Miamisburg will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Mound Course during the six days from June 18-23 with a series of unusual golf events.
On Tuesday they’ll have competition with one club plus a putter. On Wednesday there will be cross country golf. Thursday has been designated for a junior/adult scramble and on Friday there will be a skins game.
Perhaps the most interesting of the events will be a nine-hole, two-person best ball Hickory Sticks tournament and cookout on June 22. All of the players will use wooden-shafted golf clubs that have been rented for the occasion, and they’ll play with soft Gutta Percha balls. The $100 team fee includes a cart and a steak dinner.
On June 23 the celebration will end with golfers playing the Mound course backward. For more information, call 937-866-2211 or go to moundgolf.com on the Internet.
Murray qualifies for Public Links: Laura Murray of Tipp City has qualified for the Women's Amateur Public Links Championship for the third time.
The 20-year-old Akron University junior shot 77 in a qualifier at Twin Base Golf Club on May 29 to grab one of two spots in the June 17-22 competition at Jimmie Austin Golf Club in Norman, Okla. Murray also qualified for the 2010 and 2011 WAPL events.
Jessie Jordan of St. Paris is an alternate. She tied for second with an 80 but lost on the fourth hole of a playoff with Sarah Kellams of Crittenden, Ky.
DDWGA to honor Schwab: At its meeting on Wednesday (June 5), members of the Dayton District Women's Golf Association voted to make the late Diana Schwab a trustee in perpetuity, meaning her name will forever remain on the organization's letterhead. Schwab, who founded the DDWGA, lost her life in a traffic accident on May 8.
Schwab also will be honored posthumously at the DDWGA’s annual Pin Winner’s Tournament Sept. 21 at Miami Valley Golf Club. She will receive a golf service award that only Betty McCann and Alice Burton have received in the past.
Ohio Junior World at NCR Monday: The 40th annual Ohio Junior World Golf Championship will be held Monday at NCR Country Club.
It will be the first one without the late Weldon Smith in charge. Smith died April 12. Top finishers qualify for the Junior World Championship at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego.
Get A Girl Golfing: Entries are still being accepted for the Get A Girl Golfing program honoring Schwab June 14 at Rollandia Golf Center. The annual golf instruction program was founded by Schwab. It's a free clinic open to girls ages 8-18.
The purpose is to introduce girls to golf in a non-threatening environment. Girls 8-12 attend from 9-12 a.m. and girls 13-18 participate from 12:30-3:30. Golf clubs will be supplied.
Go to miamivalleygolf.org on the Internet for complete details. You must register in advance.
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