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Photos: 4th Annual Laughlin Family Foundation’s Charity Golf Tournament

Photo of Ben Sumner Ben SumnerSeptember 9, 2024
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The Laughlin Family Foundation, which raises money to help fight rare cancers, hosted its fourth annual celebrity golf tournament Monday. Participants included the one and only Craig Laughlin, his NBC Sports Washington colleagues Joe Beninati, Alan May, Tarik el-Bashir, Chris Miller and Alexa Landestoy, and many Caps alumni and coaches: Charlie Lindgren, Rod Langway, Karl Alzner, Braden Holtby, Olie Kolzig, Peter Bondra, Brent Johnson, Devante Smith-Pelly, Ken Sabourin, Spencer Carbery, Kirk Muller, Scott Allen, Emily Engel-Natzke, Brett Leonhardt, Mitch Love, game-day personalities Wes Johnson, Bob McDonald and Caleb Green, A couple of other notable people there were former baseball player Brett Cecil, and former Flyers pugilist Dave Brown.

Notably missing was Caps radio voice John Walton, who was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. However, he is expected to return to the radio booth and start calling games again.

The all-day event at Crofton Country Club featured plenty of laughs, drinks, a marshmallow-driving contest, and bogies, but most importantly added more than thousands of dollars to help fight rare cancers.

The Laughlin Family Foundation began in 2018 after Laughlin’s wife, Linda, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. In the past few years, they’ve raised funds with Laughlin-branded beers, wine, vodka, and whiskey.

See the photos from 2021 and also 2022.

Goalies and anthem singers!
Tarik el-Bashir and Alexa Landestoy
Caleb Green and Bob McDonald
Joe Beninati
Charlie Lindgren
Rod Langway
Devante Smith-Pelly
Braden Holtby
Caleb Green and Bob McDonald sing the anthem.
Bruce Boudreau made a golf ball and marshmallow sandwich, then shanked it
Fore!
Former Flyer Dave Brown, right, did not beat anyone up
Dancing!
Chris Miller, right, and his group
These four had the best time
Oshie and Smith-Pelly
Oshie takes a shot
Brent Johnson and Devante Smith-Pelly
Devante Smith-Pelly
Cheers!
Wes Johnson and Craig Laughlin
Peter Bondra
Charlie Lindgren and his group
The Capitals’ brain-trust
Brett Cecil
Gross
The Laughlin Cup
Laughlin and Charlie!
Alexa Landestoy!
The winners!
Joe B. leads the bidding.
This frame has video playing some of Ovechkin’s best goals
Dave Johnson!
Spencer Carbery
Three Great 8s.
Caps GM Chris Patrick, left, and Spencer Carbery after Carbery won a bid on an auction item
Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin sticks auctioned off for charity
Laughlin auctions off a jacket

Here are some videos of the marshmallow drive:

Charlie Lindgren:

Brett Cecil:

Scott Allen:

Brent Johnson:

Devante Smith-Pelly:

T.J. Oshie:

Bruce Boudreau:

Alan May:

Photo of Ben Sumner Ben SumnerSeptember 9, 2024
1 minute read
Photo of Ben Sumner

Ben Sumner

Ben Sumner is the editor of Capitals Outsider. He also works for The Washington Post and contributes there when he gets a scoop.

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