Rotary Golf Classic coming up August 5

The McMinnville Country Club will be packed once again for the 20th Annual Rotary Golf Classic, which is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 5.

This year?s event, which is sponsored by the breakfast and noon Rotary clubs, will get under way with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, while registration is set to begin at 7 a.m.

Food, prizes and fun will be the theme of the day, with a new car the biggest prize up for grabs for one lucky golfer. A 2006 Ford Fusion, valued at $19,800, will go to the first person who gets a hole-in-one on No. 7. The prize is sponsored by McMinnville Ford.

Other prizes totaling $6,000 will be given away for closest to the hole, longest drive and several other surprises will be added to this year?s event.

Last year?s outing drew a group of 34 four-person teams, with the group of Steve Biles, Brad Brock, Brent Brock and Chris Richey ripping through the par-72 course and wining the championship flight with a score of 51.

The scramble will be divided into at least three flights this year, with a fourth flight possible.

Money raised each year goes back into the community, helping support the morning and noon Rotary club?s high school scholarship funds and other local charities.

Lunch will be served after the round, with the awards ceremony to follow.

The cost of the charity scramble is $75 per person and you may contact Hank Patton at the McMinnville Country Club for more information.