WARSAW – The Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic was a huge success. Approximately 160 golfers, representing Kosciusko County companies, came out on an absolutely gorgeous day to the Tippecanoe Lake Country Club. Teams of four had their choice of two different tee times. At each hole golfers were able to find out about local businesses and receive samples from restaurants and catering companies.

The Warrior Mount Up set-up at a hole and brought two veterans who are in the program. Warrior Mount Up, a Magical Meadows program, provides veterans opportunity to work on physical and emotional stresses associated with keeping this country free and safe. Warriors Mount Up offers several projects to provide physical, social, cognitive, and emotional benefits through therapeutic horseback riding. Kosciusko Chamber President & CEO Mark Dobson putted for golfers and received donations which brought in $1,621. In addition, two golfers won the putting contest and donated the combined $500, for a total of $2,121 to the Warrior Mount Up program.

Several awards and prizes were given away, including:
Closest to the line on hole #3: Mike Reed and Jerry Clevenger
Closest to the hole on hole #8: Bryan Zehr and Dale Miller
Closest to the hole on hole #11: Mike Reed and Bryan Bailey
Closest to the hole on hole #13: John Brown and Jason Gurgley.
Fastest Hole: Miller’s Merry Manor team with 33 seconds and Farmers State Bank team with 43 seconds

Placement Awards
Random Placements were chosen: DJ Construction (Bob Schrock, Pat Gross, Joe Jarboe, Hugh Gerard); Warsaw Buick GMC (Ted Nine, Kirk Zuber, Paul Webb, Matt McKibben); Dahms & Yarian (Rick Moriarty, Ken Bucher, Darrin Miller, David Johnson); Parkview Hospital (Scott Gabriel, Mike Eckroth, Jeff Rockett, Duane Ginder); and Dilling Group (Eric Ott, Dan Robinson, Robinson, Bryan Bailey)

3rd Place Team – Clevenger Insurance (Jerry Clevenger, Dennis Hively, Joe Clevenger, Chris Hanson); 2nd Place Team – Farmer State Bank (Lindy Breeden, Rick Morris, Shane Hartle, Alan Collins)
1st Place Team – Miller’s Merry Manor (Al Grossnickle, B.J. DeCola, Bryan Zehr, Brad Harris)

A survey was sent out to golfers to choose this year’s best food sponsor hole and most interactive sponsor hole.  The 2015 best food sponsor hole was Hacienda and the most interactive sponsor hole was Warrior Mount Up by Magical Meadows and South Bend Air. Congratulations! Team photos and additional 2015 Golf Classic photos can be found on the Kosciusko Chamber Flickr page.

Thank you to all the partners who made this a successful event: Warsaw Buick GMC, MutualBank, Louis Dreyfus Agricultural Industries, Kosciusko REMC, Kosciusko Community Hospital, Physicians Health Plan, 1st Source Bank, Martin’s Super Market, Lake City Bank, and Angelina’s Cigars. Also supporting this Kosciusko Chamber event were our Premium Hole Partners, Hole Partners, Prize Partners and Water Partners. ­

The Kosciusko Chamber also held a silent auction at this year’s Golf Classic. Bidders were able to text to bid and the auction was open to members and the public. Funds raised will go back into the community by supporting the mission of the Kosciusko Chamber. The Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce connects business with opportunity by being the advocate of business in stimulating economic growth and diversity, promoting educational excellence and coordinating action on issues of community importance.  For more information visit www.kchamber.com.