Gallery: McKenzie’s Moment Celebrity Golf Tournament
Former MLB baseball player and Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., left, poses for photos with Kait Gray, right, and Tyson, a a nine-week-old pit bull owned by ESPN’s Michael Collins, during the McKenzie’s Moment celebrity golf tournament at the Golden Ocala Golf and Equestrian Club in Ocala, Fla., on Monday, April 26, 2021. Ryan and Kait Gray of Ocala hosted the third-annual McKenzie’s Moment celebrity golf tournament on Monday. McKenzie, their daughter, died at three days old after after being born at 29 weeks after Kait suffered a placenta abruption. Both avid golfers, Ryan and Kait decided a charitable golf tournament was the best way to honor her memory. Ryan Gray is the golf pro at Golden Ocala. In the past two years they have raised $235,000 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Central Florida. This year, all proceeds will be donated to four Ocala area organizations: Project Hope, Never Say Never, Kimberly’s Center and AdventHealth. Thirty-one teams of foursomes and one team of five played in the golf tournament including several celebrities that included Florida Gators football head coach Dan Mullen and MLB Hall of Famer, Ken Griffey Jr. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2021.
McKenzie’s Moment Celebrity Golf Tournament: Ryan and Kait Gray of Ocala hosted the third-annual McKenzie’s Moment celebrity golf tournament on Monday. McKenzie, their daughter, died at three days old after after being born at 29 weeks after Kait suffered a placenta abruption. Both avid golfers, Ryan and Kait decided a charitable golf tournament was the best way to honor her memory. Ryan Gray is the golf pro at Golden Ocala. In the past two years they have raised $235,000 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Central Florida. This year, all proceeds will be donated to four Ocala area organizations: Project Hope, Never Say Never, Kimberly’s Center and AdventHealth. Thirty-one teams of foursomes and one team of five played in the golf tournament including several celebrities that included Florida Gators football head coach Dan Mullen and MLB Hall of Famer, Ken Griffey Jr.