Contact:  Melissa Potter
July 14, 2006

MECC-LRMC Tournament Honors Longtime Golf Pro Evans

The Mountain Empire Community College – Lee Regional Medical Center Golf Classic will be held on Friday, August 4 at Cedar Hill Country Club in Jonesville. Proceeds from the event will provide scholarships for MECC students, which will be awarded in memory of the late Shannon O. Evans, beloved golf pro at Cedar Hill for 30 years.

Registration for the Captain's Choice tournament will begin at 8 a.m., with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. The tournament will feature two flights, putting and chipping contests, as well as "Most Accurate Drive" and "Closest to the Pin" prizes.

The entry fee is $60 per person and includes a mulligan package, goodie bag, range balls, cart fees, green fees, and a boxed lunch delivered on the course.  All par-3 holes will have fabulous hole-in-one prizes, and players hitting a hole-in-one on hole # 5 will win a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt, sponsored by B-J Motor Company and Dotson Chevrolet-Olds.

Hole sponsorships are available for a $50 tax-deductible gift to the MECC Foundation. Signs will be placed on the golf course recognizing all hole sponsors. Businesses or individuals needing information or wishing to sponsor a hole, team, or prize may call Jeri Bledsoe, Tournament Coordinator, at (276) 523-2400, extension 287.

The MECC – LRMC Golf Classic will remember longtime golf pro, Shannon O. Evans. 
The tournament will be held on Friday, August 4 at Cedar Hill Country Club in Jonesville.

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