Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Thompson golf plays on, despite the fire

Golfers finish their tours for leukemia research

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Strong and sturdy, 6-2, 180-pound Muskegon (Mich.) native Bobby Grich was a perfect blend of fielding prowess and hitting ability during a 17-year major league baseball career as a slick fielding second baseman with Baltimore (1970-76) and the California Angels (1977-86). The six-time All-Star and four-time Golden Glove winner logged a career 224 homers and 1,833 hits for a .266 average. He made only two errors in the entire 1985 season. Grich socks a winner during last week?s Thompson Memorial golf tournament at Sun Valley. He also helped with a youth baseball clinic in Hailey last Wednesday. Photo by Willy Cook

Despite the smoke of the Castle Rock Fire, over 200 golfers took part in the 31st annual Danny Thompson Memorial golf tournament at the Sun Valley and Elkhorn golf courses.

The charity and celebrity golf tournament raises money for leukemia and cancer research. There were 50 foursomes in this year's 36-hole tournament played Friday and Saturday, Aug. 24-25.

Tournament format was four-man two-best ball over two days. Here are the winning foursomes this year:

First place—Jerilyn Grizzaffi, John Grizzaffi, Ben Hay and Eric Trapp 122-120 for 242.

Second place—Merrill Jacobs, Christopher Badgley, Tom Tate and John Gibson 128-118 for 246.

Third place—Chuck Cremer, Kevin McEntee, Todd Michael and Michael Walter 129-120 for 249.

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Fourth place—Don Anderson, Barry Goss, Jerry Pimm and Bob Warfield 121-128 for 249.

Fifth place—Russ Huffer, Dix Jarman, Scott Platta and Kelly Schuller 125-125 for 250.

Next to last—Chris Berman, Wally Huffman, Donald Knott and Buck Levy 140-145 for 285.

For the women, low gross winner was Dayna Baird and low net champion was Jerilyn Grizzaffi. The men's low gross winner was Dick Jarman and the low net champ was actor/comedian Artie Johnson.

Last year's Thompson golf proceeds were $760,000. Proceeds of over $8.6 million over 30 years have been distributed to the Mountain States Tumor Institute in Boise and University of Minnesota Cancer Research Center. The meet is named for Thompson, who died of leukemia in 1976 at 29.