It was quite a day for golfers and The Suns Foundation Inc. Saturday at The Valley Club.
Twenty-five fivesomes and 125 golfers enjoyed the first annual Sun Valley Suns Golf Classic that raised money for the Sun Valley Suns men's ice hockey program and for junior golf programs in the valley.
Suns coach and co-tournament organizer Chris Benson said the tourney raised a little over $15,000. Co-tournament organizer Reamy Goodwin was pleased with the financial help to his new Wood River Junior Golf Association.
Format was five-person modified best ball with handicaps—and it was all done in five hours and 15 minutes. Teams picked their best drive and played their own balls into the hole—picking the best two scores on handicap.
The first-place team with a score of 102 (combined two best ball scores with handicaps) were Suns pro Mikael Reijo, Harry Weekes, Jack Weekes, John Weekes and Page Jenner.
In second place (105) were Suns pro Rian Timmons plus Chris Stephens, Ken Herich, Baird Gourlay and Barry Bevers. In third place (107) were Suns pro Paul Cox plus Phil Doerflein, Jim Rienlen, Jim Hobbs and Gile Williams.
Suns pro Adam Swain belted the longest drive, 327 yards on the 10th hole. Lori Johnston, from the ladies tee, was only 30 yards behind Swain and took the women's long drive honor.
Closest-to-the-pin winners were Jackie Damerel on #6, Charles Friedman on #16, Kris Miller #2 and Larry Lloyd #13.
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Here are the other teams, with Suns players or alumni serving as captains/pros:
Pro Frank Salvoni with Dave Hausmann, Bryan Speth, Wendy Speth and Tucker Hall.
Pro Jeff Pfaeffle with Pete Whitehead, Gunnar Whitehead, Jim Loyd and Steve Cole.
Pro Jeremy Schreiber with Roy Lightbody, Ryan Still, Lori Johnston and Fritz Peters.
Pro Blake Jenson with James Okland, Kathy Rothgeb, Mary Hite and Jackie Damerel.
Pro Charles Friedman with Roger Roland, Jill Roland, Bob Dunn and Jolie Dunn.
Pro Phil Hebert with Jimmy Rollerson, Ed Rollerson, Eddie Lohr and Mark Benjamin.
Pro Patrick McMahon III with John Kearney Sr., Kirk Mason, John Remington and Dave Brown.
Pro Dave Gondolfo with John Heinrich, David MacMillan, John Barsch and Randy Jorgenson.
Pro Tony Benson with Clark Shafer, Brian Saksa, Tim Graves and Kenny Ward.
Pro Paul Baranzelli with Dick Nelson, Larry Lloyd, Spyder Stevens and Carmen Bradley.
Pro Ryan McDonald with Todd Conklin, George Rizzo, Georgia Hutchinson and David Bolt.
Pro Adam Swain with John Baker, Jim Milgard, Luis Sanchez and Nick VandeSteeg.
Pro Brad Dredge with Carter Halverson, Norm Housel, Paul McCarthy and Terry Heneghan.
Pro Billy Tryder with Dave Hennessy, Andrew Hebert, Dave Gittens and Doug D'Andrea.
Pro Josh Jacobson with Matt Barrow, John Rathfon, Tim Appleton and Dan Gearhart.
Pro Ryan Enrico with Whit Atkinson, Peter Atkinson, Jim Hague and Jimmy Hague.
Pro Ryan Thomson with Steve Bates, Bob Crosby, Bill Sundali and Keith Perry.
Pro Chris Warrington with Shaun Mahoney, Matt Mahoney, Mark Belanger and Mike Abaid.
Pro Vilnis Nikolaisons with Curt Williams, Cruger Thomas, Rob Santa and Olin Glenne.
Pro Guy Butterfield with Bryan Furlong, Peter Becker, Ken Pierce and Dick Coleman.
Pro John Miller with Guggie, Shannon Webb, Michelle Ferris and Heather Minor.
Former Sun Valley Suns coach John Weekes (right), on Saturday?s winning fivesome, shares some of the good old stories with his former winger Terry Heneghan (left) before the start of the Suns Golf Classic at The Valley Club. Photo by Willy Cook
