North and Friends raise the bar
Cancer event nets $900,000
ndy North and Friends, an annual charita-
ble golf event in Wisconsin Dells that
benefits the University of
Wisconsin’s Carbone Can-
cer Center, gener-
ated about
$900,000 this
year. The third an-
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nual event was held June 5-6 at Trappers Turn GC and Kalahari Resort, both
in the Dells.
The first two Andy North & Friends
events raised a combined $793,000.
Celebrities this year included Milwau-
kee Brewers legend Robin Yount, Packers
quarterback Aaron Rodgers, former
college basketball coach Bobby Knight,
ESPN’s Erin Andrews and Golf Channel’s
Terry Gannon. Pro golfers Curtis Strange
and Jeff Sluman were also on hand to
help the cause. Together with North
they gave a two-hole playing clinic
North, a Madison resident
and two-time winner of
the U.S. Open, said
the event had to
turn away people
this year for both
the dinner and auction on Sunday
night and for the
golf festivities on
Monday. He also suggested that some
unique auction items were they key to
raising $900,000 in a single night.
“It blew us away,” said a tired and
hoarse North on Monday morning. “The
bar gets raised every year, so who knows
what we’ll have to do next year. The big
winner is the Carbone Cancer Center at
the University of Wisconsin.” ;;
Jeff Sluman, top, goes for the green in a clinic at Trappers Turn GC during the Andy North and Friends charity event. Above, Green Bay Packers quarterback
Aaron Rodgers and ESPN’s Erin Andrews were among
the participating celebrities. At left, players warm up,
and North and Curtis Strange discuss golf strategy.
