Former NFL Player To Head Golf Tournament

Former Kansas City Chiefs all-pro defensive back Fred “The Hammer” Williamson will serve as honorary chairman of a golf tournament next week that will benefit The Wounded Warrior Project of Palm Springs.

The third annual Wounded Warrior Celebrity Golf Tournament will be held on December 1-2 in Palm Desert and Palm Springs.

This Gala Tournament will begin with a VIP Reception that is open to the public at in Palm Desert on Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m.

The two-day event will end with a Celebrity and VIP Shotgun Start Rounds, Auction and Championship Awards Banquet at Indian Canyons Golf Resort – North Course in Palm Strings on Friday.

Other celebrities expected to take part in the tournament include Elgin Baylor, Kathleen Bradley, Jim Brown, Don Buford, Isaac Curtis, Ben Davis, Tommy Davis, Willie Gault, Harvey Mason, Frank Robinson, Paul Warfield and Ambassador Sidney Williams.

The Wounded Warrior Project is a tax-exempted 501c(3) non-profit that seeks to assist those men and women of our armed forces who have been severe injured during the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and other locations around the world.

The Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel will serve as the tournament’s home base.