Frys.com opens week with Fore Adoption pro-am

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Competitive rounds of the Frys.com Open may not start until Thursday, but Monday got the ball rolling with the Fore Adoption Foundation pro-am, headed up by PGA TOUR veteran Kirk Triplett and his wife, Cathi.

The Tripletts, who have adopted two children, have been active with the foundation for years, and through the support of Frys, were able to take it to a higher level in the form of the Monday pro-am at Grayhawk Golf Club. A number of professionals teamed up with amateur couples for a day of fun, awareness and fundraising with Jason Gore's team winning.

"This pro-am is something new and different," Cathi said. "We really tried to incorporate as many women as men into this special pro-am. We feel like if we can turn one head towards the adoption process, then we've been successful."

Her husband agreed.

"The idea was to bring in couples," Kirk said. "We were here to create awareness and promote adoption, which I think we have done."

There are hundreds of charities that are aided by the Frys.com Open, but the Fore Adoption Foundation is one of the tournament's primary beneficiaries. The Foundation strives to help foster and special needs children find homes by recruiting adoptive families.

In addition to helping pave the road to adoption, other functions of the Fore Adoption Foundation are to educate the community on the process of adoption and to encourage those with the ability to consider adoption. The Foundation is also instrumental in helping offset the costs of undergoing the adoption process.

To date, 53 of the Foundation's 85 featured children (through television and Web site spots) have been adopted. That's a success rate of more than 50 percent where typical adoption rates fall around 17 percent.

Frys.com Open Tournament Director Scott Reid and Fry's Electronics Executive Vice President Kathy Kolder, who is also the mother of an adopted child, recently announced the donation of $100,000 to the Fore Adoption Foundation.