VIII CRUSADE OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT

Clay Jordan, TV's Survivor's
runner up in 2002, had a blast,
ending up... in, you guessed! 2nd!!

The annual Crusade Golf Tournament, hosted by now new pastor Kurtis Ivey, drew a total of 96 players in 24 teams, all of whom had a great time.

Kurtis Ivey
"It's a good day!"

The tournament started a little, if not a lot, different than most tournaments, as it not only had a peculiar way of flighting the teams, but also started with a prayer to wish the players not only a good day, but also a way to recognize all the things that we usually take for granted, such as relationships, friendships and life as well, where golf is only a game.

Golf, by what we saw, was a way offer competition to those teams who like a little competition, but it was also an avenue to gather with friends and have an outing in the sunlight, at a golf course, even if this it was with a little more wind than most would have liked.

James Atkinson enjoying
the company of "Survivor 2002"

Since this is not a handicapped event, the tournament recognizes the top three teams, and the it breaks the field in two flights by taking the average of the high (73) and low scores (54), in this case 63.5, so every team that is above 63.5 is in the second flight. Pretty innovative if you ask me, it avoids having to deal with team handicaps or arguing which team should have been in which flight, etc.

The top three teams were: (representing Warren-Christian) with a 54, Ronnie Smith, Russ Smith, Joel Paden & Dr. Craig Phelps; next was a 58 (representing O'Hara Insurance) Brad O'Hara, Ricky Nagle, Jordan Williamson & Tyler Windsor, and 3rd with a 59 after a scorecard playoff (representing K.E.C.O.) were "Thumper" Galion (no one could tell me his real name), Blake Brewer, Dustin Gunkel & Paul Gunkel.

In the second flight the winners were, (Frac-Tech) 63 - Chuck Glenn, David Mulholland, John Smith & Larry Burges; 2nd (Allan Edwards) 63 - Clay Jordan, Calvin Kirk, Corey Gibson & James Atkinson; 3rd (Tommy Martinez) 65 - Michael Martinez, Alex Casias, Sean Price & Marcel Worth.

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