Golf outing fun fore all

Clear skies and warm weather prevailed for a great day on the links at one of southeast Michigan’s premier courses at the Howell Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic 2007. This year’s event was held July 18 at Hunters Ridge Golf Course, in Howell as 120 golfers competed in an 18-hole scramble, vying for trophies, prizes and friendly competition.

Another highlight of the day was the Hunters $Buck$ Putt, new to this year’s outing. The contest was designed to allow golfers the chance to sink a putt and have their name entered into a drawing for a 42” plasma TV courtesy of Wal-Mart Supercenter. Hundreds of attempts were made and Jon Booth of Hubbell, Roth & Clark won the TV.

Also new for this year was the Know Your Sponsor contest where golfers filled in the sponsor for each hole on the course as well as sponsors for the barbeque, beverage stations, cart start, banquet and contests. Completed sponsor cards were entered for a chance to win a prize, with Tim De’Ornellas of Costco Wholesale #786 as the contest winner.

Returning this year was the Motown Club Cover contest. If a team arrived at a hole with one of the three designated Motown icon club covers and sank a putt in one shot, the club cover would then travel with the team as long as they continued sinking putts, or it would be left behind at the hole for the next team to attempt. The three lucky teams that had possession of the tiger, lion and octopus club covers at the end of the outing were awarded tickets to a Detroit Tiger’s baseball game, courtesy of First Impression Print & Marketing. The Motown Contest team winners are Tanger Outlet Center/Pete Black Plumbing and Water Conditioning, DTE Energy and WHMI, 93.5.

Howell Area Chamber of Commerce 2007 Golf Classic winners:

• from Castaway Cafe, Kevin Boss, David Grant, John Kizer and Steve Vandenberg (Vandenberg Bulb Co. Inc.)
• from First National Bank, Dennis Gehringer, Mike Cleary (Cleary’s Pub), Bill O’Neil (Spartan Tire) and Scott Peters
• from Tom Rogers Asphalt, Jackie Rogers, Cathy Ballard, Dianne Hardy (Livingston Co. Treasurer) and Wendy Leppek (Leppek Nursery Inc.)
• from the Howell Care Center, Larry Barkley, Greg Bingaman, Dennis Jones and Tom Jones
• from Tanger Outlet Center/Pete Black Plumbing and Water Conditioning, Coral Black, Brian Dane, Kim Dane and Eric Pulver
  
• Contest hole winners for the longest putt are Paula Jendrowski (PriorityHealth) and Mike Zaccagni(Brighton Hospital)
• Closest to the pin winners are Kevin Traverse (Champion Chevrolet) and Benita Yanora (Pepsi Bottling Group)
• Winners of the longest drive are Nancy Faught (Hubbell, Roth & Clark) and Steve Vandenberg
• Closest to the target winner is Blake Moore (VG’s Food Center)

Sponsors for the Golf Classic 2007:

Brighton Hospital

Champion Chevrolet

Costco Wholesale #786

First Impression Print & Marketing

First National Bank

PriorityHealth

Waldecker Pontiac-Buick Inc.

Wal-Mart Supercenter

2007 Golf Classic Committee:

Patrick Shanks, Wal-Mart Supercenter

Rebecca Gari, R. Gari Sign and Display

Linda O’Neill, Advertising Excellence

Linda O’Neil, TCF Bank

Jackie Rogers, Tom Rogers Asphalt

Bill Spindler, Hunters Ridge Golf Course