The Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation raised nearly $15,000 at its eighth annual charitable golf tournament June 8 at Oakwood Golf Course.
Thirty-eight teams participated in the 18-hole two-person scramble. Prizes were awarded to the top three teams in four categories.
Justin Kensinger and Ryan O’Grady shot a 56 to win the championship flight. Darren Petrus and Scott Kelly finished second with a 57, and Ron Murray and Chris Keefer were third with a 59.
Other winners were:
A-flight: Michael and Michelle McDaniel, first, 66; Brian Barnett and Jack Barnett, second, 66; Dusty Schober and Scott Manier, third, 66. Tiebreaker rules were used.
B-flight: Steve Pritchard and Sandy Pendergrass, first, 70; Jerry and Mary Armstrong, second, 71; Dr. Charles Mueller and Dr. Joe Richardson, third, 71.
C-flight: Mason Bowman and Jeremy Looper, first, 78; Cliff Hansen and Danny Backus, second, 81; Kirby and Austin Holmes, third, 81.
First- and second-place winners in all flights received cash prizes and trophies. Third-place winners in the championship flight received a cash prize. The remaining flights received gift cards.
Michelle McDaniel and Jeremy Looper won the longest putt contests for female and male players. McDaniel also won the women’s longest drive, and Ron Murray won the men’s longest drive.
A “Vegas Par 3” closest to the pin contest was hosted and sponsored by Jay Loveland and Wehr Motors. Brian Barnett made a hole-in-one to win the contest.
“The Big Advantage” on the fourth hole allowed golfers to move up to within 150 yards of the putting green and was sponsored by Wehr Motors. The game could reduce golf scores and included a closest to the pin contest. Gary York was the winner.
Dusty Schober had a hole-in-one on No. 5 at the course, but it was in the second half of his round, so he did not qualify to win the new car. Golfers had the opportunity to win a new Chevrolet Cruze sponsored by Sturgeon Chevrolet-Buick Co.
Jay Gentry, president of the TCMH Healthcare Foundation, said the funds generated by the golf tournament will be used to fund scholarships for healthcare related educational fields and to provide resources for enhancing patient care through capital projects.
“We filled all of the available team slots in the morning and afternoon rounds, and we received numerous sponsorships from individuals and businesses,” Gentry said
Gentry also thanked the numerous volunteers and the staff at Oakwood for their time and efforts on behalf of the foundation’s tournament.
“Some of our winners donated their winnings back to the foundation, something that we greatly appreciate,” Gentry said. “The foundation is a local charity, and all of the money we receive for the Foundation will remain in the county.”
The TCMH Healthcare Foundation is the non-profit organization with a mission to ensure the quality of healthcare services for children, women, and men at Texas County Memorial Hospital. Funding for the foundation comes from grateful patients and their families, community members and groups, and businesses that value healthcare in our area. A board of community leaders from across the county directs the TCMH Healthcare Foundation and the funds held by the Foundation.
“Once again, this tournament has been very successful for the healthcare foundation,” Gentry said.
The TCMH Healthcare Foundation plans to hold the golf tournament fundraiser again on June 14, 2014.