This website is a dedication to the man who has and is still inspiring me. His name is Joe Martini, he is my father, mentor, and best friend. Please enjoy your visit and keep checking back.
New things are being posted daily. Thanks Joe Jr.
By the way... this a picture of my dad just 4 months before I was born. The picture is dated January 1963
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Hi my name is Joe Martini Jr. tournament director for the "Joe Martini Charity Golf Classic" I would like to introduce to you a very special person, who is still very inspirational to me. His name is Joe Martini, he is my father, mentor, and my best friend. My dad was an entertainer here locally and played in venues like the Mapes Hotel, Holiday Hotel, Harvey's at Lake Tahoe, and the Crystal Bay Club in Incline Village. The group he played with was called the Esquires, and in their day, they landed a small musical part in a movie called "The Tunnel of Love" starring Doris Day & Richard Whidmark. Being an entertainer, he worked mostly nights so during the day he would hang out at the "Shoe" (Washoe County Golf Course) either practicing putting or cooking lunch for the pro shop bunch. At one time during his career he either owned or managed the restaurant at the Shoe.
My dad loved people and, more so, entertaining them but he really had a soft spot for kids. He had expressed to me early on that he would like to do something for the local kids... well the rest is history.
In 1981 he retired from playing music but kept his entertainment consulting business going. He had lots of time to spend on the golf course after retiring but in August 1990 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and passed away November 22, 1990. He never really had a chance to do something himself for the kids... but like I said earlier "the rest is history." Before my dad passed away we had a golf tournament to help off-set his medical bills, that tournament was called the "Joe Martini Friends & Family" and that's how this ride started.
Now in it's 22nd. year, the "Joe Martini Charity Golf Classic" is one of the longest running charity events in Northern Nevada. The tournament has donated over $140,000.00 to our local kids. Some of the charities that have benefited from the tournament are; Make A Wish of Northern Nevada, Angel Kiss, Hospice, Children's Cabinet, and last years beneficiary was F.E.A.T. (Families for Effective Autism Treatment). The donation made last year is still working, we helped purchase a low pressure hyperbaric chamber that is used in stimulating the neuron receptors in the brain.
The tournament is held about the same time every year around the 3rd. weekend in July and it's a blast. We start off with a dinner the night before at the Coney Island Bar, Greg and staff does a wonderful job in hosting this late night fiasco... then off to the golf course where Dodge's famous Bloody Mary's are flowing... toss in a bunch of raffle tickets and some goofy games on the course and you have yourself a great time. After all the fun on the course, enjoy some tasty BBQ. After the clean-up we normally finish off at the Outback Steakhouse in Sparks to tell funny stories about the days event. Would love to see you on the course or at the Outback...take a look around the site and contact me if you want to be part of a great cause...Remember, "it's all about the kids"
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This has been a great ride... that will continue to grow so we can keep helping "the kids". I want to thank everyone for their support in my adventure, my wife and kids who had to put up with me and all of my idea's & dreams.
To my friends who I keep bouncing idea's off of.
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Thank you for your cooperation, Joe Martini
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