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VH1's 'Fairway To Heaven' Brings Together Golf, Gambling and Great Music in Seventh Annual Celebrity Pro-Am Tournament in Las Vegas.
PR Newswire November 1, 2000
Special Themed Programming Airs on VH1 Saturday, November 11 Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Hootie & The Blowfish, Branford Marsalis, Damon Wayans, Jane Seymour, Dweezil Zappa, Scott Stapp, Lisa Loeb and A.J. McLean Head Celebrity Lineup, Also Featuring Top Golfers Like Jim Colbert, Gary Nicklaus, Scott Simpson, Craig Stadler and Jim Thorpe Event Will Benefit the VH1 Save The Music Foundation
It's tee time again for the top stars of music and golf when VH1's annual celebrity pro-am tournament hits the links for "Fairway to Heaven." Special themed programming from the two- day golf event taped October 15-17 at Las Vegas' Royal Links Golf Club will air Saturday, November 11, on VH1.
The world's only rock 'n' roll golf tournament, "Fairway to Heaven" combines the worlds of music, television and film with top professional golfers and has quickly become a favorite pro-am event on the PGA calendar.
Will Smith and Charlize Theron (stars of director Robert Redford's upcoming film "The Legend of Bagger Vance"), plus Hootie & The Blowfish's Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim "Soni" Sonefeld, Sugar Ray's Stan Frazier, jazz star Branford Marsalis, Damon Wayans ("Bamboozled"), Collective Soul's Ed Roland and Shane Evans, rocker Dweezil Zappa, Creed's Scott Stapp and Scott Phillips, singer Lisa Loeb, Poison's Bret Michaels, Rolling Stones session great Bobby Keys, Scott Wolf ("Lady and the Tramp 2"), Geoff Tate and Michael Wilton of Queensryche, Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean, Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth, and Bon Jovi's David Bryan and Tico Torres, Dan Patrick (ESPN), Brian McBride (U.S. National Soccer Team), Jeremy London (Party of Five), Jane Seymour, James Keach and Alfonso Ribero are among the celebrity duffers.
The celebs played alongside pro golfers Ben Bates, Rich Beem, Russ Cochran, Jim Colbert, John Cook, Jay Delsing, Chris DiMarco, Joe Durant, Ed Fryatt, Jim Gerber, Leta Lindley, Shaun Micheel, Gary Nicklaus, Joe Ogilvie, Dennis Paulson, Dan Pohl, Larry Rinker, Scott Simpson, Craig Stadler, Jim Thorpe, Duffy Waldorf and Jeff Gove.
Programming originating from the tournament and airing on Saturday, November 11, on VH1 includes:
-- "Fairway to Heaven: Top 18 Countdown," a two-hour version of the weekly VH1 show, hosted by VH1's Madison Michele. Airing at 2:00 p.m. (ET/PT), this show features the 18 biggest videos of the week, plus footage from the tournament as well as the celebrity skills competition.
-- Beginning at 4:00 p.m. (ET/PT), Roshumba hosts "Sexiest Video Moments" from poolside at tournament headquarters at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
-- "Top 40 Hard Rock Videos of All Time," hosted by Cane, debuts at 5:00 p.m. (ET/PT).
The annual "Fairway to Heaven" events benefit the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, which is dedicated to restoring music education programs in cities across America and raising awareness of the importance of music participation for our nation's youth.
"Fairway to Heaven" is sponsored by Heineken, Subway, Lycos, Kia and Panasonic.
VH1 produces and programs a wide variety of music-based series, specials, live events and acquisition-based programming that keep viewers in touch with the music they love. VH1 is a registered trademark of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc. MTV Networks owns and operates the cable television programming services MTV: Music Television, MTV 2: Music Television, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, TV Land and VH1 as well as The Suite from MTV Networks, a package of ten digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks also has joint ventures, licensing agreements and syndication deals whereby its programming can be seen worldwide.