Actor Kevin Sorbo Joins Golf Legends at 3M Championship Pro Am

Tempe, Arizona, July 31, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Kevin Sorbo, actor, director, producer and author will be returning to his home state to tee off for charity at the 3M Championship Pro Am on July 31 - August 2 in Blaine, Minn.

Sorbo, a top-rated celebrity golfer, will be playing the high performance eco-friendly Dixon Earth golf ball and be paired with golf royalty Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Lee Trevino throughout the weekend.

"I'm looking forward to the tournament because I have known Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus for over 17 years and they have always been a class act," says Sorbo.

Kevin Sorbo , Dixon Golf Player

The Champions Tour, originally the Senior PGA, features some of the most accomplished professional golfers in the game, with many of its members in the World Golf Hall of Fame.  

“I’m looking forward to the tournament because I have known Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus for over 17 years and they have always been a class act,” says Sorbo. “It’s going to be a great day on the course and I will definitely bring my camera!”

The 3M Championship, an annual Champions Tour event, is hosted at TPC Twin Cities and is presented by Post-It Products. The purpose of the Pro Am event is charity, fan and partner driven.

Twin Cities holds personal significance to Sorbo, who was raised, went to high school and attended college in the area.

“I always love to go back home to the Twin Cities, I have fond memories of my youth,” says Sorbo. I still have many friends from my high school and college…in fact a few of them are going to caddy for me at the 3M.”

As both a competition and charity event, the 3M Championship benefits healthcare programs at Allina Health’s Abbott Northwestern Hospital, United Hospital and Mercy & Unity Hospitals.

General Admission will be free for all spectators.

Dixon Golf, a Tempe, Ariz. based company, is the world’s only manufacturer of a high performance, eco-friendly family of golf balls. Borne from a desire to limit its impact on the environment, from core to cover, from packaging to production, Dixon Golf is setting a new standard in environmental consciousness. Dixon Golf believes in being socially responsible and has donated more than $1,000,000 to charities nationwide since 2012. The Dixon family of golf balls is distributed internationally and conforms to USGA standards. For more information about Dixon Golf, please visit dixongolf.com or www.facebook.com/dixongolfballs and follow @Dixon_Golf on Twitter.

3M Championship 
This Champions Tour event is presented by Post-It Products and managed by ProLinks Sports. The 3M Championship is Minnesota's largest professional sports-related charity, surpassing the $22 million dollar mark to charity since 1993 in 2014. Follow the 3M Championship at facebook.com/3MChampionship and on Twitter @3MChampionship.

TPC Twin Cities
Minnesota's only private PGA Tour-owned property located just minutes north of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Designed by the legendary Arnold Palmer, the 18-hole golf course features 235 acres of countryside. For more information, please visit www.tpc.com/twincities.

Contact: Bridgette Larkin, Public & Community Relations at Bridgette.Larkin@dixongolf.com

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