Dear Blue Blazers:

Please join us for the Opening Ceremony for the Patriot All-America at the Wigwam Golf Course on Tuesday, December 28th from 10:00am-11:00am and wear your Blue Blazer.

Here is the YouTube video from last year’s limited ceremony.    https://youtu.be/JCsyNCFEmVk

This is the 11th year for the Patriot All America.   It is a 54-hole amateur championship open to those collegians awarded Ping All America status the previous year, and includes international champions, and collegians having won events in the fall of 2021 from Division I, II, III and NAIA schools.  

The 2021 event includes 84 men and for the first time, 42 women competing at the Wigwam’s Gold and Blue Courses on December 29-30-31.  All players will carry a Ping golf bag with the name of a fallen soldier, playing in honor of that person.   The bags also have a story card with the soldier’s story so that the players understand for whom they are playing.  The bags are then auctioned through our partners, the Golf Coaches Associations, with proceeds going to the Folds of Honor Foundation for the families.

Copies of those story cards are also displayed on signs throughout the course.  During the week, the players will also be hosted at Luke AFB for a tour and dinner with airmen, many of whom are the same ages as the players.   

It’s the only occasion that offers players of all Divisions the opportunity to compete against all other collegians, essentially the Bowl Game for collegiate golf.

Please join us.   I’m certain it will be both impactful and enjoyable.

Ed Gowan

Executive Director