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# Buerge Golf Tournament Raises Record $37,500 for Charity
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/070406-story/
- Published: 2006-07-04T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T18:43:54.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Malibu, #archive-import

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Enduring the unusually muggy weather conditions, the tournament was attended by more than 140 amateur and semi-professional players, as well as prominent business leaders from within the community.

In making the announcement, tournament organizer James Buerge, accompanied by banquet co-hostess, Michelena Erickson, reining 2007 Miss Malibu, expressed his appreciation to all the players who help raise a one-day total of more than $37,500, a record amount in the tournament’s 20 year history.

Buerge Motors is a family-owned and operated business specializing in Ford, Chrysler and Jeep products, and a pioneering Westside community business in operation since 1915.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 4, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/070406.pdf?ref=smdp.com)