GSA Daily Staff Report
Published Feb. 16, 2010

Ten more celebrity commitments for the 10th annual BMW Charity Pro-Am were released today. The latest commitments for the golf tournament include actors Terry O’Quinn, Michael Pena, Kevin Sorbo, Cheech Marin and actress Paula Trickey.

Also joining the tournament are musicians Joe Don Rooney and Branford Marsalis; broadcast journalist and Greenville native Jennifer Mills; former NFL wide receiver and current NFL analyst Sterling Sharpe; and “Apprentice” winner Stefanie Schaeffer.

This announcement brings the total celebrity commitments for the 2010 tournament to 20. The first group of celebrity commitments announced in December included actors Kurt Russell, Oliver Hudson, Patrick Warburton and Gary Valentine; Clemson University Head Football Coach Dabo Swinney; CNN news and weather anchor Rob Marciano; musicians Pat Green, Javier Colon and Steve Azar; and former NFL star Kordell Stewart.

“Each year we extend invitations to 30 celebrities, but typically we don’t release the names until April,” explained tournament director Darin MacDonald. “The response from our invitations was very quick this year. We thought the fans would appreciate knowing some of the names early so we released 10 names in December, 10 more today and we hope to release the final group in early April.”

The 2010 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by Synnex Corp. will be played May 13-16 at Bright's Creek Golf Club, The Carolina Country Club and Thornblade Club golf courses. All four rounds will be televised live by the Golf Channel.

The first nine tournaments have raised more than $7.3 million for 125 area charities. The charities selected to benefit from the 2010 tournament are listed here.