Union County Business & Professional Association hosted the 2024 Scholarship Benefit Golf Classic on June 15 at Three Ridges Golf Course.
Golfers enjoyed a complimentary lunch by Lil Jo's BBQ. Eight teams competed for the top prizes. Corum Bookkeeping Services was the tournament champion. The City of Plainview team was second and Union County Education Association took third.
A delighted nine-year-old Gavin Thomas, who played with his dad, uncle, and grandpa on the Thomas Waterproofing team won second place for Closest to the Pin. Gavin received a certificate to play four rounds of golf and a free cart at Three Ridges Golf Course. Winning the Closest to the Pin and receiving four free rounds of golf with a cart at Dead Horse Lake Golf Course in Knox County was Jeff Winterberger of UC Education Association (UCEA).
Collins Insurance sponsored the Putting Contest. Zach Goodin of UCEA won first place and Holden Headrick of Plainview took second place. All players received a free round of golf at Three Ridges and a goody bag of snacks and promotional items from Food City, Flowers Bakeries, Tammie Hill Realty Executives Associates, First Century Bank, FirstBank and UC Extension Agent Shannon DeWitt.
Pepsi Company of Knoxville, Cherokee Distributing, Eagle Distributing, and Cumberland Gap Distributors provided the drinks. Food City and UCEA were event sponsors. Hole sponsors were KUB, Jessie Seal Candidate for TN Senate, A&B Bookkeeping, Register of Deeds Ann Russell, County Court Clerk Barbara Williams, Bi-County Propane, Charlene Kosegi of Realty Executives Associates, City of Luttrell, City of Maynardville, City of Plainview, Commercial Bank, Corum Bookkeeping Services, Road Superintendent David Cox, Electrostatic Precision Painting, First Century Bank, FirstBank, Flowers by Bob, GRIID, In Memory of Tracy Jeffreys, Jared Effler 8th District Attorney General, County Clerk Pam Ailor, Property Assessor Randy Turner, Shafer Insurance, Smith Hydroseeding and Mowing, Tammie Hill of Realty Executives Associates, The Sign Guys, Thunder Road Printing & Graphic Design, Mayor Jason Bailey, ORNL Federal Credit Union Maynardville, Pete’s Place, Ray Varner Ford, Scruffy City Title, Thomas Waterproofing, Union County Chiropractic, Union County Nutrition, Wanda Byerley and Woods Music. Thank you to all of the volunteers who made this event a success.
Proceeds benefit UCBPA Charities, Inc., to award scholarships annually to deserving seniors for their post-high school education. To date, UCBPA has awarded over $140,000 to 146 graduates.