Over the past 40 years, Randy Jones has supported & played in hundreds of charity golf events here in San Diego. In 2012, a native San Diegan, Curtis Gandy created a unique concept for a fourball scramble format, only winning teams from local charity tournaments would be invited to play, the tournament would promote charity golf in San Diego & reward the winning team with a trip to Pebble Beach, $10,000 would be donated to their charity, scorekeepers would monitor scores , free entry for all golfers, free food & free drinks all Semi and Final rounds.  It would be at Randy's restaurant where Curtis pitched the concept to Randy Jones on a napkin (after months of consulting with Brandon Gandy, Jim Allen, & Chris Johnson), it took Randy no more than 10 minutes to say he was all in.  Matt Schwarz was the 3rd piece added with his brilliance as our Harvard Law Graduate & Partner at DLA Piper, it was then when the Randy Jones Invitational was born.  Randy had 3 goals in mind when deciding to put his name on this tournament.                                                                                                                                                                  

Goal 1: Involve as many local charities as possible, helping them raise awareness and dollars for their own charities. 
Over the past 11 years there have been over 1,400 charities that have entered teams in Randy's Tournament.  $135,000 dollars has been donated to the winners’ causes over the past 11 years. RJI has helped them all raise thousands more with the 1.4 Million Dollars in FREE golf donated to 14,440 golfers, representing 1,400+ charities.

​Goal 2: Find the top amateur foursome from all the San Diego charity golf tournaments played in San Diego, to achieve this, we knew there would be a need for scorekeepers & big prizes. (Golfers love this)!
The best of the best foursomes have enjoyed this format for the past 12yrs.  12 Winners received $10,000 for their Cause and all 4 team members were flown in a private Jet to Pebble Beach to stay two nights & Play Pebble, their names have also been etched onto the RJI Perpetual Trophy for bragging rights forever)!
 
Goal 3:  Create the best exposure opportunity ever offered to golf tournament sponsors in San Diego.  We knew by having 1,000+ golfers, representing over 150 Charities, over 8 to 10 days and keeping the sponsor prices equal to the price of a one-day tournament, we could achieve our 3rd Goal.                
 We did just that with the 1,000+ golfers for 8 to 10 days of tournament play each of our 1st - 12years.  We have been able to deliver one of the most amazing marketing and exposure opportunities ever offered by a golf tournament here in San Diego.  (Sponsors have loved this format for years).  (Sycuan, EDCO, Corky, Kaiser, Padres, Wells Fargo, Northrup Grumman, Sedano Auto Group, Bates Building Company, Renewal by Andersen, JPL Wealth Management, Attention Getters are just a few of the sponsors).


Top 11 reasons the Randy Jones Invitational (RJI) has been so well received.

1. Teams compete with their buddies in a San Diego County wide competitive amateur scramble golf tournament, creating a vibe unperilled in San Diego. 
2. $13,500 donated back to Local Causes for the winning teams annually.
3. Scorekeepers are provided on every hole for the Semifinals & Championship rounds. (Golfers rate this is one of the main reasons they love the RJI)
4. The ultimate prize package... A dream escape to Pebble Beach (Golf at Pebble, 2 night stay at the Pebble Beach Lodge $10,500), travel accommodations provided with their own exclusive Private Jet (priceless). 
5. All Semifinal rounds are only $45 per golfer, includes (Golf, Carts, Lunch, Drinks, Scorekeepers, and much more). 
6. Sponsors receive 8-times the exposure value of any other tournament in San Diego.  (Year-round marketing, Website, social media, registration, on course participation, and much more)
7. Have fun in one of the Largest Charity Driven golf tournaments in the Country, at the same time giving cash back to multiple local causes helping them with their exposure & cause.
8. The help of hundreds of volunteers with several of them coming back year after year, continues to be one of the most important aspects of the tournaments continued success. 
9. Linda Gandy's part in the day-to-day operations & daunting task of managing the golfers for multiple tournaments in a row for the past 11 years plus a two-day final annually.  (132 tournament days total)
10. The outstanding efforts of  Kandi Nieto & her year-round handling of our golfer registrations, Wille Paine marvels at his handling of 200+ Volunteers annually and so much more, Mike Flores masters at organizing all of the signage for each tournament along  with a multitude of additional tournament responsibilities, Debra Bralla creatively handles the Auction/Raffle (collecting, creating, and setting up 200 items annually), Sue Doyle, Chris Allen, John & Sindy Avery, Jan Writz, along with many others over the years.  They have all been a huge part of the success of all 132 tournament days to date at registration and a multitude of additional tournament task.  
11. Finally, the #1 goal of this tournament has always been focused on supporting all charity golf tournaments held in San Diego County.  We're proud to say we have given FREE Golfer invites (12 per charity), to 200+ charities annually for 11 years and $45 rounds for year 12.  Giving back in this way has benefited our local charities & golf community in ways that are difficult to quantify but, we do know every year we have a waiting list trying to fit in all of the golfers looking to be part of the Randy Jones Invitational.