Sports Briefs

Martin Rotary hosts Soybean golf tourney The Martin Rotary Club Tennessee Soybean Festival 4-man scramble golf tournamnt is set for Sept. 8 at Persimmon Hills Golf Course in Sharon. Entry fee, which includes cart, green fee, lunch and a chance to win prizes, is $65, and entry deadline is Sept. 6. Players can put together their own teams or be assigned to a team by the Rotary Golf Committee. Flight 1 begins at 8 a.m., followed by lunch from noon to 1 p.m. and then Flight 2 at 1 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams, and door prizes will be given at the end of the tournament. For more information, call Chad Snider at (731) 587-9993 or email to csnider@westaninsur-ance.com Pair of tournaments on MGCC calendar Mayfield Graves Country Club will host two events in September. The Couples Invitat-ional Golf Tournament will be held Sept. 10-11. Entry fee is $100 per team and includes golf, practice round and a Saturday night dinner. There will be multiple flights and a skins game on Saturday. The MGCC annual 3-Man Scramble Golf Tournament is slated for Sept. 24-25. Entry fee is $195 per team. There will be multiple flights and a skins game on Saturday. The field will be limited to the first 40 paid teams. There will be cash payouts. For more information on the two events, call 247-1862 or email shayne@mewsbb.net. Racer golfers double with holes-in-one The Murray State men’s golf program had a memorable weekend when two student-athletes aced the same hole a day apart during qualifying at Murray Country Club. The first hole-in-one was Saturday when junior Hunter York used a pitching wedge to ace the par-3 11th hole. Only 24 hours later on Sunday, freshman Brock Simmons did the same thing with a pitching wedge. The 11th was playing 120 yards when York made his second career hole-in-one. The ace for Simmons was his first as the hole was playing 130 yards. “I’ve been doing this for 10 years, and you don’t see that very often, let alone during qualifying rounds,” MSU head coach Eddie Hunt said. Published in The WCP 8.25.11

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