Baseball Legends Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda will Participate in 1st Annual GFDD Golf Tournament

August 30, 2010

Major League Baseball greats, Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda, will participate in the 1st Annual GFDD Golf Tournament, to take place September 22, 2010 at the historic Saint Andrew’s Golf Club, located in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

The benefit will help support the Foundation’s numerous projects and programs that seek to provide educational and professional opportunities for Dominicans in the Dominican Republic and for the
Diaspora, in areas critical to the advancement and modernization of the Dominican Republic, in partnership with recognized international organizations.

“The programs that GFDD implements have already contributed to helping hundreds of Dominican youth to have a better future,” stated the acclaimed Dominican baseball player Juan Marichal. “Its because of this that I am so enthusiastic about being part of an effort that seeks to support the
higher education and professional development of my compatriots.”

Marichal, commonly known as the “Dany Dominicano,” and Orlando Cepeda, one of San Francisco Giants most powerful batters, will compete with other renowned guests and world-class golfers under Stableford rules, using aggregate-medal play full handicap.

In a statement Cepeda expressed, “I am very honored to be participating together with Juan
[Marichal] in GFDD’s 1st Golf Tournament. It will be great to share with golfers and fans two things we love: passion for the sport and support for our people.”

Golfers will play on the challenging par-71 golf course of the Saint Andrew’s Golf Club, redesigned by Jack Nicklaus in 1983. The Club has been the site of many golf firsts, including the celebration of the first 100 years of golf in the United States, which assembled golf greats like
Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus, in 1988, and the 1995 “Founders Cup.”

“We at GFDD are grateful for the favorable response that we have received from participants and from the general public. This first golf tournament promises to be very competitive. It is a stupendous way to contribute to the preparation of the next generation of Dominicans,” expressed Yamile Eusebio, Director of
the GFDD New York Office.

Schedule of Events:

Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Saint Andrew’s Golf Club
10 Old Jackson Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York 10706

10:00 am – 12:30 pm: Registration and Brunch, Driving Range, Putting Green

12:30 pm: Shotgun Start

5:30 pm: Cocktails, Hors d’oeuvres

6:30
pm: Awards Banquet

For information concerning registration, please visit: www.gfddgolf.org

For additional information, please contact one of our event coordinators:

Yvette Marichal
T: 809 867 8098
y.marichal@funglode.org

Yanny Sánchez
T: 809 685
9966, ext. 2444
gfddgolf@globalfoundationdd.org

Kenia Hernández
T: 212 751 5000
kenia@globalfoundationdd.org