Golf Tournament Scores Big for Springfield Hospital
Posted on 10/17/2008
The 8th annual Springfield Hospital Challenge took place on Thursday, September 25th at Okemo Valley Golf Club in Ludlow. 114 golfers competed for team and individual awards, raffle prizes, and auction items.
Almost 50 sponsoring organizations underwrote the tournament, which included a box lunch, dinner at Willie Dunn’s Grille, complementary refreshments on the course, and a leather golf bag. Tournament sponsors were Black River Produce, Comtu Falls Corporation, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Rick Marasa, MD, Oce Document Printing, Springfield Health & Rehabilitation Center, Springfield Printing Corporation, and TD Banknorth.
Club professional, Michael Santa Maria, and the excellent Okemo staff took very good care of the golfers and made the event an overall success.
“This event is so much more than a fund raiser,” says Larry Kraft, Director of Springfield Hospital Foundation. “It is a team builder for staff who organize the event. It is a competitive golf tournament. And it is an opportunity for Springfield Hospital to connect with its friends and supporters.”
Team winners were:
1st place, gross: Tim Kangas, Rich Lane, Rick Marasa, Tim Reynolds
2nd place, gross: Steve Currie, Stu Currie, Brent Phillips, Eric Warren
3rd place, gross: John Round, Don Sheldon, Rob Stokes, Suzanne Swanson
1st place, net: Mark Blanchard, Mark Devarney, Joe Green, Brian Tarbox
2nd place, net: Steve Birge, Jack Cassidy, Dan Tricarico
3rd place, net: Roland Bellavance, Benton Berman, John Kelly, Peter Tshonsa
Individual winners were:
Closest to the line: Tim Reynolds
Longest putt: Rick Petrin, 50’
Pre tournament putting contest: Ron Ferro