Black and Gold Celebrity Golf Tournament Raises $3,500 for WWII Memorial

The Second Annual , co-hosted by the Meadows Racetrack & Casino and Pittsburgh Steelers Rocky Bleier and Mike Merriweather generated $3,500 for World War II Veterans of Southwestern Pennsylvania Memorial Fund, Inc. 

The event, held September 19 at the Southpointe Golf Club in Canonsburg, also included several former Pittsburgh Pirates and Penguins. The winning team, anchored by Mike Merriweather, finished the day with a score of 19 under par. 

Additional participants included former Pittsburgh Pirate Grant Jackson, former Pittsburgh Steelers Mel Blount and Greg Lloyd, former Pittsburgh Penguin Pierre Larouche, and former heavyweight boxing champion Michael Moorer, among others.

“I’ve never seen so many of our city’s greatest sports stars in one place before,” said Sean Sullivan, vice president and general manager of The Meadows.  “It was a great day for golf and a great show of black and gold support for the long-overdue World War II Memorial.”

The memorial, designed to symbolize Duty, Honor, and Love of Country, will be built on Pittsburgh's North Shore to honor the men and women of this region who served their nation so valiantly in World War II.