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Mayor Singer Joins White Pro Football Hall of Fame,

House Conference On Solving PGA Team Up for

Nation’s Cities’ Problems New Golf Tournament at

On January 19th, Boca Raton Mayor Broken Sound in March 2025
Scott Singer joined nearly two hundred
mayors from across the nation for an address
at the White House by President Biden on The inaugural James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational will be played
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issues relating to cities, where the President March 31st – April 6th, 2025, at the Old Course at Broken Sound, the same course
observed that “Mayors get it done.” Singer that has hosted the PGA TOUR Champions since that annual series was launched in
was part of a delegation from the United 2007, with the exception of one year when the course was being re-designed. The
States Conference of Mayors following their tournament will feature a field of 78 PGA TOUR Champions players and 26 football
winter meeting in Washington, DC. Singer legends who will compete for a purse of $2.2 million–with additional format details
discussed Boca Raton and their shared in development. James Hardie is a leader in North American home building products.
roots in Scranton, PA with President Biden, The three-day tournament will be televised on the Golf Channel.
while at the White House and met with
Cabinet and Biden Administration officials Pro Football Hall of Fame on page 3
to discuss funding programs for cities and
small businesses. 22nd Broken Sound-St. Andrews
The United States Conference of Mayors
is the official non-partisan organization of
cities with populations of 30,000 or more. Tennis Challenge a Net Win-Win
Since 2021, Singer has served as one of
the nation’s 50 mayors on the Conference’s Pictured here in the Red Room of the White
Leadership team as a member of its Advisory House was a delegation of South Florida When the combined tennis teams of more than 50 men and women members of two
Board. The Conference’s winter meeting mayors. (Left to right:) Dania Beach Mayor A.J. outstanding clubs that have competed for more than 20 years in a traditional Trophy
held dozens of sessions where mayors, Ryan, Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer, North tournament get together in a friendly and mutually admiring and respectful environment
Administration and Congressional leaders, Lauderdale Mayor Samson Borgelin, North for a series of spirited match play, that can truly be described as a win-win for both clubs,
Miami Beach Mayor Evan Piper, Boynton Beach regardless of the final total scores.
Mayor Singer Joins White House Mayor Ty Penserga, Coral Springs Mayor Scott In a tournament that began in 2001 and has been held every year except for 2020 (because
on page 6 Brook, North Miami Mayor Alix Desulme. of the pandemic), Broken Sound and St. Andrews have alternately hosted their members’
26th Annual Honor Your Tennis Challenge, with the winning club by tradition earning the right to display the silver
trophy at its Tennis Center for the ensuing year.

This past December the Broken Sound team, hosting the event at its tennis stadium and
Doctor Luncheon March 27th selected sites among the club’s 23 Har-Tru courts, defeated St. Andrews in a hard-fought
series of singles and doubles play by a final score of 19 to 15. As a result, the trophy will
to Fund Medical Scholarships remain on display at the Broken Sound Tennis Center throughout 2024, where it has been
since the team’s victory a year ago.
And the same camaraderie that shone between the two teams on the courts carried over

following the tournament when the St. Andrews players were invited to join their Broken
R o t a r y C l u b Sound counterparts for a luncheon celebrating the 22nd annual event at Broken Sound
Downtown Boca Raton clubhouse’s beautiful Illuminations Ballroom restaurant.
will celebrate “National Strong competition. Friendly environment. Dessert on top of it all. That’s a win-win!
D octors D ay” by
honoring Palm Beach
County doctors, nurses
and medical professionals
at the nonprofit’s 26th
“Honor Your Doctor”
Luncheon on Wednesday,
March 27th at Boca West
Country Club. The event
is an annual fundraiser for
the Rotary Club’s Helen
M. Babione Medical

26th Annual Honor Your Doctor on page 2

The Broken Sound and St. Andrews members’ tennis teams joined together for this photo, reflecting
the friendly competition that has marked the annual competition since it started in 2001.

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