Lakeland, FL (PRWEB) June 3, 2007 -- Inspired to make a difference in the lives of young people, TournEase (http://www.TournEase.com), the industry's standard for online tournament planning, has become an Official Supplier of The First Tee. The organization's mission is to impact the lives of young people by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life-enhancing values through the game of golf. This relationship will provide local chapters with discounts on signage, logo-enhanced apparel and free access to TournEase's patent pending tournament planning platform that helps you set up an entire golf event in just minutes -- regardless of your experience.

"We are excited to partner with a company that believes in our mission and has an excellent reputation in our industry," said Joe Louis Barrow, Jr., The First Tee executive director. "TournEase's services will assist Chapters in streamlining their fund-raising planning."

TournEase will offer discounts to more than 250 of The First Tee Chapters and will make a $5,000 national level donation to the organization each year of the partnership.

TournEase is a comprehensive application designed to simplify the entire golf tournament planning process. Created by golf and tournament planning professionals, the unique, patent pending tool helps charitable tournaments raise more funds by reducing the time needed to organize logistics. Since its inception in 1997, The First Tee has reached over 1.5 million participants in 47 states and five countries to help promote character development and life-enhancing values through the game of golf.

The First Tee
The First Tee (http://www.thefirsttee.org) is an initiative of the World Golf Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in St. Augustine, FL at World Golf Village, home of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Its mission is to impact the lives of young people by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life-enhancing values through the game of golf. Since its inception in 1997, The First Tee has introduced the game of golf and its values to over 1.4 million participants and students in 46 states and five countries -- Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Singapore. Former President George Bush serves as honorary chairman.

TournEase
TournEase (http://www.tournease.com) is a professional, easy-to-use online application that was developed to plan and execute every detail of golf tournaments and corporate golf events. The product reduces the time needed to organize a tournament by up to 40%, while helping charitable golf tournaments raise more money. Designed by golf professionals, corporate planners and non-profit executives who understand what it takes to plan successful golf events, TournEase is the industry's platform for managing golf tournaments. The result is more successful, fun tournaments with less planning headaches.

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