First Annual Dean’s Golf Tournament a “Hole-in-One”

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas (May 16, 2005) - The First Annual Dean’s Golf Tournament, “Shootout in the Brazos Valley”, took place Saturday, May 14 at the Texas A&M University golf course. Seventeen faculty members and 14 students played in the event, which kicked off at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start. The tournament format was a multi-flight scramble, with teams made up of students and faculty members.

The results of the tournament are as follows:

First Flight

First Place
(with a score of 58, 13 under par):
Dr. Alan Parrish
Dr. Kelly Hester
Jared Lund
Neil Shah

Second Place
(with a score of 63, 8 under par):
Dr. Mike Davis
Dr. George Davis
Jim Littlejohn

Third Place
(with a score of 63, 8 under par):
Dr. Don DiPette
Dr. Luis Castellanos
Shawn Skeen
Todd Johnson

Second Flight

First Place
(with a score of 64, 7 under par):
Dr. Don Kasperik
Dr. Vic Malabonga
Chris Kneip
Eric Lenehan

Second Place
(with a score of 64, 7 under par):
Dr. Mike Ruggiero
Dr. Mark English
Jeff Smaistrla
Chris Hudak

Third Place
(with a score of 67, 4 under par):
Dr. John Gelderd
Dr. Siegfried Musser
Jonathan Henderson
Bodie Correll

Fourth Place
(with a score of 67, 4 under par):
Dr. John Gibson
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Herring
Tim Ghattas

Fifth Place
(with a score of 69, 2 under par):
Dr. Jim Samuel
Dr. Ed Childs
Dr. Warren Zimmer
Coy Wright
Anthony Strawn

The event was followed by lunch and an awards ceremony. The top three teams in each flight won prizes, as well as the last place team in the tournament, who received “Dead A** Last” trophies. In addition, awards were given for longest drive, longest putt and closest to the pin. Chris Hudak won the longest drive award, while Jonathan Henderson received recognition for the longest putt. Mary Elizabeth Herring picked up the award for closest to the pin.

The tournament was sponsored in part by Kolache Rolf’s, Edward Jones and Monograms & More.

The “Shootout in the Brazos Valley” was a great event, and gave the faculty and students a chance to get to know each other better in a fun atmosphere. Thanks to all who participated and we hope to have even more players next year!