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The night before the event, Clay performed a mini-concert at the Mirasol Country Club.
The actual event started the next morning at 10 a.m. with a brunch and golf clinic taught by Wayne Player and then the golfers went on to play on the Mirasol golf course.
Then that evening was the buffet dinner, auction, speeches by the foundation founders and a performance by Clay. It is estimated that at least $60,000 was raised at the auction.
Clay, along with Ben Cohn at the keyboard, performed a selection of songs including, I Don’t Have The Heart To Hurt You, Mandy, Proud of Your Boy, This Is the Moment, and Right Here Waiting.
I Don't Have the Heart (video by Goldarngirl)
And here is an article with some quotes from Clay. Other than they reported the wrong songs and that Jaymes is not a surrogate, a nice mention for the event:
Clay Aiken is no 'Idol' on the golf course
It's ironic that Clay Aiken hosted a golf tournament for his Bubel/Aiken Foundation that helps send kids with disabilities to camp. Because the former American Idol contestant has no idea how to play.
''My game is wicked,'' Aiken admitted from the Mirasol Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens Monday. "I just tip the ball in. I don't have the patience. I think my handicap is like 7,000!''
Mini-golf is a different story.
''I could impress you with that,'' said the 30-year-old crooner. "But let's be honest: Any sport that involves windmills isn't real.''
Though Aiken has little patience to even watch Tiger Woods' game ("Unless you get a hole in one, I'm like, gotta go!''), he's passionate about the tourney's cause. Before making it big on AI, the North Carolina native was a special-ed teacher.
The flagging economy didn't hurt turnout to the $500-a-head Golfing for Inclusion event. ''I hated to ask for money now,'' said Aiken, who just wrapped a Broadway run of Spamalot. "We were worried.''
But for the price of admission, golfers got to hear him sing such classics as I Can't MakeYou Love Me, When a Man Loves a Woman and Unchained Melody.
The out-and-proud Aiken didn't have much time to hang out in South Florida. He's a dad now (Parker, with the help of surrogate mom/pal Jaymes Foster, was born in August). Though he admits Foster's the one who's getting up for nighttime feedings.
''It's a team effort, sure,'' he said. "But she's the mom and obviously doing more of the work.''
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