- April 26, 2024
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At a sold-out Pine Course dining room, Toni Loretti, Bob Sieling, Marcia Hayton and Bob Ross were inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame.
These illustrious four, who gave so much of themselves to both the Grand Club and the game of golf, joined six more. The first inductees to receive this award were Ginny Nicewonger, Jerry Edwards, Deb Crowley, Bob Schultz, Helen Perlman and Harry Davis.
Like those who preceded them, Hayton, Ross, Loretti and Sieling also promoted special needs.
Hayton led the way, working her heart out to raise funds for the treatment of Alzheimer’s desease in an annual Grand Haven event.
Leading the way for all Hall-of-Famers were Club Manager and Director of Golf Alan Howell, along with Dora Garcia, membership and lifestyle director, who gave their talents for months at a time.
Garcia was pivotal in leading the way for the Hall-of-Fame program. She was also key in convincing the opposition that it was the right way to go.
Both of these leaders, plus Michael Tsouklaris, the PGA pro at Cypress, illustrated once more why these two golf venues are among the best in Florida.
After what I viewed these last two years from these leaders, anyone looking for a golf course to call home should waste no time in coming to the Grand Club, in Palm Coast.
For those who love the game of golf, don’t ever let good people like this get away.
Hole in one
One of the most popular aces ever garnered by golfers in Palm Coast was the one Jake “Lester” Jacoby stuck in his back pocket this past weekend.
It wasn’t a simple ace.
It was on the eighth hole at the Pine Course, on a windy day, while playing with the Sludgehammers. This golf group plays twice a week and has been tucking away dollar bills for up to five years to reward the special happening.
One hundred bills went to the popular Kee Rhee when he recorded the same score of his age, leaving a balance of $400.48. That is the amount former mayor and present Sludgehammer leader Jim Canfield handed Jacoby, proving once more that it pays to be a Sludgehammer.
He used a utility club from 155 yards out to claim his third career hole-in-one. Previous aces were in Staten Island, N.Y. and at Palm Harbor.
In truth, as all agree, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy!
Winner, winner
Grand Haven favorite Walt McRae announced that Bob Collaro is the winner of the Trinity Presbyterian Church Great Golf Package. He will play four of Florida’s great golf courses with three guests.
