Focus: 2008 NHA Symposiumfocus Golf
String-Gate 20 8 NHA Golf Tournament at NAS Oceana’s Aeropines Article By LTJG Jeremy Bartowitz, USN Photos taken by LT JG Stephaine Erwin, USN
This year’s held at NAS Oceana be remembered for Some may remember 250 Rotor-Heads Jocks recreational others will recount of putting-string that scores nearly 20 below Paul Lluy, Commander hosted the golf tournament, by the officers of Prizes, monetary guidance were provided Sponsors. Lockheed Martin primary sponsor and donated towels to fill the grab bags. the bill for the beer carts prizes that were given to the each course. Goodrich 1 8 th h o l e s . 9th holes. L-3 the Closest to and Hole-in-One ARINC provided the
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NHA Golf Tournament, on April 16 th , may one of two things. it for the nearly invading the Jetcourse, while still the up-to-10 feet they bought to drop par! Commodore HSCWINGLANT, which was planned HSC-28. donations and by several NHA served as the hats, balls, tees and Sikorsky picked up as well as providing bottom teams from sponsored the 1st and CAE sponsored the Vertex sponsored Pin Challenge Challenges. Lastly, grand prize.
Beyond NHA’s corporate sponsors, the following local businesses contributed to our event. Dick’s Sporting Goods donated grab-bag coupons as well as a $50 gift certificate for our raffle. Golf Galaxy provided coupons for the grab-bags as well as eight free golf lessons. Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse donated two $50 gift certificates for the Longest Drive Challenge. Taking grand prize for the best overall score was the team of RADM Terry McKnight, CAPT Joe Bauknecht, CAPT Travis Montplaisir, and CAPT Michael Hawley; each received a $100 gift certificate to Golf Galaxy, courtesy of ARINC. After a successful tournament NHA handed out over $1,500 in prizes to 56 worthy recipients. So whether you remember the day because of the gorgeous weather or the extra-low scores, we’d like to thank our Sponsors, the golf pros at Aeropines, and all of our participants for helping make the tournament such a wonderful event.
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