Golf Tournament

The Mary Bird Perkins Merrill Lynch Open is the only professional golf tournament in Baton Rouge. What was begun 20 years ago as a charity golf tournament has turned into Baton Rouge’s premier week-long golf event, featuring a kick-off party , a four-day professional tournament, a Pro-Am and Junior Clinic. 

The 2010 Mary Bird Perkins Merrill Lynch Open presented by Amedisys and MAPP Construction was one of the most successful tournaments in our history, netting over $160,000. Proceeds from the week benefited Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, which provides hundreds of free cancer screenings and programs to thousands in southeast Louisiana each year. 

2010 Golf Tournament Organizing Committee

Randy Haddad
Chair and Immediate Past-Chair

Marielle Howard
Sponsorship Chair

Mason Marsh
Pro-Am Committee Chair

Kurt LaCroix
Pro Tournament Chair

Dick Briody
Finance Chair

Brent Ledet
Marketing Committee Chair

Jason McKenzie 
Tournament Food & Beverage Co-Chair

Nicole Young 
Tournament Food & Beverage Co-Chair

Mike Patterson
Raffle Chair

Scott Bogan
Volunteer Co-Chair

Jude Barbier
Volunteer Co-Chair

Fred Reno
Housing Chair

Brad Supple
Special Advisor to the Committee

John Schiller
Special Advisor to the Committee

Sara Abercrombie
Taste of the Tournament Co-Chair

Danna Hodges
Taste of the Tournament Co-Chair

Ginger Kurlas
Taste of the Tournament Food & Beverage Chair

Hillar Moore
Founding Chair