Discover Pacific Beach (DPB) will host its fourth annual community fundraising bocce tournament — better known as lawn bowling — at Mission Bay’s Vacation Isle West near the Paradise Point Hotel on Saturday, April 28 between noon and 5 p.m. “Our course is set up like a golf tournament with rotation courses, with different levels of difficulty as opposed to traditional bocce with standard courts,” said Discover PB executive director Sara Berns. Berns said DPB historically has held a golf tournament fundraiser at Mission Bay Golf Course, but the event usually struggled to attract participants. But DPB did not want to move to another golf course outside of Pacific Beach. The switch from golf to bocce was the brainchild of former DPB President Mike McNeill, who renamed the event “bocce golf.” The first two years of the bocce tournament were held at Kate Sessions Park and now for the second consecutive time at Vacation Isle. Bocce pits two teams in competition and is traditionally played on natural soil or asphalt courts up to 90 feet long and 12 feet wide. Discover PB is looking to fill all of the 36-team slots for the tournament with four player teams per team. Prizes will be awarded to the first-place team, second-place team and team with the best name. Each player will not only participate in the tournament, but get lunch and beverage for a cost of $150. The sponsors for the tournament include VAVi Sport and Social Club, Sandbar Sports Bar, PB Shore Club and Prudential Financial. Discover PB is also seeking “hole sponsors.” “The venue is beautiful, the game is fun and people have a great time while helping Discover PB fundraise money for programs to improve and promote Pacific Beach,” Berns said. Participants can send an application and payment to: Discover Pacific Beach, 1503 Garnet Ave., San Diego, 92109. For more information, call(858) 273-3303, or email [email protected].