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Guy McClure
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May 22, 2013
22nd Annual Athens State Alumni Golf Classic a Huge Success
ATHENS, AL- The 22nd Annual Athens State University Alumni Golf Classic on May 16 was a success. “This was our best year ever,” stated Trish Di Lullo, Alumni Director. “Our 1:00 pm flight was sold-out with 103 golfers, and we had a record number of sponsors.”
“A special thank-you goes to Jerry Evans and Greenbrier Restaurant for donating lunch, Pepsi of Decatur for donating the beverages, McClary Ford for covering the hole-in-one prize, $1,000,000 shoot-out, putting contest and Closest to the Pin prizes, HealthSource of Athens for their prize donation and to the Golf Committee and volunteers for pulling it all together,” continued Di Lullo.
First place went to Mark Yarbrough, Ben Yarbrough, Terry McDonald and Brian Askew; second Place was David Hyman, Scott Weaver, Joe Haney and Barry Manning; and third place was Larry Sharp, David Williams, Robert Burton and Jeff Wilson. The women’s longest drive went to Heather Carlton, men’s to Aaron Bishop and closest to the pin to Brian Moore (hole 3), Ric Patterson (hole 17), JJ Donahue (hole 13) and John Worley (hole 8).
All proceeds raised from the Golf Classic go directly to scholarships for the upcoming academic year. Based on early estimates, nine (9) students should receive funding from the 2013 tournament.
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Attached Picture (L-R): Golf Scholarship Recipients Erica Smith, Krystal Holland, Paige Green and Alumni work-study Nick Bolding
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