The Veterans at the Library held their 3rd Annual Veterans Cup Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 16. The event was outstanding, thanks to the veterans, local businesses, team participants, Swainsboro Country Club, Franklin Memorial Library, DAR, SAR, and many others. We had a full slate of teams with 30 teams, 3 per team. Each team was given a bag of items such as event t-shirts and golf ball towels and for lunch, they enjoyed grilled chicken, beans and cold drinks prepared by Veteran Albert Hall and William Riner using Albert's secret recipes. When Commander Steve Burke ordered Compatriot Dess Smith III to fire the 6-pounder Field Gun cannon to start the Veterans Cup Golf Tournament at 8 a.m., the clouds did not part again this year, and the rain held off for a beautiful day of golf. The 1st place men's Champions were Charlie Chappell, Mark Jordan, and Chris Seabolt, winning $630.00 for first place. 2nd place men's team was Terry Webb, Lanyton Webb and Derrick Webb, winning $420.00. 3rd place men's team was Jerry Bedingfield, Josh Bedingfield and Drew Cooper, winning $300.00.
The 1st place women's Champion were Marsha Riner, Lindsey Radford and Sandra Bailes, winning $200.00. 2nd place women's team was Joan Nasworthy, Rhonda Wiggins and Cathy McDaniel. 3rd place women's team was Faith Stickle, Cel Thompson and Patsy Youmans.
Each golfer was given a bag of Vidalia Onions donated by G & R Farms in Glenville. This year, the Veterans Cup Golf Tournament had 58 door prizes, and the best one was a 55" Visio Smart TV. There was also a special prize on Hole #3 for anyone with a hole in one…a cash prize of $10,000.00 that nobody won.
Chair Johnny Tapley said that he could not wait until the 4th Annual Veterans Cup Golf Tournament, and it's going to be bigger and better than this one.
