{"id":275365,"date":"2018-05-04T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=275365"},"modified":"2018-05-04T06:00:32","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T20:00:32","slug":"hyatt-golf-tourney-delivers-for-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hyatt-golf-tourney-delivers-for-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyatt golf tourney delivers for the community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-275365 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hyatt-golf-tourney-delivers-for-the-community\/hyattpix1\/'>Hyattpix1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-275366'>\n\t\t\t\tHyatt Regency Saipan general manager Nick Nishikawa, center, presents the ceremonial check to Saipan Paddling Club president Justin Andrew and member Glenn Muna yesterday at the Giovanni\u2019s.  (Jon Perez)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hyatt-golf-tourney-delivers-for-the-community\/hyattpix2-2\/'>hyattpix2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-275367'>\n\t\t\t\tThe 670 Sonics officials receive the $10,000 ceremonial check donation made by Hyatt Regency Saipan, led by general manager Nick Nishikawa, second right. (Jon Perez)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Hyatt Regency Saipan general manager Nick Nishikawa said the annual Hyatt Charity Golf Classic has become an important part of the community, as it has been helping countless organizations for more than two decades.<\/p>\n<p>The 22nd edition of Hyatt Regency Saipan\u2019s signature fundraising tournament was held last April 7, with 14-year-old Edward Lee successfully earning his second Championship Flight White Bathrobe after playing steady in the 18-hole of Laolao Bay Golf &amp; Resort\u2019s west course. The White Bathrobe has been the Hyatt golf\u2019s version of the Green Jacket given to the winner of The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery Hyatt GM meeting that I attend, they always ask me about the golf tournament. It has somewhat become a popular event in the Asia Pacific region,\u201d said Nishikawa during yesterday\u2019s donation presentation to the six beneficiaries of the fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has become famous and one of the exciting tournaments on the island. We understand its importance and we\u2019ve become part of the community, a community that we continuously support as they have also supported us through the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The golf tournament raised a total of $65,000 with the Make-A-Wish Foundation Guam and the CNMI\u2014its regular beneficiary\u2014receiving $15,000.  Five other organizations\u2014the Center for Living Independently in the CNMI, the Dandan Middle School STEM and Garden Club, Saipan Paddling Club, Salvation Army, and the 670 Sonics\u2014got $10,000 each.<\/p>\n<p>The representatives of the six organizations thanked Hyatt for the donation. The five groups that received $10,000 noted that every year Hyatt officials and the golf tournament organizers have difficulty selecting which group would be the recipients of the proceeds from the event so they are fortunate to be chosen this year.<\/p>\n<p>Hyatt food and beverage director Ty Pauling said they usually start meeting for the next tournament sometime in November and they form a team of 20 to 30 of their staff to be part of the organizing committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark your calendars, the next tournament will be on April 27. The organizing committee would start planning by November and we will also begin sending out solicitation letters to potential sponsors,\u201d said Pauling. \u201cThis year, we have Robing Sapong and Zen Tomokane as tournament co-directors. We have an amazing support staff that has worked tirelessly as members of the committee. We\u2019re just a funnel, a vessel for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyatt Regency Saipan general manager Nick Nishikawa said the annual Hyatt Charity Golf Classic has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":275366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[26,21072,233,7107],"class_list":["post-275365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-cnmi","tag-garden-club","tag-hyatt-regency-saipan","tag-ty-pauling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}