kAced it! Filling 'golf shoes' wasn't easy

I’ve always been Bill’s sidekick for this event. That’s former Chamber CEO and golf enthusiast Bill Marcum, so I was nervous stepping into his “golf shoes” for our annual Kelso Longview Chamber of Commerce Annual Golf Classic June 26 at Three Rivers Golf Course.

I’m proud to say the sold-out tournament didn’t disappoint. We had 31 teams and 124 golfers from more than 62 local businesses for this fun event. The weather was perfect! Not too hot and not too cold, but just right.

Special thank you to Cowlitz PUD Warm Neighbor Corporate Program for being the title sponsor of the tournament for the second year in a row. We appreciate their support and hope the tournament raises awareness for the Warm Neighbor Program and encourages businesses to get involved.

The sponsors really came through to make the day amazing for all involved! This year’s lunch was provided by The Shamrock Spirits and Grill and also sponsored by Elam’s Home Furnishings. Jon Rodman and staff did an incredible job preparing the burgers for all the golfers. Thank you, Jon. We had Cass and Don of C’s Photography back with us taking photos of every participating team and Reprographics provided each participant with a printed copy of their team photo. Each person can also download their image from this link–a new fun feature this year! Thank you to our photo sponsors: Propel Insurance, Gibbs and Olson and Express Employment Personnel.

We had a variety of items donated for the raffle and auction. Thank you to those businesses and thank you players for purchasing tickets. All in all we had over 35 sponsors and 20 volunteers to help make this a full day of fun. A huge thank you to all our tournament sponsors for their generosity and contributions. This event would not be successful without them. For a complete list of all our tournament sponsors please see page 3.

I gotta say, everyone golfed pretty darn well, but we did have some teams who excelled above the rest well enough to capture a trophy. In the Gross Division: first place went to Reese Baker’s

For more Awards, see page 4

Top of the Leaderboard

Here are a few of photos of our Golf Classic trophy winners. These were the winning teams: Gross Division: first place went to Reese Baker’s United Rental; second place went to Cowlitz PUD; and third place went to PNW Metal Recycling. In the Net Division: first place went to Details Home Inspections; second place to Explorer Brewing; and third place to Woods Logging. For photos of all team participants and winners click here.