Hoffman Dons green glove.In his debut at the Redstone Golf Club during the 61st annual Shell Houston Open The Shell Houston Open is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is currently played in March at Redstone Golf Club in the Houston suburb of Humble. Shell and the Houston Golf Association are the main sponsors of the tournament. , PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. golfer Charley Hoffman Charley Lindley Hoffman (born December 27, 1976) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Hoffman was born in San Diego. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2000 with a degree in Communications and turned pro that same year. sported a green golf glove to represent Houston-based Waste Management, his new sponsor, and the formation of the Green Glove Charity. The Charley Hoffman/Waste Management Green Glove Charity will benefit Keep Houston Beautiful, which will receive donations raised through the end of May. Contributions received afterwards will go to Keep America Beautiful Keep America Beautiful is an environmental organization founded in 1953. It is the largest community improvement organization in the United States, with over 560 affiliate organizations (similar to local chapters) and more than 15,000 participating communities in their signature projects nationwide. The timing coincides with the Great American Cleanup, an annual event in which millions of volunteers clean up communities across the country. In announcing the charity, Hoffman was joined by Waste Management CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. David Steiner and Senior Vice President of Marketing Dave Aardsma. Hoffman says his sponsorship with Waste Management "fits like a glove" because both he and the company have strong views on environmental stewardship. "Waste Management is North America's largest recycler, and, just like Charley, we believe in protecting the earth and environment as we do our business," Steiner says. "Our relationship with Charley is especially harmonious because Waste Management encourages the game of golf. We have created several golf courses at closed landfills and we are working with a major developer to create even more golf courses on Waste Management landfills." |
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