First Tee of Austin participants in the 2018 Onion Creek Hickory Classic, all outfitted by Kings Cross Knickers. Event host Pete League, center, was proud to welcome the players to the outing.
March 29, 2018 – Austin, Texas
Pete League reports – We had participants from The First Tee of Austin for the first time. Two three-person teams played in a special Scramble format. Kings Cross Knickers provided full knicker outfits for all six juniors. They looked great!
Eighty-five persons registered and seven withdrew for various reasons of illness, injury, or work obligations.
Robin Burke, Captain of the American Team for the 2016 Curtis Cup Matches, a member of the Texas Golf Hall of Fame, and manager of Champions Golf Club in Houston (site of the 2020 U. S. Women’s Open) was our guest speaker.
The event’s raffle raised $3,650 through the generosity of our donors and our ticket-buyers. We soared past the $19,000 threshold toward our $25,000 goal. Every dime has gone to Austin’s Mobile Loaves and Fishes. I suspect that sometime during the next 3-4 months, we will have reached that goal, taking a homeless couple off the streets forever. THANKS TO EVERYONE!!! (Raffle prizes and winners are listed below.)
(Background: About a year ago, my wife and I decided to attempt to raise $25,000 toward the purchase of a mobile home to be placed in Mobile Loaves & Fishes‘ Community First Village, an initiative to take homeless persons off the streets. CFV has already placed over 170 persons into permanent homes. This latest fund-raising effort puts us just under the $20,000 mark – about 80 percent toward our goal.)
As for the golf outing, Scott Wimmer of Swansea, Ill. kicked butt with two 75s.
In the Swift Trophy Matches (results shown below), the American Team beat the Canadian team by a strong 20.5 to 15.5 margin. Hal Coward of Texas was the MVP for the American Team and Gino Narduzzi was the MVP for the Canadian Team, each now the owner of a Michael Roche (sculptor) miniature version of the Keeper-of-the-Green sculpture.
Virgil Swift, long-time supporter of hickory golf at Onion Creek Club, was presented with a special version of our poster signed by each of the participants.
Click here for a list of the medal round results.
ONION CREEK HICKORY CLASSIC – Raffle Results
Benefiting Mobile Loaves & Fishes’ homeless initiatives
Donors are listed in parenthesis, winners below.
1. GRAND PRIZE: Full set of Tom Stewart replica irons and a new vintage-style golf bag. (Anonymous donors and Louisville Golf)
Michel Gibson
2. Framed, signed and numbered print of Ben Hogan (Bob Fletcher)
Forrest Lumpkin
3. 1.75 liter bottle of Bushmill’s Irish Whisky (Pete League)
Rick Boudreau
4. AT&T tournament-used flag signed by Mark O’Meara (Pete League)
Michel Gibson
5. The Riviera Golf Courses by Bernard Darwin (Dormy House Press/Dick Verinder)
John Drake
6. Unforgetable Days by Bernard Darwin (Dormy House Press/Dick Verinder)
Tom Hughes
7. Pair of knickers with socks (Knicker Dog/Scott Pilgrim)
Michael Sloan
8. Round of golf for four at Onion Creek Club in Austin (Dominion Golf Group)
Gary Krupkin
9. Round of golf for four at Riverplace Country Club in Austin (Dominion Golf Group)
Dick Verinder
10. Round of golf for four at Twin Creeks Golf Club in Austin (Dominion Golf Group)
Ron Lyons
11. Round of golf for four at Dominion Country Club in San Antonio (Dominion Golf Group)
Gene Arnold
12. Round of golf for four at Lantana Golf Club in Lantana, Texas (Dominion Golf Group)
Hal Coward
13. Two passes to any Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in the United States (Alamo Drafthouse Cinema)
Four winners: Terry Dennis, Ken Gutshall, Jim McComb, and Bill Bywaters
14. Louisville Golf Co. hickory shaft brassie (almost new; slightly used, by Tom Hughes)
Devin Harmala
15. Replica Mills hickory shaft, longnose, aluminum play club (Tad Moore Golf Co.)
Jim Derrick
16. New hickory shaft driver (Louisville Golf Co.)
Vince Arriaga
17. Knickers and other items (Kings Cross Knickers)
John Hutton, Max Hill, John Drake
18. Replica club carrier and wind chimes crafted from 1930s-era shafts (Wood Duck Nation)
Shirley Walker
19. Antique, hickory shaft, fancy face MacGregor driver (Rob Ahlschwede)
Joe Black
20. Professionally framed and mounted print of renowned artist Elizabeth Peper’s painting of the Eighteenth hole at the Old Course (Rob Ahlschwede)
Steve Stafford
21. Antique, hickory shaft, Robert Forgan (Forganite) driver (Hal Coward)
Russ Fisher
22. Bottle of top-shelf single malt Scotch whisky (Pete League)
Richard Brown
23. Hickory shaft, Spalding aluminum-head putter (Rob Ahlschwede)
Michael Northcutt
24. Head covers and shoe bag (Eliott Bag Co.)
Dan Chand
25. Head covers and shoe bag (Eliott Bag. Co)
Dave Pekar
26. Signed print of artist John Morland’s rendering of Turnberry’s tenth hole (Joe Black)
Ryan Galloway
27. Watch (Wayne Aaron)
John McKenzie
28. Two golf books: Fine Art and America’s Fairways and Great Golf Collections of the World (Wayne Aaron)
Lynn League