B104 is excited to welcome Lee Trevino to this year’s Annual Evening of Stars with the American Red Cross.
American Red Cross to Host Evening of Stars,
Featuring Golf Legend Lee Trevino
Funds raised from 29th annual event will help
provide critical services throughout the region
Thursday, October 24th
ISU’s Brown Ballroom
Lee Trevino is a legendary Pro-Golfer, and a World Golf Hall of Fame Member, and he will be the special guest and keynote speaker at the 29th Annual Evening of Stars.
The event will take place Thursday, October 24th, at ISU’s Brown Ballroom in Normal. Doors open at 6 p.m. and participants will be treated to a glamorous evening of dinner, a stage program with Lee Trevino, recognition of local Central Illinois heroes and an evening with friends for the Red Cross mission.
Tickets are on sale now! Purchase tickets or participate as a sponsor.
General admission is $200 per ticket, which includes dinner and an exciting stage program featuring Lee Trevino. The Red Carpet Experience is $750 for a pair of tickets to the VIP reception where guests can meet and have their photo taken with Lee Trevino, as well as dinner and the stage program.
More about Lee: One of golf’s most engaging and successful players of the modern era, Lee Buck Trevino was born into poverty in Dallas, Texas, and was raised by his mother and grandfather, a gravedigger. Trevino began picking cotton when he was 5, and advanced to picking up golf balls before he joined the caddie yard. He left school at age 14, helping raise money for his family.
Before he would become a major force in golf, Trevino spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Turning professional in 1960, Trevino’s golf talent was spotted by PGA Life Member Bill Eschenbrenner of El Paso, Texas, who was among a group playing Mondays at the former Horizon Hills Country Club. It was there that Trevino stayed in a small motel on the property, worked behind the golf shop counter and managed the practice range. Eschenbrenner, the 2005 PGA Golf Professional of the Year, ultimately signed the documents verifying that Trevino was eligibly employed, allowing his entry to the PGA Tour.
In 1968, at age 27, Trevino captured the first of his two U.S. Open Championships at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. This would also mark the first of four occasions when the legendary Jack Nicklaus finished second to him in a major. Trevino went on to win 29 times, including six majors – the 1968 and 1971 U.S. Open; 1974 and ’84 PGA Championship; and the 1971 and ’72 Open Championship. He competed on six U.S. Ryder Cup Teams in three separate decades (1969, ’71, ’73, ’75, ’79, ’81), posting a 17-7-6 record, and went on to serve as U.S. Captain in 1985. He was the 1971 PGA of America Player of the Year, won five Vardon Trophies for scoring excellence; and was the 2013 PGA Distinguished Service Award recipient. In a remarkable four-week period in 1971, Trevino won in succession – the U.S. Open, Canadian Open and Open Championship.
At the height of his career, he was one of three players struck by lightning on June 27, 1975, at the Western Open. Though it severely hindered his game, he battled back through a series of operations and won 29 more titles on the Champions Tour, a run that included the 1992 and 1994 Senior PGA Championships.
Behind the scenes, Trevino maintained a passionate philanthropic life. Leading his charitable efforts was the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, sparked through donations from winning three former Danny Thomas Memphis Classic (now St. Jude Classic) titles. For nearly three decades, Trevino has been call for countless charities, agreeing to be “auctioned” to a donor, then playing golf with groups throughout the country. Trevino is also an avid supporter of the military and has appeared in recruiting announcements for the U.S. Marines.
