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Burning Sands foundation to host 12th annual golf tournament

Free Press staff report | 7/24/2025, 6 p.m.
The Burning Sands Alumni Football Foundation will host its 12th Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament on Saturday, July 26, at Hunting …
E. Lee Coble

The Burning Sands Alumni Football Foundation will host its 12th Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament on Saturday, July 26, at Hunting Hawk Golf Club in Glen Allen. Proceeds will support the educational and athletic programs of the Virginia Union University football team.

The nonprofit organization hosts the 18-hole tournament each year to raise money for student-athlete scholarships. This year’s event will honor E. Lee Coble, Virginia Union’s award-winning golf coach and a longtime emcee for the foundation’s annual tournament.

Check-in and registration begin at 7:30 a.m., with a putting contest starting at 8 a.m., followed by an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Mulligans, raffles, special awards and trophies will be part of the festivities, which conclude with a 1:30 p.m. Awards Luncheon.

The cost is $125 per person or $500 for a foursome. Lunch for non-golfers is $25. Registration and payment can be completed at burningsandsvuu.org. Sponsorship opportunities are also available, and all gifts are tax-deductible.

Founded in 2011, Burning Sands rebranded in 2021 and established the “Burning Sands Alumni Football Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund,” becoming the first affinity sports organization to create an endowment at Virginia Union University.

The fund currently totals $107,000.

For more information, contact Angriess Scott at (804) 840-4819 or Darnell Whitaker at (804) 909-2061.