DALLAS -- ClubCorp, The World Leader in Private Clubs, has announced the ClubCorp Charity Classic raised in excess of $1.6 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Augie's Quest; The PGA Foundation; Susan G. Komen for the Cure; and ClubCorp's Employee Partners Care Foundation.

During the Oct. 19 event - for the first time in the company's history - ClubCorp's more than 150 private clubs opened their doors to the public for a day of fundraising events that consisted of dinners, live auctions, golf and tennis tournaments, and a variety of fitness activities. The event also included an online auction, which raised just over $64,000, that offered such items as vacation getaway packages, private chef and wine dinners, and tickets to several high-profile golf tournaments.

"For the past 50 years, ClubCorp has been in the business of building relationships and enriching lives, but never more so than this past Oct. 19,” said Eric Affeldt, ClubCorp's president and CEO. "I am so proud of our clubs, our employee partners, and our members and how they came together to provide extraordinary and unique experiences for those in their communities while also raising money for four very worthy causes.”

Proceeds raised during the ClubCorp Charity Classic will be divided and donated to the four separate charities:

The Muscular Dystrophy Association's (MDA), specifically "Augie's Quest,” an initiative within MDA that is an aggressive, cure-driven effort singularly focused on treatments and cures for ALS, (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease). Augie's Quest will receive 40 percent of the net funds.

The PGA Foundation, which provides people of every ability, race, gender, and social and economic background an opportunity to experience the game of golf and learn vital life lessons. PGA Foundation will receive 20 percent of the net funds.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all, and energize science to find the cures. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Susan G. Komen will receive 20 percent of the net funds.

ClubCorp's Employee Partners Care Foundation (EPCF), a fund created to help ClubCorp's employees and their families by providing financial assistance in times of crisis. EPCF will receive 20 percent of the net funds.

About ClubCorp
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Dallas-based ClubCorp is The World Leader in Private Clubs. ClubCorp and its affiliates own or operate nearly 160 golf courses, country clubs, private business and sports clubs, and resorts. ClubCorp's Signature Gold membership level offers complimentary golf, complimentary dining, or both, and privileges and benefits at more than 200 facilities worldwide that include exceptional deals at affiliate hotels and resorts (including KSL Resort properties in California, Colorado, Virginia, and Texas), ticket and shopping services, and more. Among ClubCorp's nationally recognized golf properties are Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio (site of the World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational) and Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California (home of the Kraft Nabisco Championship). The more than 50 business clubs and business and sports clubs include the Columbia Tower Club in Seattle; Metropolitan Club in Chicago; and the City Club of Washington, D.C. The company's 16,000 employees serve the nearly 200,000 member households and more than 200,000 guests who visit ClubCorp properties each year. Visit www.clubcorp.com for additional company information.

About Augie's Quest and the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Fitness pioneer Augie Nieto started Augie's Quest (www.augiesquest.org) in conjunction with MDA's ALS Division after his ALS diagnosis in March 2005. Nieto is co-founder and former president of Life Fitness, and chairman of Octane Fitness. Augie's Quest is an aggressive, cure-driven effort singularly focused on treatments and cures for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

MDA (www.mda.org) is the world's largest provider of ALS services and funder of ALS research. Over the years, it has expanded almost $200 million in this effort. It operates 225 neuromuscular disease clinics across the country and 37 ALS-specific research and care centers. MDA also supports 42 other neuromuscular diseases including muscular dystrophy.

About the PGA Foundation
The PGA Foundation (www.pgafoundation.org), the 501(c)(3) charitable arm of PGA of America, uses golf as a means to enhance lives and strengthen communities. We conduct programs that will give individuals regardless of abilities, skill level, social and economic background an opportunity to experience the game of golf. In addition various scholarships are available for young people requiring financial assistance to further their education on their path to become productive citizens.

About Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-800 I'M AWARE.

Employee Partners Care Foundation
The Employee Partners Care Foundation (www.epcarefoundation.com) was established by ClubCorp to help employees and their families in need of financial assistance in times of crisis. Future plans include incorporating a scholarship component to the fund to provide scholarships for Employee Partners or their children and grandchildren. Funds for the Employee Partners Care Foundation come from Employee Partner donations as well as private donations.

Contact:
Patty Jerde, 972.888.7316, patty.jerde@clubcorp.com