MSUB Athletics Puts on Record-Breaking Golf Tournament

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BILLINGS, Mont. – The 2010 edition of the Coca-Cola Montana State Billings Yellowjacket Golf Outing was a record-setting success Friday afternoon at EagleRock Golf Course in Billings.  A tournament-record 30 teams participated in the annual event helping raise money for Yellowjacket athletics. 

The 30 teams participated in the 1 p.m. shotgun, four person, best ball tournament format.  The 120-player field also had the opportunity to compete in a number of contests on certain holes, in addition to purchasing a maximum of two mulligans per person for $10. 

They could have doubled their money if they hit their tee shot into a 15-foot diameter circle surrounding the cup on No. 3 or hit with a junior golf club and then tee up the resulting best shot on hole No. 5 for an additional $5 per person.  Those, along with prizes on three of the four par 3’s for a hole-in-one, were just some of the games available during the tournament.  The par three prizes included: Calloway Irons; round trip tickets for two anywhere in the United States and $5,000 in cash.

There were two overall winning teams based on gross score and net score.  The overall winning gross score team consisted of Quinn Donovan, Jerry Simpson, Broc Criswell and Al Littler who tallied an impressive 18-under 54 on the par 72 course., while the overall net scoring winning team consisted of Bryan Weiss, Yellowjacket baseball coach Chris Brown, Keith Neumiller and Travis McCullough with a 47.9 score as each person’s handicap was included in the scoring.

After the event, the 120 players were treated to a BBQ dinner in the clubhouse where the 18 flag prizes, door prizes and the winning teams were announced. 

The flag prize winners included: Adam Davis; Kevin Woodin; Phil Dahl; Gale Berry; John Herr; Gus Roofern; Keith Neumiller; Rhett Hightower; Tim Zorn; Cody Clickner; Luke Wheeler; Michael Elliott; Kit Strief; Jeff Rosenberry; Troy Nearpass; Dan Kindsfather; Shawn O’Brien and Chris Brown.