A fund raising event for writer Bob Labbance will be held Monday, June 23, at Ekwanok Golf Club in Manchester, Vt.

Labbance, a golf course architecture and maintenance historian with over a dozen books to his credit is suffering from ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Registration for the event is now open.

The event will include golf and auction. Registration is at 9:30 a.m., with an 11 a.m. shotgun start. Brunch / barbeque buffet and auction will follow the golf. The event cost $500 per person, limited to the first 100 registrants. All checks should be payable to the Labbance Family Fund, Box 53, Bloomfield, CT 06002

Auction items to include rounds at; Atlantic Golf Club, N.Y.; Boston Golf Club (with Gil Hanse); Canterbury, Ohio; Erin Hills, Wis.; Fox Chapel GC, Pa.; Glen Club, Ill.; Half Moon Bay, Calif.; Kingsley Club, Mich. (with Mike DeVries); Lake of Isles, Conn.; Long Cove, S.C.; Long Shadow, Ga. (with Mike Young); Mountain Lake, Fla.; National Golf Links of America; Norwood Hills, Mo.; Pacific Dunes, Ore. (with Tom Doak); Renaissance Golf Club, Mass. (with Brian Silva); Sanctuary, Colo. (with Jim Engh – or at any course of his to be arranged); Secession, S.C.; Sevillano Links, Calif.; Southern Hills Plantation, Fla.; Sugarloaf Mountain Town & GC, Fla.; Tobacco Road, N.C.; Wintonbury Hills, Ct.; Yale GC, Conn. and additional courses/architects to be announced.

In addition, there will be: a pair of tickets to 2009 U.S. Open, Masters memorabilia, Golf architecture books (signed), Caddie services by Tony Pioppi and Brad Klein for Ekwanok to be auctioned in advance. Live music will be provided by Lloyd Cole.