GOLF FOR CHARITY IN BEAUTIFUL BOQUETE
The successful Bid 4 Boquete organization that benefits several Boquete charities, has a track record for raising significant funds with its three day schedule that includes a Wine Tasting, Live Auction, Silent Auction, Food Court, Patio Sale and other great events. For more information on the auction events go to www.bid4boquete.com.
Ten year Boquete resident Penny Ripple is the daughter of world famous trick shot golf professional Paul Hahn, who began doing the William Tell Shot with her father driving a golf ball off her mouth at age 8.
It was a natural idea for Penny to come up with a golf tournament to add to the roster of Bid 4 Boquete events to be held February 25 & 26, 2015 at the beautiful Lucero Country Club just outside Boquete. These dates are positioned between the weekends of the Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival (www.boquetejazzandbluesfestival.com) and the Bid 4 Boquete auction. Lucero is known as the best golf Chiriqui has to offer and is known for its long, wide and interesting fairways and breathtaking views of the mountains and the Pacific. In addition to being a fabulous golf course, it is an outstanding outdoor experience of the Highlands of Panama. (www.lucero.com.pa)
A very active committee of over a dozen Boquete residents are dividing up the tasks involved in pulling off such an outstanding golf event. As one committee member said “It’s what’s great about Boquete … you can come up with an idea that fits your personal passion, and our community gets behind it, rolls up their sleeves, and has fun making it happen.” Boquete has a large expat community consisting of citizens from all over the world, and there are several opportunities to have fun and help the community.
The tournament will include a Checkin Cocktail Party on February 25 at Mango Restaurant where main event sponsor Panama Red Rum will serve it’s award winning rum and players will get their hole assignments for the shotgun start and tournament rules for the next morning. Players will participate in the scramble format tournament, to determine winners in three flights. In case of a tie, a scorecard sudden death markoff will break the tie.
There are several contest holes including Straightest Drive, Longest Drive Men, Longest Drive Women, Closest to the Pin, two hole-in-one opportunities for merchandise prizes and a $50,000 cash prize hole in one contest. In addition, fun activities will include a three hole green, a 15” cup, foursome photo stop, beverage carts, a hospitality house for gallery viewing and an awards ceremony.
Beside Panama Red Rum, other sponsors include Scotiabank, Super Baru Supermarkets, Detresno Insurance, PTY Packers, Own Boquete Real Estate, Airbox Express and Architecta Leticia Pitty. 
This first Bid 4 Boquete Tee Off charity golf tournament is sure to be an exciting addition to the annual charity event while raising more money for a variety of worthy causes.
For information and registration, go to www.bid4boqueteGOLF.com or call Penny Ripple at 507-6948-8255.
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Bid 4 Boquete is so excited about this event.
We are hoping it will put a little extra money into our coffers for our charity donations.
We're also hoping it will introduce a lot of new people to the Bid 4 Boquete organization.
Just to clarify -- Penny Ripple is the golf tournament organizer and Penny Barrett is one of Las Tres Mujeres who run the rest of Bid 4 Boquete.
As part of the committee I have to say that this has been an exiting project from the start with great support from the local community and with Penny Ripple's excellent leadership.