteers along the course were also giving out yummy
Hershey Chocolate Bars that were donated to this cause
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The Hills course is a beautiful golf course in Rotonda Florida
that is
open to the public. Click
here for pictures of all the Rotonda Courses.
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These volunteers selling raffle tickets on the course to
raise more money for this worthwhile cause
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They even had this genuine Rocket Launcher at the course for all
to see
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Interesting place to sit. Anybody got a match ?
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Check out the rifling inside these rocket tubes. Those curved
lines
inside each tube is what makes the rocket spin as it comes out of the
tube to make the projectile go further and straighter just like the
barrel inside a gun
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After covering all the holes on the Hills course, I drove over
to
the Palms Course to see what they were up to.
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The Navy Seals SUV had a fantastic paint job... and the slogan
at the bottom states... "The Only Easy
Day... Was Yesterday"
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These volunteers were handing out cold drinks to the players and
enjoying a special little "thank you" drink from one of the players
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More meals were given away on this hole
to anyone that got their ball inside the circle
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I thought his guy was the most colorful player on the course :)
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This coffin held cold drinks for everyone
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About 10:30 I heard planes approaching from the east
that were helping to promote the Wounded Warrior Project.
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The planes were cleared to fly as low as 1000 feet for this event,
and I guess it was a little intimidating for this flock of white ibis
that
took wing each time the planes passed
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The planes didn't seem to effect the Turkey Vulture above
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But kept the ibis in the air going in the opposite direction.
I thought this was an interesting shot of them sharing the same air
space
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The Palms course also had a checkpoint for the players to wear
the military vest and helmet... but no one was around when I went through
the checkpoint so I donned the outfit myself and had one of the volunteers
take my photo. As a Vietnam Era Vet, it instantly brought back some
haunting memories. Back then they spit and threw rocks at the guys
coming home from war. I'm glad they honor our troops these days.
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More volunteers with raffle tickets, chocolate bars and cold drinks
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Back at the Clubhouse... volunteers were preparing for the
dinner and prizes ceremonies. Here are just a few of the prizes they
were offering
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And this volunteer had a cold beer for everyone when they returned
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A couple of quick family portraits while I'm here
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Loved the sunglasses, and had mom look at grand mom
and the kids to capture their reflections on the lens
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One last team photo before I go
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And
The
Rotonda Golf & Country Club
pictures of golf courses in Englewood & Rotonda
& Cape Haze Florida
pictures of golf courses in Englewood &
Rotonda & Cape Haze Florida
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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the project.
Best wishes to all the troops wherever you are :)
Robert Shainline
CTR-3 U.S. Naval Security Group Command
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