The fourth annual Golf Fore Red tournament, a charity event to raise funds and awareness of heart disease among women, is set to tee off tomorrow, July 23, starting at 8 a.m.

More than 144 women golfers will participate in the benefit tournament, with more than 100 sponsors and donors in support.

The event will feature numerous contest and prize giveaways, raffles, a silent auction and each golfer will receive a swag bag filled with merchandise, gift cards and treats.

Although the tournament is sold out, women of all golfing abilities can put their name on a waiting list for the scramble format event by sending an e-mail request to golfforered@yahoo.com.

Tournament co-founder Mary Robinson of Bellevue credits a dedicated team of 14 volunteers with this year’s best-ever response. “Without these amazing women, we would not have sold out weeks before the event, nor had such a high level of support from hole sponsors and donors,” she remarked.

Golf Fore Red was co-created by Robinson, a past president of Northwest Ladies Golf Association, and her lifelong friend, Shelley French, a past president of the Seattle Chapter of EWGA (Executive Women’s Golf Association).  The duo conceived the event as both a tribute to their mothers and as a way to bring women from their respective golf groups together to rally around a mutual health concern.

Since its inception, the now-trademarked event has netted several thousand dollars for heart research. Proceeds go to the local affiliate of the American Heart Association.