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Dust off your clubs and come out to the 29th Annual Bob Busse Memorial Golf Classic on November 11, 2024 at the Roswell Country Club! This year’s event will prove to be a memorable experience.  Our goal this year is to raise $110,000 that will go straight to helping Special Olympics Georgia’s 18,646 athletes to participate and grow from all we have to offer as an organization.

Sponsorship will help raise monies that will directly offset more than $1,019,445 in expenses associated with Special Olympics Georgia’s State Games and other athlete programs, including lodging, meals, travel expenses, and more!

Schedule of Events:

Registration, Breakfast, and Warmup will begin at 9 a.m.

The Shotgun Start will begin at 10 a.m.

Each golfer will receive:

• A tournament gift bag
• Breakfast
• Boxed lunch on the course
• Beverages throughout the day
• Hors d’oeuvres and beverages at the post tournament reception with a silent auction taking place

To register for this event, please click here to download the Sponsorship & Registration Form!

Roswell Country Club is located at 2500 Country Club Drive, Roswell, GA 30076

For questions and more information about this event, please contact Mary Thomason at (770) 414-9390 ext. 1121 or Mary.Thomason@specialolympicsga.org

Please come out and join SOGA at the 2024 State Summer Games at Emory University on May 24-26, 2024. Come out to support up to 2,000 Special Olympics Georgia Delegates as they compete in Athletics, Cheerleading, Flag Football Team & Flag Football Skills, Gymnastics, Soccer Team & Soccer Skills, Swimming,  Table Tennis, Tennis, and Volleyball ! Please click HERE to view our Fact Sheet!

Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Vision Statement

Respecting each individual and recognizing the value that we each bring to the SOGA team is essential.  SOGA champions a diverse and inclusive environment while celebrating all individuals through a love of sport.

We encourage and welcome diversity, recognizing it as a key advantage and value different backgrounds and perspectives.  Some types of diversity are life experience, work experience, perspective, culture, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender identity and age.  Diversity assists us in looking at situations from a variety of angles and encourages the development of ideas and solutions.

Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) will strive to be an organization that reflects all communities, and one in which everyone with a role in carrying out the Special Olympics mission feels empowered to be their full, authentic selves and do their best work, whether as Special Olympics athletes, volunteers, donors/sponsors, business partners, or employees.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Vision Policy:

 Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) will strive to be an organization that reflects all communities, and one in which everyone with a role in carrying out the Special Olympics mission feels empowered to be their full, authentic selves and do their best work, whether as Special Olympics athletes, volunteers, donors/sponsors, business partners, or employees.