Niles City Golf Tournament July 25-27
Published 8:55 am Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Niles City Golf champion Monty Ort, left, is congratulated by runner-up Doug Freeman after he captured his first Niles City Golf championship at Plym Park last year. (Leader file photo)
The 58th annual Niles City Golf Tournament will be held at Plym Park July 25-27.
Organizers are hoping to add a youth division as well as a ladies division to this year’s tournament.
The youth tournament would be held Friday, July 25, while the ladies would play the same days as the men — Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27.
Cost is $20 for the men’s and women’s tournament. The youth tournament fee is $10.
Registration forms for each tournament are going to be available at Plym Park this week. For more information about the tournament, call 684-7331.
Last year Monty Ort, an Edwardsburg graduate, defeated Doug Freeman to capture the Championship Flight.
In the A Flight, 36-holes were not enough to crown a winner as Josh Townsley and Jacob Van Dyke finished the tournament knotted at 163 strokes apiece; which led to a sudden-death playoff between the two. Townsley emerged with a 5 and 7 victory in the playoff and a division title.
Niles’ Dick Noble became the oldest man, at 85, to ever win a flight in the tournament. He won the Seniors Flight with a score of 180.
Jim Conrad won the B Flight finishing the day at 172, while Rick Kidwell won the C Flight with a score of 179. Terry Churchill won the Super Seniors Flight recording a 160 for the tournament.
