Hall of Fame scramble a great success

Glenmore Jones
Register Golf Columnist

RICHMOND April 29, 2008 12:14 pm

— Last Thursday at Gibson Bay, John Michael Montgomery hosted the second annual Kentucky Music Hall of Fame Golf Scramble. Thirty-six golfers took to the links in quest of victory and $25,000 for a hole-in-one on the tough No. 6.
After a beautiful day of golf, the team waltzing to victory with a 13-under par, 59, was Max Myers, Bow Wilson, Bert King and Clayton Robinson. Coming in second was the team of Nancy Robertson, Jerry Owens, Anthony Park and Steve Brandenburg with 60. Third place went to Rob Boardman, Jared Elkins, Bo Morris and Josh Bray also with 60, but losing on a score card match.
Alas, there were no winners in the $25,000 hole-in-one shot.
John Michael Montgomery teamed with David Jury, Donnie Helton and Justin Lear and they turned in a respectful 63 for their effort on the links.
This fund-raiser was for a very good cause with proceeds going to the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.
There is now, and have been in the past, a lot of great singers and musicians in Kentucky that deserve to be immortalized in the Hall of Fame and John Michael is one of them. Hats off to John for hosting this worthwhile event.
Special thanks to head pro Jason Eberle and his staff for running a good tournament and getting the results to me.
Mahalo!

Model’s Project Graduation Golf Scramble
Model’s Project Graduation Scramble was held at Arlington on April 19. They had an excellent turnout and some great golf. All proceeds were to help promote a safe and sober graduation for the school’s graduating seniors.
The winners were: First place — Bill Walters, Chuck Keller, Craig Fisher and Ray Himes; Second place — Ralph Kincaid, Kelly Wallingford, Don Barker and Dan Higgins and third place — Tim Coles, Micah Meeker, John Burford and Paul Thompson.
Chairman Marc Robbins wanted to give thanks to Pat, Brad, Josh and the gang at the pro shop for a terrific job, as usual. Marc also wanted to thank the participants and generous sponsors for helping.
It was a successful event.
Thanks to you, Marc, for the report.
Footnote: One of the hardest lessons for young people to learn in life is moderation, not only in drinking but in everything. I lost three or four of my high school friends in their 30s and 40s because they never learned this lesson and left this world way too soon.

EKU 2008 OVC Champs
Congratulations to the EKU golfers on their wire-to-wire victory in the 2008 OVC Championship Tournament held at The Country Club of Paducah, April 20, 21 and 22. EKU was the only team to have three sub-300 rounds in the tournament and won by a whopping 19 strokes over Murray State University.
In the individual stats, Phil Hendrickson led EKU golfers with a one-over par 217 and fell one stroke short of Murray State’s Nick Newcomb for the individual title. Jesse Massie and Ryan Britt entered the final round tied for the lead, but finished fourth and fifth respectively. Justin Moore fired his best round of the championship and finished 10th.
Congratulations also to Pat Stephens on winning the OVC Coach of The Year Award for the second time and to Phil Hendrickson for garnering the OVC Player of The Year Award. Phil had the lowest stroke average in the league and had six top-ten finishes this season.
Wow! You guys are great! Salute!

Ramblings
I played in a scramble at the Madison Country Club Saturday. Ten three-man teams took to the course hoping to win a tidy little jackpot. I was lucky enough to draw scratch golfer Johnny Baird and another good player, Tim Ervin, as my partners.
With very little help from me, my partners fired an 11-under par 62 to tie for the low score. It is ironic that on a day when our team used my ball two or three times all day that in the playoff I hit one from 60 yards out to three feet of the flag and made the only putt I made all day for the win.
That, my friends, is what makes this crazy, wonderful game of golf so great. You feel like a dog one minute and a king the next.
Thanks Johnny and Tim for carrying me longer than mother.
It was a blast.

Upcoming events
May 8 at Arlington — The fifth annual Kentucky Riverkeeper Golf Scramble. Entry fee is $50 per person or $200 per team and includes green and cart fees, lunch, door prizes, awards reception and Riverkeeper Membership. Three chances to win a car with a hole-in-one. Sponsorships available. Tee time at 1 p.m. For info call 622-3065 or e-mail kyriverkeeper@eku.edu.
This is a very worthwhile project to clean up the river.
Final thought
The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and the unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed — Gordon Parks.
Until next time … live, love, laugh and learn, Glenmore.