The Laughlin Family Foundation, which raises money to help fight rare cancers, hosted its fifth annual celebrity golf tournament Monday. Participants included the one and only Craig Laughlin, his NBC Sports Washington colleagues Joe Beninati, Tarik el-Bashir and Alexa Landestoy, and many Caps alumni and coaches: Charlie Lindgren, Logan Thompson, Brooks Orpik, Rod Langway, Karl Alzner, Braden Holtby, Olie Kolzig, Peter Bondra, Brent Johnson, Devante Smith-Pelly, Ken Sabourin, Spencer Carbery, Kirk Muller, Scott Allen, Brett Leonhardt, game-day personalities Wes Johnson, Bob McDonald and Caleb Green. John Walton, who missed the event last season after being diagnosed with colon cancer, returned to play. Elliot Siegel of the Elliot in the Morning radio show on DC101 attended and provided laughs during the live auction, where participants bid on items such as framed autographs of Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin, and various game tickets, dinners with Laughlin and Beninati, and golf outings Brent Johnson who threatened to drop his pants in the dining hall if no one bid (or something like that).
The all-day event at Crofton Country Club featured plenty of laughs, drinks, a contests, and bogies, but most importantly added tens of 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, 2022 and 2024.
