Sheriffs' Golf Tourney Article

Below is the article from the Monticello News about the Sheriffs' Charity Golf Tournament I conducted.

The Second Annual Sheriffs’ Charity Golf Tournament was once again, a great success. This time, the tournament raised over $20,000 with contributions still coming in. Some of the charities benefiting from this event are the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch, American Cancer Society (Relay for Life), and the Jefferson County Senior Citizen Center.

The format was a best ball/scramble with four golfers on each team. The event attracted golfers from all over and many locals as well. With morning and afternoon tee times, the tournament had over one hundred golfers show up in support of the event.

“I was extremely pleased with our tournament. We have a great group of local supporters which always make things easier. I want to personally thank Sheriff David Hobbs and Cricket Edwards for letting me assist them in this event once again. Being able to help your hometown is something I enjoy being a apart of.” – Tournament Director and Organizer Glen Bishop

There was over $15,000 worth of Callaway equipment awarded for flight winners as well as a new Chevrolet Silverado, airline tickets, flat screen television, and a set of Callaway clubs for any Hole-in-ones, as well as many more prizes on the course. For placing in each flight, every golfer was awarded the below.

First place winners received a brand new Callaway Diablo driver, 3 wood, and a dozen balls. Second place winners received a new Callaway Diablo driver and a dozen balls. Third place received a Callaway Diablo Hybrid and a dozen balls. Fourth place won brand new Callaway stand bags, and fifth place won a Callaway Tour hat and glove.
That came to 24 Callaway Drivers, 12 Callaway 3 woods, 12 Callaway Hybrids, 12 Callaway stand bags, and 12 Callaway Tour hats and gloves, all given out at the charity event.

This year’s first flight winners were the defending champions, Skip McElhenny, Glen Harrelson, JJ Mahaffy and Thorton Davis of Team K-MC Sports. They posted an impressive -16, 56. Second place went to the Simpsons Nurseries team of Drew Culbreath, Chip Culbreath, Brian Searcy, and Buster “Corleone” shooting a -12, 60. The third place team of Chad Bass, Heath Bass, Derek Harden, and JT Surles posted a -12, 60 as well. Fourth place went to Stephen Greer, Scott Taylor, Bart Bosch and mike Walker of Reinhart Foods shooting a -12, 60 too. Fifth place went to the team of Davis Revell, Harold Malloy, Danny Phelps, and Michael Clark shooting a -11, 61.

The second flight winners were the team of Benny Bishop, Marty Bishop, Bubba Taylor and Terry Day posting a -11, 61. Second place went to the two man team of Roy Kinsey and Jim Weldon shooting a -8, 64. Third place winners were Demott Anderson, Bobby Plaines, Paul Majors, and Caldwell McCord. The fourth place team of Charley Jackson, Gerald Ikner, Tim Swords and Bill Watson of team FMB shot a -7, 65. The fifth place team of Bill Gunnells, Casey Gunnells, Phil Barker, and John Stephens shot a -4, 68.

The third flight winners were Dixon Hughes, Caleb Burnette, Kevin Aman, and Matt Bishop of team “Nut-All-Rise”. They posted an impressive -20, 52 with their handicap. Second place went to Mike Nichols, Greg Lindsey, Mike Mock, and Jessie Reagan shooting a -19, 53 with their handicap. The third place prize went to Chris Eades, OJ Sloan, Brown, and Paul Peebles, shooting a -18, 54 with their handicap. Fourth place went to Mary Beth Bishop, Steve Trocchio, Jerry Latimer, and Eric Stratton of Kinetic Performance 3 shooting a -18, 54 with their handicap. Fifth place went to Elbert Hartsfield, Casey Anderson, Benny Bishop, and Merle Zinch who shot a -17, 55 with their handicap. The “Keeping up the rear” last place trophy went to the team consisting of Angela Gray, Neil Wade, Johnny Abrams, and Nick Flynt shooting a -16, 56 with their handicap.

The long putt of the day was awarded to Marty Bishop on the second hole draining a tough 25 “footer” to win a new Odyssey White Hot putter. The long drive for the day was on the ninth hole and went to Drew Culbreath. He received a gift card to Edwin Watts Golf Shop of Tallahassee.

The morning golfers were treated with breakfast from Tupelos and all the golfers had lunch provided by the Brickhouse. Immediately following the event, all participants and volunteers were provided with a chicken, roasted potatoes, and green bean dinner provided by Johnstons Meat Locker. Once seated, the winners and awards were distributed.

“A special thanks goes to Hal Bennett of Johnstons Meat Locker. Hal donated the entire meal for this event from the tournament inception. He is always willing to help local charities and provides a great service. When you are going by Johnstons, stop in and tell Hal thanks for supporting our community.” – Sheriff David Hobbs


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Thanks for all the support!

Glen

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