Rí Rá Las Vegas Hosts Inaugural Charity Golf Classic To Benefit Shriners Hospital!

Rí Rá Las Vegas, located inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, will host an inaugural charity golf classic on May 31, 2013 at Silverstone Golf Club. The event benefits Shriners Hospitals for Children, a network of 22 hospitals providing innovative pediatric specialty care, world-class research and outstanding medical education regardless of a family’s ability to pay.

 The Rí Rá Golf Classic is an 18-hole, four-person modified scramble offering golfers a twist on the conventional charity golf tournament. The course features sponsored holes that offer participants beer and alcoholic beverages during play. Additionally, golfers will enjoy complimentary classic American fare available at Silverstone’s clubhouse. Golfers will compete to win awards in a variety of categories, including lowest grossing team, longest drive, and more. Registration starts at 12:30 p.m. with tee off beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Following the classic, Rí Rá will host an after party and silent auction at the pub, where golfers can enjoy a buffet meal featuring authentic Irish cuisine and live music from Danny Burns and Aine O’Doherty while bidding on an array of exclusive items.

The golf classic is open to individuals and teams of four. Registration costs $125 per player or $500 per team. As an added bonus, each registered golfer will receive two tickets for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, the annual PGA TOUR stop in Las Vegas and part of the FedEx Cup regular season held at TPC Summerlin, October 14-20. Players and teams may register for Rí Rá Golf Classic by visiting www.rira.com and selecting Las Vegas. Hole sponsorships are also available and include one team registration per sponsorship.

About Shriners Hospitals for Children®:

Shriners Hospitals for Children® is changing lives every day through innovative pediatric specialty care, world-class research and outstanding medical education. The 22 hospitals in the United States, Canada and Mexico provide advanced care for children with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate.

Shriners Hospitals for Children is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and relies on the generosity of donors.  All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.

About the 2013 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open:

The 2013 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open brings the FedExCup to Las Vegas as the PGA TOUR returns to the Las Vegas valley for the 31st consecutive year. Many of the top golfers in the world will participate in the competition and help support the mission of Shriners Hospitals for Children®, from October 14 – 20.

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About Rí Rá Las Vegas

Crafted in the warm pub style of 19th century Ireland, Rí Rá Las Vegas is located inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place.  The authentic Irish pub features a multitude of artifacts that were carefully restored in Wicklow, Ireland and shipped to their new home in Las Vegas.  Rí Rá Las Vegas contains an authentic Victorian Shop bar that began its life in Ireland in the 1880s, a whiskey bar adorned with an original glazed jewelry cabinet from 1900, an oak floor from a whiskey distillery and an 8-foot-tall, 500-pound carved plaster statue of St. Patrick dating back to 1850.  The pub hosts live entertainment seven nights a week in a music room constructed with artifacts dating back to 1890 from the Olympia Theater in Dublin, Ireland.  Born and raised in Dublin, Rí Rá Las Vegas owners David Kelly and Ciaran Sheehan have been close friends since they were 14-years-old. Kelly and Sheehan later partnered with Jay Luther, whom Kelly met while working for Guinness. Rí Rá Las Vegas is the 12th pub the trio has opened in the U.S.

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