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14th Annual Bishops’ Celebrity Golf Classic

Linda Busetti & Marie Elena Giossi Photos

The Tablet’s Bishops’ Celebrity Golf Classic took place Aug. 14 at North Hills Country Club in Manhasset, L.I. Sports and media celebrities joined about 90 guests for a round of golf, which was followed by dinner. Clockwise, from top center, group photo of golfers; Long Island Ducks mascot observes a golfer putting; Msgr. John Bracken, Vicar for Temporalities, chats with Ralph Branca, Brooklyn Dodgers pitching great; Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio with the highest scoring foursome; retired Bishop Thomas Daily and Tom Lawler; several serious golfers; former Mets shortstop and manager Bud Harrelson joins the foursome from AFL Web Printing; Bishop DiMarzio with Nancy and Joe Pignatano; Maurice DuBois of CBS 2 News meeting Yankee pitching great Whitey Ford; New York Jets running back Emerson Boozer enjoys a cigar break; and some of the ladies who came out on the links. Prudential Financial Services was the major sponsor of the Bishops’ Celebrity Golf Classic presented by The Tablet