The South Texas Farm and Ranch Show’s annual golf tournament returns to assist elevate cash for scholarships for Crossroads college students.
The nineteenth annual tournament is ready for 1 p.m. Oct. 25 on the Club at Colony Creek.
The golf tournament was first began as a means for guests from out of city for the present to have some leisure whereas they have been on the present. It shortly developed into the fundraiser occasion it’s now, mentioned Victor Eder, South Texas Farm and Ranch Show treasurer.
The present as a complete acts as a fundraiser for Crossroads scholar scholarships, however the tournament because it has been applied has been a welcome addition and accounts for a 3rd to a fourth of the scholarship cash raised in a given 12 months, Eder mentioned.
The tournament is a good time for everybody concerned, occasion chairman Gill Dollins mentioned.
This 12 months’s tournament will embrace a “hole in one” contest that includes a Silverado three-quarter ton pickup sponsored by Atzenhoffer Chevrolet as soon as once more, Dollins mentioned. The contest will happen on the Par 3 Hole 5.
He inspired everybody who can to participate within the expertise for an excellent trigger, he mentioned.
“It’s an incredible feeling to be on the golf course that (day) ,” Dollins mentioned. “Get prepared for an excellent tournament.”
Tournament entry charges are $400 for a staff, $100 for a person. Hole sponsorship is $100.
Historically, the scholarships principally go to college students in counties surrounding Victoria and the present is hoping to get extra involvement from them for the tournament, Eder mentioned.
He additionally encourage anybody who has beforehand performed within the tournament to come again that day.
“The extra money we’re ready to elevate, the extra money we shall be ready to give out to college students,” Eder mentioned.
Kyle Cotton was born and raised in San Antonio and graduated from San Antonio College and the University of Texas at Arlington. Cotton has coated financial growth, well being care, finance, authorities, know-how, oil and fuel and better training.