Jack Nicklaus plays in pro-am benefiting schools in Detroit
Posted August 16, 2016 7:00 am
GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. (AP) - Jack Nicklaus has participated in a pro-am golf tournament and dinner that helped raise nearly $3.3 million for schools in Detroit.
Cornerstone Schools said it had hoped to bring in $3 million from Monday's tournament, which was headlined by the golf great at the Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms. A dinner was Sunday.
The Turning Point Invitational is an annual event that started in 2004. More than 2,800 students are enrolled in preschool through 12th grade at one independent and four charter schools. Plans call for increasing the number of students to 5,000 at the not-for-profit schools.
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Online:
http://www.turningpoint2016.org
In this Aug. 15, 2016 photo, golfer Jack Nicklaus hits out of a bunker on the first green during the Turning Point Invitational pro-am golf tournament at Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. (Daniel Mears/Detroit News via AP)
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In this Aug. 15, 2016 photo, golfer Jack Nicklaus speaks during the Turning Point Invitational pro-am golf tournament at Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. (Daniel Mears/Detroit News via AP)
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