Hall of Famer Phil Niekro will return to The Darrel Chaney Invitational, once again. Phil has been at every tournament since we started it 17 years ago.
Phil's Baseball highlights include,
• Baseball Hall of Fame 1997
• Milwaukee Braves / Atlanta Braves 1964-1984
• New York Yankees 1984-1985
• Cleveland Indians 1986-1987
• Atlanta Braves 1987
Phil is a consultant and enjoys mentoring young pitchers and other outdoor hobbies in his retirement.
Through thick and thin, we can always count on Phil’s support of our event for United Way of White County. Phil has literally helped raise millions of dollars for charities all over the country. We are honored to have this Hall of Famer and great guy and, his wife Nancy coming again.
If you hear a low booming voice from a very tall man in a cowboy hat you know Dewey McClain has arrived!! Dewey, a former Atlanta Falcon and his wife Linda, have been participating in the United Way Celebrity golf tournament since nearly its beginning! He is now a state representative from GA District 100 in Gwinnett County and has been a leader in the AFL/CIO of GA.
Linda particularly loves to come to the festivities to see all her Helen friends and get together with all the other sports wives. The United Way golf committee treats the ladies to a memorable outing each year while the teams play.
Dewey loves to meet and greet the supporters and fans and always has a good story to tell! without Dewey and Linda McClain and their valuable support, our tournament, now the Darrel Chaney Invitational Golf tournament, would not be the success it has become.
More about Dewey,
- President of McClain Custodial and Custodian
- Past president of the Metro Atlanta NFL PA Chapter
- Motivational Speaker
- Dewey enjoys fishing, golfing and cooking
- Currently at work on a book of his work with East Central University where he graduated in 1972 with a degree in History and Government
Please note that the name of our event is changing from The United Way of White County Celebrity Golf Tournament to The Darrel Chaney Invitational but nothing else is changing!
We will still contribute every dollar earned from our event to the numerous worthy causes supported by the United Way of White County, but we felt it was important to honor the man who has worked so hard to make this tournament a success.
By all means, this event would not be possible without the time donated by our celebrities and the countless hours contributed by dozens of Committee members and volunteers, but we could never have gotten off the ground without Darrel and his contacts with celebrities from the NFL, MLB, NHL, Olympics and more.
With that said, we express our sincere gratitude to the celebrities, Golf Tournament Committee, the volunteers and golfers who have made our event such a huge success and we look forward to seeing you next April at the 2019 Darrel Chaney Invitational !
