Marvin Engram Memorial Kiwanis Golf Tournament- Saturday, November 14, Sunny Hills Golf & County Club 

Contributed by Jim Town, Kiwanis Club Publicity Chair  850-773-8000   Jim_bea@bellsouth.net

With a shotgun start at 8AM, the 2009 Marvin Engram Memorial Kiwanis Golf Tournament at Sunny Hills Golf & County Club, got off to a fast start as carts and teams scattered across the course to find their tee-off starting position.  Under perfectly blue skies, the 18 teams that signed to play found a course in superior condition after major landscaping work just completed on Thursday.

After playing the 18 holes, the golfers were treated to a light lunch in the Sunny Hills Grill, followed by the announcement of team scores and awarding of prizes.  Tournament Chair Colby Peel had arranged sufficient prizes so that almost every player and team won something.  Mrs. Elaine Engram was present to help with awards and spoke to the crowd briefly about her late husband Marvin’s 37 years in Kiwanis, and his well known hobby of golf.  She was accompanied by a daughter, Leslie Adams, son-in-law Dwight Adams, and friends Jewell Smith and Nancy Low.

Leading off the awards was a presentation by Tournament Chair Colby Peel for the worst score to the team of Waylon Fulford, Darrin Wall, and Matt Walton.  Reference to the posted team scores indicated that there were no other teams close to the score achieved by this team.

On the other end of the scale, the overall best score was achieved by the team of Ronnie McDaniel, Randy Peel, and Fred Peel.

Second best score was recorded by the team of Charley Locke, David Phillips, and Mike Welch.

A tie for third best score was between the team of Jason Jenkins, Alan Kaufman, and Bill Thomley, and the team of Walt Cadwell, Jimmy Register, and George Alexander.

A total of 3 teams tied at fourth best score between the team of Brad Smedberg, Mike Hatton, and Scott Yon, plus the team of Euless Sheffield, Jaba Jackson, and Marcus Mallet, and the team of Sharon Deal, Bob Deal and Donnie duce.

Fifth place was held by the team of Will Taylor, Willbur Brininger, and Kyle Bush.

There were sufficient prizes donated by a variety of businesses from Washington County, Bay County, and Dothan, AL so that tied teams could be awarded equivalent prizes.

In addition to the golf team prizes, a drawing was held for numbered tickets that were issued when team members purchased “Mulligans” in advance of play to offset a “bad” shot on the course.  A “Mulligan” is a “do over” to hopefully improve the hole score and there are several entertaining stories about the name history dating from the 1920’s to 1940’s.