Big turnout for golf assists 自慰视频 athletics
September 26, 2023
By Bob Holmes
鈥淒idn鈥檛 we order up a really good day to golf?鈥 听
That was the question from Columbia International University Interim President Dr. Rick Christman to the 80 golfers ready to roll their golf carts into the golf course for the sixth annual 自慰视频 Classic golf tournament 鈥 a fundraiser for
With mostly sunny skies, and song birds welcoming autumn, the tee time temperature was perfect 鈥 low 70s.
Before the event, 自慰视频 Athletics Director joined other golfers on the practice putting green where he doubted his chances of winning for lack of practice.
鈥淭hey don鈥檛 let me out of the office too much,鈥 Richie joked. 鈥淏ut if I win it, everybody will be mad.鈥
Richie was more focused on the purpose of the event, which he says raises $30,000-$35,000. He said the proceeds will help fund future plans for more bleachers at the 自慰视频 baseball and softball fields, and an additional locker room in the Moore Fitness Center.
Meanwhile, at the registration table, raffle tickets were being sold for baskets filled with Rams merchandise such as t-shirts, cups and even a softball. Additionally, mulligans were being sold. 自慰视频 board member and evangelist was at the table buying mulligans for his whole foursome and joking about the need for 鈥減astoral foot wedges鈥 to coax a few balls into the holes to assist his game.听
Many of the golfers have been longtime supporters of 自慰视频 intercollegiate athletics from its start in 2012. Among them is Don Taylor, the son-in-law of the late Elizabeth Sessions, a 1943 自慰视频 alumna for whom the soccer field is named. Taylor served as a construction manager of the field, one of the first athletics projects. He has watched 自慰视频 athletics develop winners who are focused on Christ.
鈥淚t was a lot of fun seeing it start up,鈥 Taylor said as he boarded his golf cart. 鈥淎nd now to see the national championships. It鈥檚 very rewarding.鈥
One inviting prize this year was the shiny, new black GMC Sierra pick-up truck parked on the golf course. A two-year lease on the truck from auto dealer Jim Hudson would go to the golfer with a hole-in-one on hole #8. 听听
鈥淚f I shot 150 balls I would not even be close,鈥 laughed Richie, the athletics director.
As it turns out, no one won the lease on the truck. But apparently, Adrian Despres鈥 mulligans were a big help, as his team won the tournament. But more likely, he got a big boost from his teammates. One of them was his son Branson and the other two are standouts on the 自慰视频 Rams golf squad: and . Congratulations! 听
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