Palm Beach PCF Pro/Am Tour Event Summary

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Our final stop on the 2011 Charles Evans PCF Pro/Am Tour brought everyone south to The Breakers Resort in Palm Beach. Participants gathered one last time at a fabulous meet and greet cocktail party at the home of Joel Pashcow. Guests enjoyed a spectacular waterfront setting, sipping champagne as models bedazzled in Graff jewels.

On Saturday, Braman Motorcars Palm Beach again transported all the players in Bentleys to a lunch at the Flagler Steakhouse before hitting the courts for the first afternoon of competition. By the end of the afternoon, four teams started to emerge as possible contenders, Ivor Braka/Brian Macphie, Joel Pashcow/Vince Spadea, Brian Reynolds/Don Johnson and John Scarpa/Aaron Krickstein.

At sunset, donors, players, and their quests gathered at the ocean-front home of Christie and Tim Gannon for the Tour’s Palm Beach finale Party of The Year. Guests were greeted by sparkling Graff jewelry models before entering the intimate Glow Room themed cocktail party with live music. Outback, doing Italian food, sponsored Filet & Lobster Pasta enjoyed in an indoor/outdoor setting. The red and white vintage Italian theme, completed with ambient candlelight and red roses in champagne buckets, set the mood for a casual and very social event. The tiramisu and roses “to go” were “La Dolce Vita”!

Following a barbeque lunch on Sunday and an entertaining singles exhibition between Jan Michael Gambill and Vince Spadea, tour players prepared for the final day of the event. Two rounds were scheduled but mother nature decided to unfortunately interfere, allowing players to complete only the first round before play was suspended for the day. The champions were decided by determining which teams won the most games in their
individual groups. John Scarpa, a first time victor, and Aaron Krickstein, Ivor Braka and Brian Macphie, Joel Pashcow and Vince Spadea, Brian Reynolds and Don Johnson all emerged as the 2011 Palm Beach champions, congratulations to everyone!

As can be seen from the final standings on the leader board, Joel Pashcow and Sam Herzberg have emerged as the two Charles Evans PCF Pro/Am Tour champions for 2011. Joel returns as champion for the third year in a row, having won 3 out of 4 events and Sam wins for the second time in a row, also winning 3 out of 4 tournaments. Interestingly, in the 3 year history of the tour, the Palm Beach stop has always eluded Sam and Jonathan, maybe next year! Both Sam and Joel were honored and awarded their trophies at an exclusive PCF New York dinner at the Plaza Hotel.

On behalf of The Prostate Cancer Foundation, I would like to take this opportunity to thank one more time, all of the players that competed around the country at the PCF Tour events, The Charles Evans Foundation, as well as all of our sponsors: Movado, Babolat, Braman Motorcars Palm Beach, Cote de Chic Event Management, Neiman Marcus Palm Beach, Mood Media, Thorlo, Menaji Skincare and our new sponsor Graff.

Wishing everyone the very best for 2012 and looking forward to seeing you on the tour!

Next Stop: Indian Wells, 2012 !

Anthony Boulle
Pro/Am Tour Director

Palm Beach/Breakers Pro/Am Teams

John Scarpa/Aaron Krickstein
Brian Reynolds/Don Johnson
Ivor Braka/Brian Macphie
Joel Pashcow/Vince Spadea
Sam Herzberg/Jonathan Schneider
John Cohlan/Jan-Michael Gambill
Bill Finneran/Luke Jensen
Andrew Gazdik/Brad Gilbert
George Norcross/Jaime Baker
Stan Smith/Johan Kriek
Jerry Katell/Rick Leach
Don Engel/Jared Palmer
Jim Braedon/Guillermo Canas
Tim Gannon/Robert Kendrick
George Loesch/Scott Davis
Al Kaplan/Jeff Tarango