By NANCY MARTIN
Kingston Rotarians are gearing up for what some members say will be their biggest and best golf tournament yet.
The seventh annual tournament will be held at White Horse Golf Club on June 21, and will take advantage of some of the new developments at White Horse. Breane Martinez and Karen Gibson are in charge of the event.
The tournament is limited to about 135 players, so sign up early to ensure a place. If you have never played in a golf tournament before, this is a great place to start. It’s a scramble tournament with team handicapping, so every team has a chance to win.
The scramble works like this: members of the team hit their tee shots, then select the best shot, respecting the requirement to use at least two drives of each player. The team then marks the location of the best shot. Each member drops within one club length of the mark no closer to the hole and hits his or her next shot. The team selects the best shot and hits from that location. On the green, the best shot is selected and marked. All players putt and choose the best putt until someone holes out. Then they record the number of shots used.
The day will begin at 10 a.m. with check-in at the registration tables, followed by practice and contests on the driving range and putting greens. Box lunches will be served to keep energy levels high. Then the eager foursomes will go off in golf carts to wait for the 12:30 p.m. shotgun start. Golfers will meet in the new White Horse Golf Clubhouse at the end of play. Scorecards will be turned in and players will gather round the large scoreboard and enjoy beverages as they check on the winning scores. Beside the overall tournament winners, there will be other awards such as longest drive, and a new car as the prize for a hole in one.
Winners will be announced at the event dinner, which will be held inside the new clubhouse. There will be a fund-raising auction as well as a sumptuous dinner prepared by the White Horse culinary team. This is Rotary’s main fundraising event, so come to the dinner and auction even if you don’t golf. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in advance. Auction items include tickets to the 2014 Masters, with lodging.
The cost of this day is $150 per player, which includes greens fees, cart rental, range balls, one set of Mulligans (three balls) per team, lunch, tee-off gifts, and the awards ceremony with dinner and beverages.
Proceeds from the tournament help fund the Kingston Rotary Club’s community projects, such as the club’s $50,000 pledge to the Village Green Community Center. If you would like to support the tournament, consider sponsoring a hole or special event, attend the tournament dinner, or donate a prize to the auction.
To sign up for the tournament, go to www.knkrotarygolf.com and register online or print out a registration form and mail it to Kingston Rotary, P.O. Box 832, Kingston, WA 98346. For questions on the tournament or tickets to the dinner and auction, email breanemartinez@hotmail.com.
— Contact Nancy Martin at nanjmartin@mac.com.
