The Television Academy Foundation announced the winners of its 15th annual Emmys® Golf Classic. Co-presented by L.A. LIVE for the sixth consecutive year the annual fundraiser took place at the Wilshire Country Club. The diverse group of television stars, industry leaders, tastemakers and media teed-off Monday, September 8, 2014 to raise money and show their support for the Foundation.
Top Low Net finishers at this year’s Emmys Golf Classic included:
1st place: Team Gensler & Matt Construction with celebrities Charlie Day and Rob McElhenney
2nd place: Team Audi with Chris Rich
3rd place: Team Turner Entertainment with Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Bret Harrison
Sam Page, Joel Gretsch and Joel Murray also came out on top, winning the Closest to the Pin and Low Gross categories.
Other celebrities that joined included, Ray Romano, Jonathan Banks, Jay Ferguson, Kate Linder, Joe Mantegna, James Remar, Brekin Meyer, C.S. Lee and Robbie Amell.
As the Foundation’s largest fundraising effort of the year, proceeds from the tournament will benefit its key educational programs including an acclaimed television industry college student internship program, its annual College Television Awards and the online Archive of American Television. Celebrities also signed a one-of-a-kind Dooney & Burke bag, specially designed for the golf tournament.
This year’s tournament also saw support from: People, Audi, Entertainment Weekly, Ernst & Young, Keurig, Samsung, Dooney & Bourke, Cordevalle Resort, CBS, MATT Construction, NBC Universal and Universal Television, Turner Entertainment, AMC Networks, Dolby Laboratories, Gensler, ICM Partners, Billie Greer, Sub Zero Ice Cream, Academy Benefits, GreenMouse Recycling, NEP Studios, Montage Beverly Hills, Beaulieu Vineyard, Kai, Murad, Exhale Spa, Club Glove, LACMA and Macanudo.