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The 8th annual Murray Bros. Caddyshack® Charity Golf
Tournament returns to the World
Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida April 3-4, 2008.
The Murray Bros. Caddyshack® restaurant, along with brothers
Andy, Joel, John, Ed, Brian, and Bill Murray established the
tournament to benefit the St. Vincent’s Mobile Health
Outreach Ministry. In the tournament’s seven-year history,
it has raised more than $1.3 million.
The Mobile Health Outreach Ministry, a state-of-the-art
doctor’s office on wheels, provides health care services
to approximately 10,000 of the community’s working poor
and their families, the homeless, migrant farm workers and
their families, and disadvantaged children of Northeast Florida
annually.
“The St. Vincent’s Mobile Health Outreach Ministry
is a charity specially chosen by my brothers and me as one
of the most deserving non-profits in the area,” said
actor-comedian Bill Murray. “We are thrilled each
and every year to come to St. Augustine to visit with the
great people at St. Vincent’s and raise money for the
mobile hospital.”
The Caddyshack® Charity Golf Tournament
has more than 400 golfers spread over three courses and has
established itself as one of the premier charity events in
the Southeast. Due to positive support from sponsors, celebrities,
volunteers and the community the tournament continues to grow
and thrive each year. Event highlights include a pre-tournament
party where players have a chance to bid for a celebrity teammate,
and a post-tournament awards party with surprise performances
by celebrity entertainers. Some past performers have been
Jimmy Fallon, Loverboy, and Bill Murray along with
many others.
“This weekend is always a highlight of my year,”
said Murray. “It’s a great time to get together
with my family, share laughs with old friends and new, and
of course squeeze in a couple rounds of golf at some of the
finest courses in the country.”
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Hole 1 | Par
4 | Handicap 13
The opening hole at the Raven greets you with a gentle
dogleg left protected by a sprawling bunker on the inside
corner. A well placed tee shot directed at the Magnolia
Grove will allow for an unobstructed approach shot to
the green. Bunkers near the green are strategically placed
on the left, right and behind. The meandering and folding
fairway entry into the generous green represents one of
the few holes on the Raven where water does not come into
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Hole 2 | Par 4 | Handicap 5
Position the tee shot over the right lobe of bunker
or the center oak on the knoll right center of the fairway.
This “position A” yields for a shorter shot
to a long green guarded by a saving bunker on the right.
There is a bail out zone to the left side of the green
for the timid.
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Hole 3 | Par 5 | Handicap 7
Off the tee, aim between the fairway ridges towards
the center of the fairway. Favor the left side of the
fairway as an errant shot to the right will allow for
a blind second shot. The second shot should be on a
line just to the right of the bunker on the left side
of the fairway. The approach shot into the green will
allow for more options in this favored portion of the
fairway. The twisting and rolling green surface and
water on the right awaits your approach shot.
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Hole 4 | Par
3 | Handicap 15
A diabolically placed diagonal water hazard runs the entire
length of this hole. The aiming point is the swampy Ball
Cypress in the background. Carry the nest of bunkers short
and left and the slope will kick your ball on the putting
surface as the green slopes from left to right. |
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Hole 5 | Par 4 | Handicap 11
This straight forward par four requires an accurate
tee shot at the Crepe Myrtle Tree left of center fairway.
An errant shot to the right will find the lake which
runs the entire length of the hole. Favor the left side
of the fairway for an open approach to the narrow green
that spills into a tightly mowed chipping area in the
back left.
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Hole 6 | Par 3 | Handicap 9
The “Island Hole” is one of only two holes
that require a force carry over water. The very long
green will create club selection dilemmas but it’s
gentle slope from back to front will be receptive for
a long iron or wood. For those that find the “watery
grave”, the drop area is on the back left side
of the island.
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Hole 7 | Par 5 | Handicap 3
The drive should be at the set of bunkers on the right
side of the fairway or bite off what you can chew with
an aggressive play over water. The second shot must
be played to the right edge of the gracious bunkers
that define the left side of the fairway. Be sure to
get past the stand of pine trees on the right, as they
will impair a shot to the green. The green is large,
but protected by bunkers, some of which are slightly
detached from the putting surface.
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Hole 8 | Par 3 | Handicap 17
Engulfed by spectacular native surrounds on the right
and behind, the safest shot will be one to the middle
of the green regardless of the hole location. The green
appears to flow behind the left bunker, when in reality,
this area collects slightly errant shots into a fairway
hollow. The green surface has more contour that it appears,
so bring your best putting stroke.
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Hole 9 | Par 4 | Handicap 1
The tee shot should be played to the right center of
the fairway, but beware of the magnolia trees on the
right, as trouble lurks behind. The approach shot flirts
with an indented lake edge near the green that has a
subtle ridge in middle. If you are unable to reach the
green, an adequate bail out zone is provided to the
right.
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Hole 10 | Par 4 | Handicap 12
A wide open tee shot awaits on this relatively gentle
par 4. The drive placed in the left center will yield
an angle where more options to a green that is very
narrow is apparent. If the hole location is in the back
of the green, stay below the hole as a long shot may
roll off the green. The picturesque green side bunkering
should be avoided at all costs.
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Hole 11 | Par 5 | Handicap 2
The tallest tree right center of the fairway is the
aiming point. Water creeps behind the cavernous bunker
on the left. The placement and length of the second
shot is critical as the fairway narrows toward the green.
Water runs the entire left side of the hole. The green
folds and turns and is framed with bunkers and water.
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Hole 12 | Par 3 | Handicap 18
Don’t be fooled by the distance on this par 3.
The front slope of the green is shaved to collar height.
Correct club selection is critical. Pay special attention
to the wind direction as the wind tends to swirl at
this point on the property. The green is not deep from
front to back and putts will require the best of touch.
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Hole 13 | Par 4 | Handicap 6
This long dogleg right requires a tee shot on the left
side of the fairway to allow for the best angle to a
large green that slopes from front to back and left
to right. A bunker on the right of the green coupled
with grassy hollows serves to protect shots heading
toward the wetlands. Beware of the gentle look of this
hole, it has teeth.
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Hole 14 | Par 4 | Handicap 10
This dogleg left requires a drive at the lone tree left
of the bunkers or bite off as much of the water as you
feel comfortable with, but pay special attention to
the wind direction. The uniquely contoured green may
suggest that you ignore the hole location on your approach
shot and aim for the middle of the green.
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Hole 15 | Par 4 | Handicap 14
There are four different avenues of attack. 1) Lay-up
short of the bunkers with a short iron. 2) With a 3
wood or 5 wood you could play to the left side of the
bunkers 3) With a 3 wood or 5 wood you could play to
the right side of the bunkers 4) If you are confident
with your driver, aim for the right edge of the bunker
complex and let it rip. The smallish green is elevated
and bunkers embrace the putting surface right and left
with water lurking short and left.
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Hole 16 | Par 3 | Handicap 16
This unique "Double-Hole" is well rooted in
golf history. The initial par 3 is very long and the
enormous green moves from right to left. If you haven't
discovered yet as with most of the par threes at the
Raven, ignore the hole location and go for the middle
of the green. The runway tees allow this hole to vary
some 100 yards in length.
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Hole 17 | Par 5 | Handicap 8
The premier tee shot will be left of the long saving
bunkers near the waters edge on the right. The second
shot should be placed towards the right side of the
fairway for a clear shot to this green protected by
bunkers on the right, left and another lake that comes
into play on the second and third shots. The right side
bail out zone near the green generously slopes toward
the putting surface.
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Hole 18 | Par
4 | Handicap 4
The dramatic tee shot on the home hole should be placed
between the two fairway bunkers. The water in front of
tees and the diagonal nature of the fairway lake edge
lures players to carry more water and reach the “garden
spot” in the fairway near the pine tree. A very narrow
approach shot is protected by a magnificent stand of oak
trees on the right of the green and water to the left.
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