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American Cancer Society’s 5th Annual Desert Golf InvitationalHonors Desert Sun Golf WriterLarry BohannanLarry Bohannan, golf writer and columnist for The DesertSun, is the Celebration of Life Award Honoree for AmericanCancer Society’s 5th Annual Desert Golf Invitational GolfTournament to be played January 24, 2020 at Indian WellsCountry Club.Registration will open at 10am where golferswill enjoy a live clinic on the driving range from2019 Desert Golf Invitational Celebration ofLife Honoree Bill Harmon. The shotgun start isnoon, followed by a cocktail reception, auctionand dynamic awards dinner, featuring KESQNews Channel 3 Anchor John White KESQand auctioneer Clint Bell. Mediasponsors for the Desert GolfInvitational are KESQNews Channel 3,the Desert Sun,MIX 100.5 - TheDesert’s BestMIX, 98.5 TheBull, KNews94.3 FM,107.3 MOD fm,and The Eagle106.9. 2020 sponsors include: HermannDesign Group, Inc., AES Wind Generation,Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians,Austin Beneteau, FIC, Modern Woodmenof America, and VIP Urgent Care. You canregister a foursome or as an individual atwww.acsdesertgolfinvitational.org. Ticketsto the Awards Dinner can be purchasedas well. For sponsorship and underwritingopportunities, please contact Kelli Biello,ACS Development Manager for DistinguishedEvents, 760.340.6315 or kelli.biello@cancer.orgBohannan was diagnosed with prostatecancer in August 2019. His reaction to thenews, his search for the proper treatmentthrough a maze of doctors and other survivorsand some difficult nights dealing with therealities of cancer prompted him to write acolumn to his readers in November 2019about his cancer journey. In December heunderwent robotic surgery and returned towork just two days before New Year’s Day.He has been the golf writer and columnist for theDesert Sun since 1986. A 1982 graduate of CalState Fullerton with a B.A. in Communications, heworked at the Hi-Desert Star in Yucca Valley from1982 to 1986 before joining the Desert Sun in 1986.As the principle golf writer for the paper since then,he has covered events on the PGA Tour, LPGATour, PGA Tour Champions and other professionalevents in the desert and throughout California. Healso covered high school, college and amateur golfin the desert.His columns and stories have won numerousAssociated Press Sports Editors and CaliforniaNewspaper Publishers Association awards. In2012, he was named the California Golf Writersand Broadcasters Association’s Media Man of theYear. He is the author of two books about golf inthe Coachella Valley, “Fifty Years of Hope” on thefirst 50 years of the Bob Hope Classic, and “PalmSprings Golf: A History of Coachella Valley Legendsand Fairways” documenting the beginnings and therise of the game in the desert.The American Cancer Society offers services

and programs throughout the Coachella Valley,including transportation to appointments, wigs,and lodging. Services can be scheduled usingthe toll-free number (800) 227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org. The American Cancer Society isthe largest non-governmental funder of cancerresearch having invested more than $4.8billion since the 1940s with 49 of their fundedresearchers being awarded the Nobel PeacePrize.The American Cancer Society fights for everylife threatened by every type of cancer in everycommunity. The work we do impacts everyoneregardless of where the funds are raised. Bytaking what we’ve learned through research andturning it into what we do, we have contributedto a 27 percent decrease in the overall cancerdeath rate since 1991. This decline translates tomore than 2.6 million deaths prevented.www.acsdesertgolfinvitational.org

and programs throughout the Coachella Valley,

including transportation to appointments, wigs,

and lodging. Services can be scheduled using

the toll-free number (800) 227-2345 or visit www.

cancer.org. The American Cancer Society is

the largest non-governmental funder of cancer

research having invested more than $4.8

billion since the 1940s with 49 of their funded

researchers being awarded the Nobel Peace

Prize.

The American Cancer Society fights for every

life threatened by every type of cancer in every

community. The work we do impacts everyone

regardless of where the funds are raised. By

taking what we’ve learned through research and

turning it into what we do, we have contributed

to a 27 percent decrease in the overall cancer

death rate since 1991. This decline translates to

more than 2.6 million deaths prevented.

www.acsdesertgolfinvitational.org

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