On Monday, June 9, 2008, 144 golfers and 42 tennis players took part in the Twelfth Annual Howard W. Koch Memorial DGA Golf Tournament, and the Fifth Annual DGA Tennis Tournament. Both events are fundraisers created to benefit the Directors Guild Foundation (DGF) an organization dedicated to assisting DGA members facing difficult times.
DGA Golfers play at the
Wilshire Country Club.
The golf tournament — renamed in 2001 in honor of former DGF Chair Howard W. Koch — and the awards reception were held at Los Angeles’ Hancock Park district’s prestigious Wilshire Country Club, which was founded in 1919 and has hosted many great tournaments and groups such as the LA Open, the Senior PGA and the LPGA. The tennis tournament took place right around the corner at the Los Angeles Tennis Club, home of champions since 1921.
DGA President Michael Apted thanked all the players for their participation then turned the podium over to DGF Chair John Rich who announced that due to their generosity, approximately $50,000 had been raised on behalf of the Foundation.
Golf Tournament co-chair Mel Damski, thanked all who supported the tournaments including: Golf Tournament co-chair Michael Zinberg, DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth; the Wilshire Country Club and Los Angeles Tennis Club; Tennis Tournament co-chairs Howard Storm and Gil Cates Jr.; the USTA’s Annette Buck who served as Tennis Tournament Director; and the tournament’s Gold and Silver Sponsors, before proceeding to name the winners: (see 2008 DGA Golf and Tennis Tournament Winners).
Next year’s Howard W. Koch Memorial DGA Golf Tournament and DGA Tennis Tournament will be held on Monday, June 22, 2009, For information contact Laraine Savelle at the DGA at 310-289-2038.
DGA Golf Tournament Co-Chairs
Mel Damski and Michael Zinberg.
DGA Secretary-Treasurer Gil Cates and President Michael Apted relax before the reception at the Wilshire Country Club.
Directors Guild Foundation Chair John Rich opens with a joke, then thanks the participants for their generosity.
DGA National Executive Director Jay D. Roth, Directors James Burrows and Joanna Kerns, and DGA-Producer Pension and Health Plans CEO Mack Clapp
DGA Board Alternate/DGF Board Member Donald Petrie, Bob Barron, Director Tim O’Donnell and DGA Board Alternate Carl Weathers on the links
DGA Tennis players battle it out on the show court of the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
DGA Tennis Tournament Co-Chairs Howard Storm and Gil Cates Jr. announce the winners.
Director Ted Lange keeps score
Semi-finalists congratulate each other on a well played match.
The DGA would like to thank our Golf and Tennis Tournament’s Gold and Silver Sponsors
Gold Sponsors: • Anthem Blue Cross • Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Inc. • BlackRock • BNY Mellon Asset Management • Bush Gottlieb Singer Lopez Kohanski Adelstein & Dickinson • Grosvenor Capital Management L.P. • Henegan Construction Company Inc. • Medco • Miller Kaplan Arase & Company • Nigro Karlin Segal & Feldstein, LLP • Paramount Pictures • Pension Consulting Alliance, Inc. •
Silver Sponsors: • Cohen & Steers Capital Management • Delta Dental • JP Morgan Asset Management • LE.K. Consulting • Landmark Partners • Latham & Watkins LLP • Legacy Partners • Motion Picture & Television Fund • PIMCO • The Revere Group • Rossmore Property Management •
