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On June 3rd, the Fort Worth Service Unit sponsored a golf tournament for Union Pacific employees, their spouses, retirees, and employee families. The turn out was splendid. We had a total of sixty-four players and this gave us sixteen foursomes.
The format was Florida scramble with a shotgun start at 0830 on the morning of the 3rd. The teams consisted of A,B,C,&D skill levels. The tournament was played at Glen Garden Country Club.
Head golf professional Alan Courtney, along with his excellent staff really did things up right for this event. Since we had sixteen teams this allowed us to have two flights consisting of eight teams in each.
The flight break came after seven holes. There were prizes given for the first four places in each flight along with special event prizes for long drive and proximity. There were also door prize drawings held after the buffet luncheon .
There are a lot of people to thank for their sponsorship of the tournament. The tournament was jointly sponsored by the Mechanical, Engineering, Signal, and Transportation Depts.
of the Fort Worth Service Unit. We also received sponsorship from Glen
Garden Country,
Golf Professional Alan Courtney, and The Golf Shop.
The results of the tournament are as follows;
1st Place First Flight
Charles Airhart
Pat Wooten
Jim Beach
2nd Place First Flight
Jim Simmons
Mike Siney
Bob Eldridge
Mark Prince
3rd Place First Flight
Robert E. Lee
Lacy Hobbs
John Swearengen
Kathy Reynolds
4th Place First Flight
Manuel Campos
Steve Bruce
Steve Madura
1st Place Second Flight
Dave Green
Billy Hall
Jerry Adams
Charley Hardie
2nd Place Second Flight
Joe Percy Jr.
Russ Reynolds
Numa Bullot
Tim Hoppe
3rd Place Second Flight
Jack Locke
David Burns
Mickey Cowling
4th Place Second Flight
Randy Thomas
James Stinebaugh
Rick Liles
Walter Warren
A special note of thanks goes out to Locomotive Engineers Dan Reed, Mickey Cowling, and Dennis Mitchell for their outstanding work in helping put this event on.
The others who helped gather entry fees and answer questions were Switchman Tye Airhart, MTO Gene Garrett, MOP Bob Hestes, and MYO Jack Patton.
Everyone agreed that the event was extremely successful and fun. The biggest question asked was when will we be able to do this again? The weather turned out great, the food was terrific, and golf competition was exciting.
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