By JOHN MCGHEHEY
On Aug. 28 and 29, 104 golfers participated in the Iron Horse Scramble at Skyview Golf Course. Participants came from throughout the Nebraska Panhandle as well as from Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha. The tournament also included golfers from Wyoming, Colorado and South Dakota.
Each four-man teamwas drawn randomly and consisted of one “A” player, one “B” player, one “C” player and one “D” player based on handicap. The tournament was a standard scramble format and each team was then given 10 percent of their total team handicap as a deduction from their gross score (five percent each day).
The tournament started Friday evening with a dinner at the Alliance Eagles Club followed by the drawing of the teams. Tee times started at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning. A steak fry for the golfers was held at Skyview Golf Course Saturday evening.
The event concluded on Sunday with the team of Mitch Hinrichs, Lorenzo Gomez, Troy Rentfro and Ken Willey taking first place with a net score of 114.80. Second place, with a net score of 115.80, went to the team of Nick Maser, Nathan Kendall, John Maser and Garry Carpenter. Third place went to the team of Derek Ginn, Bill Brashear, Brandon Foster and Jason Trickler with a score of 116.00
The organizers want to thank all of the participants and are already making plans for next year’s event.