Tees for charity: Champions Tour players design golf art

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For nine straight years, well-known shoe designer Stuart Weitzman has let celebrities decorate and auction off shoes to benefit ovarian cancer research. The finished products range from the classic (Brooke Shields created sparkly red pumps) to the creative (Kiefer Sutherland used a 24 theme) to the downright wacky (Jada Pinkett Smith made hers look like a dragon).

Well, the Administaff Small Business Classic figured, if Stuart Weitzman can do it with shoes, we can do it with a golf ball and tee. So, in 2004, tournament director Jane Wandmacher presented Champions Tour players and their wives with an oversized fiberglass golf ball and an oversized wooden golf tee. Each golfer had to sign the golf ball or tee, while their wives were given free reign to create a theme (Landmark? Favorite hobby? Alma mater's team mascot?) and decorate with paint, ribbon, beads or whatever they could find.

The first golf balls and tees were auctioned off and raised over $10,000 for charity. Now, five years later, the tees are a hit at the annual silent auction during the Pro-Am Draw Party and still generate tons of money for a good cause.

To see photos of each golf ball and tee in this year's auction -- and to get a little insight on Champions Tour pros' favorite things -- click on the images below.

Tees for Charity

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