Baseball Star Ozzie Smith to Play in Joyner-Walker's Par & Poker Celebrity Challenge...

Baseball Star Ozzie Smith to Play in Joyner-Walker's Par & Poker Celebrity
Challenge for Charity

TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Joyner-Walker
Foundation today confirmed that Baseball Legend Ozzie Smith is returning to
play in the Par and Poker Celebrity Challenge for Charity held during Super
Bowl week on January 29, 2009 in Tampa, Florida. The second annual tournament
hosted by Former NFL Super Bowl Champion Seth Joyner and NCAA Champion Andy
Walker, consists of two parts: an 18-hole golf tournament and a No Limit Texas
Hold'em poker tournament.
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith was one of over thirty
class A celebrities who participated in the inaugural event during Super Bowl
week 2008 in Arizona. Best known as "The Wizard of Oz," Ozzie Smith combined
athletic ability with acrobatic skill to become one of baseball's great
defensive shortstops. In nineteen seasons with the Padres and Cardinals, the
13-time Gold Glove Award winner and 15-time All Star set major league
shortstop records for assists, double plays and total chances.
"To be part of this is very special," said Ozzie Smith. "Hopefully we can
come back nine or ten years from now and talk about how successful its been,
how much money has been raised and how much good has come out of this."
The TPC Tampa Bay will be the championship course to host the golf portion
of the Par & Poker Celebrity Challenge for Charity 2009. TPC boasts a Bobby
Weed championship design layout that is considered to be one of the most
beautiful on the PGA Champions Tour.
About The Joyner-Walker Foundation's Par and Poker Challenge
The Par and Poker Celebrity Challenge for Charity is one of the only Super
Bowl events free and open to the public. The 2009 tournament will be held
January 29, 2009 during Super Bowl week in Tampa, Florida. Professional
athletes and stars from the world of entertainment, along with registered
players will be competing for prizes, cash awards, and bragging rights as they
play the TPC Tampa Championship Golf Course with PGA Tour-like conditions.
Celebrities, sponsors and players will also be able to show their poker wit in
one-of-the finest poker tournaments that Florida has to offer, destined to be
the largest celebrity poker tournament in Tampa Bay history, granting 3 seats
to the World Series of Poker.
http://www.parandpoker.com
http://www.joynerwalkerfoundation.org
SOURCE The Joyner-Walker Foundation

Robin Adkins Vosler, Relations PR & Marketing, The Joyner- Walker Foundation,
+1-813-356-0156, robin@relationspr.com