Don can’t claim not to know his way around the St. Andrews, Kingsbarns or Carnoustie courses since he’s been playing in the event semi-regularly for about ten years. He missed last year’s tournament due to scheduling conflicts. This year he made sure nothing got in the way of what he calls, “Christmas and New Year’s all rolled into one.”

Fans can watch the event live on television (check local listings ) and stream the scoring online at EuropeanTour.com.

The Dunhill has published a brand-spanking new website loaded with information and a lot less jumpy java script. Check it out.

The event is scheduled for Sunday, September 11 at the DeVere Carden Park located outside of Manchester, U.K. Three-player-teams can register to play 18 holes as a foursome with a celebrity captain. Included in the package are refreshments, lunch and the gala dinner and evening’s entertainment.

The 2011 Keel-Felder Golf Classic benefits the free 24-hour child and youth hotline ChildLine. For registration and information go straight to the NSPCC event registration page.

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The Courtnall Celebrity Classic has raised in excess of $2 million for the Victoria (BC) Hospitals Foundation and the Archie Courtnall Centre in support of mental health programs. This year’s event will be held at the Victoria Golf Club in Victoria, BC, from July 22- 24. The tournament was established by former National Hockey League players Geoff and Russ Courtnall and their brother Bruce. Past celebrity participants have included NHL legend Wayne Gretzky and actor Kiefer Sutherland. More information at their expansive event website.

KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer hosts the Pacific University Legends Golf Classic in Aloha (near Beaverton) OR on July 31 – August 1. This exclusive two-day event includes dinner, auction and celebrity concert. Proceeds benefit the university’s student athletes. More details at the tournament website.

Don’s “Evening at the Hotel California” show tomorrow at the Peace Center Amphitheater in Greenville is already sold out. Tickets are available at the gate ($25) for Don’s performance on Saturday, May 21 in Spartanburg’s Barnet Park. Javier Colon will open that show.

Don is also a part of Friday’s special event at the Peace Center Amphitheater featuring the BMW Charity ProAm celebrity participants. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.

More BMW Charity Pro Am tournament information, including pairings, celebrity course rotations, tee-times and the live leaderboard can be found at PGATOUR.com.

From today’s press release: “Javier Colon and Colt Ford will perform during the concert, as will legendary guitarist Don Felder, Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney, Mark Bryan of Hootie & the Blowfish, musician Josh Kelley, Cheech Marin of the infamous duo Cheech and Chong and actor/musician Bruce Greenwood.

To purchase tickets, call Spinx at (864) 233-5421. Press “0” when you hear the automated recording.”

The celebrities performing in Friday evening’s show will have the opportunity to “relax” playing golf in the ProAm. Don will be on steriods that week, playing two additional “Evening at the Hotel California” shows as well as shooting 72 holes of golf during the four days.

In addition to his previously scheduled Evening at the Hotel California show in Barnet Park in Spartanburg on Saturday, May 21, he will also perform a show with his band on Thursday, May 19, and solo as part of the Celebrity Jam on Friday, May 20. Both shows will be at the Peace Center Amphitheater in downtown Greenville.

Tickets are $20. Consult the BMW Tournament site for details.

Don will have to struggle with excess baggage this year since he will have to tote both his golf clubs AND his guitars from one coast to the other, plus arrange an early tee time on Saturday, May 21. That evening he’ll perform a special concert in Spartanburg’s Barnet Park beginning at 7:00 pm. Not only are tickets available to the general public, the event also offers a VIP package with an opportunity to socialize with Don. Most importantly, proceeds from the concert benefit various charities supported by BMW and the community.

To get a feel for what goes down at this event, check out Don and the other participants from last year in this video posted by BMW, set to some catchy, toe-tappin’ background music.

On March 5th and 6th, actor Patrick Warburton will host the inaugural “Golf for Kids” celebrity golf tournament on the Classic Course in Palm Desert, CA, which benefits the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In addition to the golf, there will be a pairings party, foursomes each with a celebrity, gala dinner, comedy show and silent auction. Non-golfers can purchase tickets separately for the gala show. For more information visit birdiesforstjude.biz.

Don is on the celebrity amateur roster for the Kraft Nabisco Pro-Am which will be held on March 29th and 30th at the Mission Hills Club in Rancho Mirage, CA, and open to the public. Among the beneficiaries of the charity pro-am is the Screen Actors Guild Foundation’s Children’s Literary Initiative and BookPALS program, for which guest celebrities read their favorite books to children. More on the Children’s Literary Initiative during the Kraft Nabisco event at sagfoundation.org.

For information about this year’s 40th Kraft Nabisco Championship and how you can get involved check their tournament website.

It’s day three of the Bob Hope Classic Pro-Am, where this year both the weather and Don’s team’s score have been fabulous.

Don’s group is currently in a tie for seventh place out of 128 (!) amateur teams. The secret is definitely the new shades.