14th Annual Circle of Concern Golf Tournament Update!

This year's 14th Annual Circle of Concern's Charity Golf Tournament was played on May 21, 2018 at Aberdeen Golf Club. We had 31 teams register to play (full field is 36) with about 145 people in attendance. The event started off with light rain but cleared by the start time to provide a dry, hot day.

Additional fundraising activities integrated into the tournament included selling mulligans, a putting contest, a go big or go bigger option, a wine pull and a live auction of 6 big ticket items. The auction items included a wine tasting for 20 from Total Wine with appetizers provided by Annie Gunn's restaurant, a four day getaway to Park City, Utah, a black Sapphire bracelet donated by Clarkson Jewelers, 4 club level Cardinal tickets, Kendra Scott jewelry and a Drury Inn/Jazz tickets/restaurant evening for two. To keep hunger at bay, we provided golfers Chick-fil-A breakfast sandwiches & coffee at check-in, hotdogs at the turn and a full lunch buffet catered by Bandana's BBQ after players finished their round. Complimentary beer was provided by Grey Eagle Distributors and complimentary soda & water was provided by Paul & Betty Taylor.

I am happy to announce that we raised just over $20,000.00 for Circle of Concern. Overall, a very successful day! Many thanks go out to B. Lienemann for laying such great groundwork and structure for this tournament in past years, building on the work of G. Corlett and others. This year’s incredible Golf Tournament Committee of B. Lienemann, W. Brent, M. Fruechte, J. Martin, C. Miller, S.Ernst, J. Holden, worked tirelessly since December to put this event together. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers that came out to help, in a beautiful BRIGHT orange t-shirt, to make sure everything went as planned.

 Additionally, I would be very remiss if I did not include a heartfelt thanks to the members of St. Mark's congregation. St. Mark has been a long time supporter of Circle of Concern and with this charity golf tournament, it has once again shown great dedication to this wonderful organization. Without the very generous individual donations we could not have funded this event. Without all the members and member's friends that took time to play, this event would not have been as successful as it was. So again, thank you for caring and adding to this tournament! It was a great day of golf but also an incredible opportunity to help a fantastic community organizationCircle of Concern. Next year's tournament has been set for Monday, May 20, 2019. I hope you will mark your calendars and plan to come play! If you don't play, consider volunteering on the committee or at the event and see what's it's all about!

Gratefully, D. Brown, Golf Committee Chairperson