{"id":15730,"date":"2016-08-29T13:40:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T18:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playingfieldpromotions.com\/blog\/?p=15730"},"modified":"2024-01-22T23:22:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T23:22:00","slug":"basketball-great-shaquille-oneal-to-donate-all-proceeds-of-2016-golf-tournament-to-flood-relief-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/basketball-great-shaquille-oneal-to-donate-all-proceeds-of-2016-golf-tournament-to-flood-relief-efforts","title":{"rendered":"Basketball Great Shaquille O&#039;Neal to Donate All Proceeds of 2016 Golf Tournament to Flood Relief Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/shaquille-oneal.webp\" alt=\"shaquille-o'neal\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\"><br \/>\nBATON ROUGE, LA &#8211; In an August 23 announcement, LSU basketball head coach Johnny Jones stated that all proceeds from the upcoming 2016 <a href=\"\/basketball-speakers.php\">Shaquille O\u2019Neal<\/a> and Johnny Jones Golf Classic will to be donated to flood relief efforts. 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Both have held golf tournaments to benefit local projects in the past &#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The entry fee for the event is $1000 per team or $250 per golfer and hole sponsorships are also available for $500 each.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AIKeln-xbfk\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"520\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Shaquille O&#8217;Neal is an retired basketball player, former rapper and current analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. Standing 7 ft 1 in tall and weighing 325 pounds, he was one of the heaviest players ever to play in the NBA. Throughout his 19-year career, O&#8217;Neal used his size and strength to overpower opponents for points and rebounds. He quickly became one of the top centers in the league, winning Rookie of the Year in 1992\u201393 and later leading his team to the 1995 NBA Finals. 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