Feb. 19, 2007

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - (Feb. 19, 2007) The Fourth Annual Joe Uhls Memorial Golf Tournament and Banquet is scheduled for Mon., April 9, 2007. The golf tournament will begin at Noon at Bent Creek Golf Club in Jackson, Mo., while the banquet is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at the Elks Lodge in Cape Girardeau.

The annual event is tentatively set to feature former Cardinals and Cubs pitching great Lee Smith. Smith will be the banquet speaker at the silent auction and dinner event that follows the golf tournament. He pitched for eight teams in his 18-year career in Major League Baseball, including seven All-Star Game appearances. The right-hander's 478 career saves currently ranks second all-time in the Majors.

Other former Cardinals greats are expected to be in attendance, including Tom Pagnozzi, Whitey Herzog, Todd Worrell and Danny Cox.

The annual Joe Uhls Memorial Golf Tournament and Banquet is a great opporturnity to mix and mingle with former Cardinals greats, including manager Whitey Herzog, while showing support for the Southeast baseball program.

The golf tournament four-man scramble event is open to the first 32 teams that register. Registration at the Home Run level is just $600, while Grand Slam level registration is available for $1000. All golfers will receive tournament gifts and various apparel, an official Southeast baseball team hat and banquet tickets. Grand Slam participants will also receive additional gifts as well as preferred seating at the banquet.

Individual banquet tickets are also available for just $20. The banquet will include a dinner featuring Smith as the speaker and a silent auction highlighted by Cardinals tickets, a duck hunting trip and various baseball memorabilia that includes a number of signed items.

Assistant coach Jef Dodson lines up his putt at last year's event.

Sponsorship opportunities are also available at $100 for those who would like to contribute to the event but cannot attend. The sponsorship package includes signage at the golf course and banquet.

All funds will benefit the Southeast Missouri State Dugout Club, the fundraising arm for the Southeast baseball program.

For further details, or if you wish to register your four-man team for the golf tournament, sponsor the event or purchase banquet tickets, contact head baseball coach Mark Hogan at (573) 651-2645.