SHINE golf tournament raises $45,000

The Shine Golf Tournament serves as the sole source of annual funding for the Shine Dental Clinic, a student run clinic that provides free dental care to Edmonton’s inner city population.

The foundational principles of Shine Dentistry are as follows: provide service to a high need youth population in the inner city of Edmonton, build social responsibility among students, expose students to clinical practice earlier in their training, and build interdisciplinary relationships and understandings with other health science fields. The funding raised at this event is used to cover rent for the building and dental supplies we use throughout the year.

The day involves 18 holes of golf in groups of 4 using a Texas scramble format. We have a shotgun start at 8:30am and the round typically takes about 5 hours, after which everyone gathers together for lunch while listening to speeches from our sponsors and the announcement of winners from the day.

This year , the tournament had 144 golfers and nearly 50 volunteers, raising just under $45,000!

Award recipients from the day:

Team Scramble-Winners Luke Milne Matthew Ohrt Dan Matheson Terence Teske

Team Scramble-Most Honest (Highest score) Kyle Watson Josh Benner David Hudson Andy SJ

Men’s Long Drive Josh DeSerres

Lady’s Long Drive Nella Brodett

Men’s Closest to the pin Casey Moore

Lady’s Closest to the pin Christie Daye

A special thank you to the tournament organizers Adam McCourt-Senior (co-chair) and Ryan Wittrock-Junior (co-chair).

SHINE golf tournament raises $45,000