CHICAGO—Prevent Blindness, a nonprofit eye health and safety organization, has announced that the 16th Annual Prevent Blindness Swing Fore Sight golf outing will take place on Wed., Sept. 18, 2024, at the Bali Hai Golf Club, Las Vegas, Nev., in conjunction with Vision Expo West. Registration and breakfast will begin at 6:00 a.m. PT, with a shotgun start at 7:00 a.m. PT. A variety of sponsorship levels are available, including the new Bronze level at $6,000, and the Low Vision Hole, where players will have the opportunity to make a golf shot wearing glasses to simulate the vision challenges experienced by individuals with vision impairment, according to the announcement.

All proceeds from the event will go to support Prevent Blindness and its sight-saving programs. Current sponsors include Advancing Eyecare, AEG Vision, INVISION Magazine and Media, Jobson Interactive, MacuHealth, Vision Expo, The Vision Council, WestGroupe and Zyloware.
 
For participants, foursomes are $3,200, and individual golf slots are $850 for the four-person scramble. 
 
The all-volunteer Swing Fore Sight golf committee is once again being chaired by Joe Savarese of Jobson Interactive. Committee members include Dennis Davis, WestGroupe USA; Keith Kamalich, MacuHealth; Jim McGrann, Advancing Eyecare and Prevent Blindness board of directors chair; Hunter Noell, Jobson Interactive; Fran Pennella, Vision Expo; Felix Sides, Modern Optical International; and Peter Sienkiewicz, INVISION Magazine and Media.
 
“I invite everyone to join me for this year’s Swing Fore Sight golf event, which provides a fantastic opportunity to enjoy a great day out on the links with other leaders in the vision industry, and support Prevent Blindness and its programs,” said McGrann.
 
For more information on the 16th Annual Prevent Blindness Swing Fore Sight golf outing, including sponsorship, tickets or committee positions, click here, or contact Albert Muci, amuci@preventblindness.org.