Par For The Course | VFW event to benefit Sportsmen's Club
The VFW Post 9716 in Streetsboro is hosting a golf outing to benefit the VFW Sportsmen’s Club on Sept. 11 at Raccoon Hill Golf Club in Kent.
The organizer of the outing, Chad Brazill of Streetsboro, has planned a four-person scramble with a shotgun start at 9 a.m.
The scramble includes 18 holes, lunch and a steak dinner, adult beverages and awards and prizes. There will also be a silent auction, raffle 50-50 raffle, prizes for top three teams and individual awards for longest drives (men, women, senior) as well as closest to the pin.
Sponsor signs are $100 per hole. The deadline to register for players is Sept. 1. Contact Brazill at 330-289-7414 or email chad.brazill@steris.com. Registration is $400 per team. Cash, check or Vemo @chad-brazill or mail to: Chad Brazill 9515 Nita Lane, Streetsboro 44241.
Brooklyn Millard competes in USGA Women's Amateur
Brooklyn Millard of Aurora, who played to a runner-up finish at the OHSAA Division I state tournament in 2021, concluded her summer play at the USGA Women’s Amateur at Chambers Bay Golf Club in Washington state.
Millard missed the cut leading to match play, firing back-to-back rounds of 80 for a 14-over-par. The cut was 4-over-par.
Millard will not be playing for Aurora this fall. She will be attending Mike Bender’s Elite Golf School in Lake Mary, Fla.
Hole-in-one
Larry Buck of Brimfield scored a hole-in-one at Tannenhauf Golf Club. He used a 5-iron to ace the 167-yard No. 8 hole at the golf course located near Alliance. Buck's fourth career ace was witnessed by Billy Perrie, John Nutter and Tony Menich.
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To be added to the golf calendar, provide league results or share great golf shots and holes-in-one, email golffam2@gmail.com or call 330-206-9083. Looking forward to sharing your stories and accomplishments this season.
Golf calendar
RECORD-COURIER PORTAGE COUNTY AMATEURS
Register at host courses, via mail or online at PCAgolf.net.
Aug. 27-28: 52nd PORTAGE COUNTY SENIOR AMATEUR, Windmill Lakes, Ravenna and Raccoon Hill, Kent. (Ages 50 and older, four divisions, $85/person). Info: Email PortageCountyAm@gmail.com, text 330-206-9083)
OTHER EVENTS
AUGUST
Wednesday: Kent State University Rango Golf, Windmill Lakes Golf Club, Ravenna. (Contact Jon Mills at 724-777-2383 or Ryan Yip at 330-990-7738.
Friday: 36th Hattie Larlham Golf Classic, Sugar Bush Golf Club, Garrettsville. (Four-person scramble, 18-Holes. Morning/afternoon flights.)
Sept. 11: VFW Post 9716 Golf Outing, Raccoon Hill Golf Club, Kent. (Four-person scramble. Contact Chad Brazill, 330-289-7414.)
USGA LOCAL QUALIFYING
Aug. 25: U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Qualifying, Portage Country Club, Akron. (Entry deadline has expired)
This article originally appeared on Record-Courier: Portage County area golf news and notes for August 14
