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When it comes to printing stories about new trends in golf ball design or the best golf course restaurant in Orange County, we're happy to do so. But we just wouldn't feel comfortable with our golf magazine serving as a forum to express political views. After all, there are plenty of other publications, websites, radio stations and cable channels that specialize in this area. But we feel quite comfortable with the following statement from George Moulios, a member of Morgan Run Resort and Club, located in Rancho Santa Fe. "Supporting our troops is something that should transcend politics. I don't care if you're Democrat or Repub-lican, the sacrifices they make in the line of duty are something we should all appreciate." Moulios is a member of the Good Guys, a group of 62 Morgan Run members who banded together nine years ago in order to help people in need. Through donations and an annual golf tournament, the group has helped individuals ranging from a course starter needing hip replacement surgery to a local boy suffering 100 seizures a day. Four years ago, the group decided to help members of a community that has long been an important part of San Diego County: the military. Sixteen military bases are located in the county. Thousands of enlisted men and women call the county home (36,000 alone at Naval Base Coronado's seven facilities) and, like the rest of its residents, they live, work and play there. Unlike most of their neighbors, however, these men and women are often called upon to leave their families and journey overseas, where they live daily with the prospect of serious injury. Some return paralyzed or missing limbs or suffering other ailments. Some never come home. And it's those people, or their families, whom Moulios and the rest of the Good Guys have helped the past three years. The first golf tournament, and subsequent donations, raised $35,000. The next year, $105,000 was raised. Last year, it was $260,000. Every dime is distributed among U.S. Navy and Marine personnel who suffered wounds while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. Morgan Run gives the tournament its golf course for free, and supplies all the food and beverages. The entire operation is run without any overhead. The goal this year is to raise $500,000. While the tournament sold out in two weeks, there's a waiting list for interested parties, and donations are accepted year-round. (For more details, visit goodguysmarinefund.org.) Whenever Americans are overseas and in harm's way, every American is affected, none more so than those who must leave their homes. But while so much debate is focused on what we're doing, how we're doing it and why we're doing it, the question of who is doing it, and what they must deal with after returning home, is often overlooked. And that's why we've chosen to devote our personal space this month to help spread the word about a golf tournament and organization that, for one day on one golf course, reminds us that there's more to all this than politics and policy: it's also about people. Very real, very human, people. |
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