New $1,000,000 Shoot-Out and Putting Contest at Annual Athens State Alumni Golf Classic Scholarship Fundraiser

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Guy McClure

Guy.McClure@athens.edu

For immediate release

April 25, 2013

www.athens.edu

New $1,000,000 Shoot-Out and Putting Contest at Annual

Athens State Alumni Golf Classic Scholarship Fundraiser

ATHENS, Ala –Athens State University’s Alumni Golf Classic supported nine  students with scholarship funding for 2012-2013. This year’s Classic is scheduled for Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Canebrake Golf Club with a shotgun start beginning at 1:00 p.m. 

The paid registration deadline is May 10th and can be made by calling the Office of Alumni Affairs at 256-233-8185, dropping by the office on the corners of Pryor and Hargrove Streets or visiting  www.athens.edu/alumni/.  Hole sponsorships are also available at $100 for shared, $250 for quarter, $500 for half, and $1,000 for the entire hole. The 4-man scramble is $400 per team which includes green fees, golf cart, lunch, course refreshments and hospitality gifts and prizes.

McClary Ford is sponsoring the hole-in-one prize with a 2013 Ford Fusion, a new $1,000,000 Shoot-Out at $15 per chance and 50 ft. putting contest at $5 per chance. All proceeds from the sponsorships, team fees, mulligans, shoot-out and putting contest support scholarships for 2013-2014.        The Golf Classic is open to any interested golfers - not just those who are alumni of Athens State.

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Attached Picture:  Left to Right:  McClary Ford General Manager Mickey Smith, Athens State students and scholarship recipients Brianna Wise, David Williams and Erica Smith and McClary Ford Owner Jim McClary.