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VOL. 17 NO. 11 www.seabreezepublications.com NOVEMBER 2023
6th Annual “Women Boca’s Center for Arts
Changing the Game” Event and Innovation Selects
Kicks Off Countdown to 10th Internationally Acclaimed
Boca Raton Bowl Game Architect Renzo Piano
Since women everywhere The Center for Arts and Innovation, a multimillion-dollar creative campus set to redefine
are making an impact in sports, downtown Boca Raton and establish a global hub for creative excellence, has selected
business and community, the the renowned Pritzker Architecture Prize–winning architect Renzo Piano to design its
sixth annual RoofClaim.com forthcoming structure and performance spaces.
Boca Raton Bowl’s “Women
Changing the Game Presented
by FPL” drew a cross-section
of 175 women leaders and
their mentees in a variety of
industries for a night filled
with women-empowering
insights, great networking,
food and drink, pop-up shops,
gifting and more. Good Karma Brands Vice President Stephanie Prince-
Springmyer, Panel Moderator: ESPN-WPTV Sports Anchor
6th Annual Women Changing Keli Ferguson with WCTG panelists Angela Adams Suggs,
the Game on page 3 Amber Wilson, Amanda Gifford.
St. Andrews’ Golf Star
Morgan Pressel Honored
At TimberTech Women’s Day Andrea Virgin, Antoine Chaaya, Dick Schmidt, Mayor Scott Singer, Councilwoman Yvette
Drucker, Councilwoman Fran Nachlas
The Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health
and Wellness Institute Pro-Am kicked off the Boca’s Center for Arts and Innovation on page 7
recent TimberTech Championship by honoring
hometown hero Morgan Pressel at its draw Ribbon Cutting Marks
party October 29th at Broken Sound Club.
Pressel is not being honored for her golf,
even though the Boca Raton resident was the Opening of Broken Sound’s
youngest-ever (18) to win an LPGA major
when she captured the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Redesigned Old Course
Championship and the youngest player (12) to
qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open in 2001.
Pressel is being honored because she When many of the nation’s best golf pros returned to Broken Sound’s legendary Old Course
shares the same passion for women’s health to compete in the TimberTech PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS on November 3rd – 5th—as they
as Christine E. Lynn, who also will be feted have since the annual event was inaugurated in 2007—they were greeted by an impressive,
that evening. After Pressel’s mother, Kathy completely new experience on a course that has just been redesigned by renowned golf architect
Krickstein Pressel, died of breast cancer in Rees Jones. To mark
2003, Morgan started the Morgan Pressel the achievement,
Foundation that has raised more than $11 Jones was invited to
million for breast cancer research and patient cut the ribbon marking
care. In recent years, the Kathryn Krickstein the official opening of
Pressel Mammovan has been on site at the the newly redesigned
TimberTech Championship. Old Course, joined
Left to right: Christine E. Lynn, Morgan by the course’s PGA
Morgan Pressel Honored on page 4 Pressel and Terry Fedele Director, Jeff Haber,
and representatives
of Broken Sound’s
Board of Governors.
Members of the Old
Course attended the
event. A full report of
the Tournament results
and chart of winners’
rankings will appear
in the December issue Pictured L-R are Bonnie Rappaport, Rees Jones, Marcy Haupt, Old
of Boca Club News. Course PGA Director Jeff Waber, Matt Minerva, Dr. Michael Hopman.