Registration begins August 10. The deadline to enter the tournament is noon on Thursday, September 17. The tournament is limited to 124 players. The entry fee of $110 includes one practice round at Swan Lake Golf Course on either September 14 through 18 (Practice round must be scheduled at Swan Lake and does not include a golf cart), lunch on both days of the tournament, use of a golf cart, commemorative gifts and the opportunity to win prizes. There will also be a chance to win the hole-in-one prize, a brand new vehicle from Mathews Nissan Suzuki.

Entry forms are available at all local golf courses, local pro-shops, online at www.cityofclarksville.com and at City Hall (1 Public Square).

Players in the 36-hole event will be divided into flights after the first day of play. The player with the lowest gross score for the 36 holes of play on the second day will be the champion. Prizes will be the same in each flight.

Greg Guinn was the 2008 winner of 29th Annual Mayor’s Golf Classic. Other past winners include Rob Long, Brian Balthrop and Chase McKay.

For more information on the tournament, contact the City of Clarksville’s Mayor’s Office at 645-7444.

FORT CAMPBELL – Summer time is here and it’s time to hit the links as Major General Jeffrey J. Scholoesser, Commanding General of the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division welcomes you to the annual Commanding General’s Golf Tournament at Cole Park Golf Club, Fort Campbell, KY. The tournament will start at 7 a.m. on Saturday, June 13 and conclude on Sunday, June 14 with an awards ceremony. 

Play is limited to 124 players. The field will be broken into flights (divisions of golfers within a tournament, determined by handicap) after Saturday’s round. Based on a full field, there will be 4 open flights and 1 senior flight. The Senior Division (50 and older) will have low gross and low net winners, and will play the Gold Tees. The 10% improvement of target score in accordance with the Clarksville Golf Association will be in effect.

The tournament will be 36-hole, stroke play. The Open Division will play scratch and the Tournament Champion will be the player with the lowest 36-hole gross score from the Blue Tees. The lowest first round scores will be paired for the final round. Gift certificate will be given as prizes to the first 5 places in each flight.

For additional information on the Commanding General’s Golf Tournament, please contact Cole Park Golf Club at (270) 798-4906.

Sunday Scores

The 1st Annual Salvation Army Golf Tournament will be held at The Eastland Green Golf Course on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8a.m. The Tournament is limited to 144 golfers. The entry fee is $60 per person and includes green fee, cart, prizes, lunch and much more.

The Salvation Army is looking for donations and sponsorships with $100 hole sponsor, $500 corporate sponsor (which includes team of 4 players) options being available. For more information contact Bubba Burchett at  931-624-2647.

]]> http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2009/04/26/the-first-annual-salvation-army-golf-tournament/feed/ 0 http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/08/16/mayoral-golf-classic-coming-to-swan-lake/ http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2008/08/16/mayoral-golf-classic-coming-to-swan-lake/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:00:22 +0000 News Staff http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/?p=7497 The 29th Annual Clarksville Mayor’s Golf Classic will be held on Saturday and Sunday, September 13-14 at Swan Lake Golf Course. This popular golf event annually features one of the largest fields of amateur players in the area and is the last golf event of the year that offers points for the local Tournament of Champions.

The deadline to enter the tournament is noon, Thursday, September 11th. An entry fee of $100 earns the golfer two rounds of golf which includes a practice round at Swan Lake between September 8-12 (cost of cart not included in the practice round); lunch both days, and the opportunity to win cash and prizes. Entry forms are available at all local golf courses and pro shops, or at Clarksville City Hall, One Public Square.The 36-hole event is flighted after the first day of play. The player with the lowest gross score for the 36 holes of play will be the champion. Prizes will be the same in each flight. Participants will receive a t-shirt and other complimentary gifts.

Rob Long was the winner for the 7th time in 2007. Brian Balthrop was the winner 2006. Other winners include Greg Guinn in 2004 and Adam Shanks in 2002.

For more information about the 2007 Mayor’s Golf Classic, please contact the Mayor’s office, 931-645-7444.

The team defeated the New England Intensity 32-0 in the IWFL Tier Two Conference Wildcard Game. The Fox had a great offensive game accompanied with a defense that was “Off the Chain” only allowing 12 total yards of offense by the Intensity WOW. The Fox will work hard during the break before traveling to Chicago to play in the IWFL Tier Two Championship Game July 26th at 3:00 PM.
The Clarksville Fox (The Youngest Women’s Full Contact Football Team to ever play in an IWFL championship game) will play the Montreal Blitz (The first team from outside the United States to play in a women’s full contact football championship game) for the title as Champions of the IWFL Tier Two.

The Fox are excited to know when they win the Championship and they raise the Championship Trophy in the air and they are asked

“What Are You Going To Do Now”? and they get to say “We Are Going to Dollywood”.

Come and play golf July 19th at Swan Lake Golf Course in Clarksville and help raise the money needed to get the Fox to their Championship Game July 26th.

The Fox depends on their fans and sponsors to finance their season being a semi-pro women’s full contact football team. The Fox want to bring the National Championship Title to the Great State of Tennessee and to their home town of Clarksville.

Show your support by playing in the tournament or send a donation in to the team.

State Representative Joe Pitts and Montgomery County Mayor Carolyn Bowers have both pledged to send in donations. For more information, call 931-648-8130 Home or e-mail

The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department Summer Youth Program begins June 9 with the opening of gymnasiums and the program ends on July 17. The Summer Youth Program is a fun day-camp offered to children ages 6-16 for six weeks each summer. Gyms are staffed with Directors and Assistants five days a week starting June 9 through July 17 to offer leadership and assistance in play activities and free lessons in dance and karate.

Burt-Cobb Community Center, Crow Community Center, and Kleeman Community Center are Summer Program sites as well as Barksdale, Burt, Glenellen, Hazelwood, Liberty, Minglewood, and St. Bethlehem Elementary Schools. The Housing Authority at Summit Heights and Caldwell Lane and the New Providence Outreach Center are also providing sites for the Summer Youth Program.

Caldwell Lane will be open Monday-Friday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. All other sites are open 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. All sites will be closed and lunch will not be served July 4 in observance of Independence Day.

Registration is required by a parent or guardian. Anyone planning to attend the program at Burt-Cobb, Crow, and Kleeman Community Centers is encouraged to register early starting June 2 at the community center you plan for your child to attend. All other gym locations will begin registration at 9 a.m. on June 6.

In addition to the fun gym activities and swimming, the Parks and Recreation Department offers golf and tennis lessons. These lessons are free, but do require pre-registration. Parents can pre-register children for the golf lessons at Mason Rudolph Clubhouse on June 6. Ages 6-10 can be registered from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and ages 11-16 can register from 10:30 am to noon. Parents can register their children ages 6-16 for the tennis lessons on June 6 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Clarksville Parks and Recreation office.

The Roxy Regional Theater will offer a six-week theatre workshop for ages 10-16. The cost of the program is $30, due at registration on June 6 at the Clarksville Parks and Recreation office from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The Summer Youth Program participates in the USDA Summer Lunch Program, so each child attending the program will be offered a free, nutritious lunch daily. Free Swim Fridays are offered to each child in the program. Each site will be designated a pool where they can swim free for 2 hours each Friday morning. There is no charge for this activity. Transportation to the pool is provided from the gym sites.

For more information about the Summer Youth Program, please call the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department at 645-7476.

The Women’s Softball League begins play on Thursday at Heritage Park. Coaches’ packets with schedules are available at the Parks and Recreation office for pickup. The Tuesday Church Youth League season starts June 10 also at Heritage Park.

Games begin next week for the Youth Recreation League. First games are Monday night for ages five to six, Tuesday night for ages seven to eight, and Thursday night for ages nine to ten and eleven to twelve.

Another sport receiving publicity and occasionally headlines the local papers is golf. Montgomery County has several golf courses spread across Clarksville and its neighboring communities that afford golfers the opportunity to leave behind the stress and anxiety of work for the elation that comes with this game. Although I am no longer a golfer myself, I appreciate the sport.

At Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, I first learned the fundamentals of the game as well as taking advantage of the opportunity to improve my health by walking the gold course and chasing wayward golf balls.

There is excitement in this primarily quiet game. A local golfer in a recent tournament shouted “Boom” as he scored a birdie (under par) and victory in his match. It’s a cause for jubilation when an individual set an achievable goal and reaches it in golf.

Becoming a successful golfer with a reasonable score is as easy as “keep your eye on the ball” on the swing and the follow through. It’s deceptive though, because there isn’t anything “easy” about golf. It takes discipline and a single-mindedness to focus for a minute on that white or orange ball.

The slightest inattention can cause the ball to fly into the rough or worse, hit the water hazard with a splash. A golfer may offer an extended litany for a wayward shot or even a putt.

“The weather is, for example, is too hot or too cold, too windy, too wet, or the distraction of a foursome chewing gum or chattering is too great — but undesired shots are usually caused by the simple failure to keep the eye on the ball.”

Like sucessful golfers, no one can achieve or reach goals without “keeping an eye on the ball[God].” We too in our ouir spiritual live s can be distracted from success by our thinking and failure to realize that we have spiritual resources for being “conquerors.”

Distraction that sabotage us are thoughts such as “I’m not educated, I can’t be a writer like …, at my age I am limited, if only I was 20 years younger, if only I were thinner or more fit, I can’t do that, I don’t have enough money to give two percent to charity, or I tire too easily or quickly…”

Such lame excuses are detrimental to our spiritual development and motivation to be a moral and contributing citizen, a member of a social club (Kiwanis, Elks, Moose Lodge, Legion or VFW), the church or any other productive organization.

Being focused, setting challenging goals does result in serendipitous experiences beyond our imagination.

The first in my extended family to complete high school through my parents encouragement, and later going to university, seminary and graduate school, were goal achieved while in my 20s and 30s. Such educational discipline opened me up to positive possibilities. Now, in a relaxed and confident retirement, I see how “keeping my eye on the ball” has enriched my life. Or as we say in South St. Louis, I kept my “nose to the grindstone.” Although tghis adage defies my understanding, I think it possibly means the same as “keep my eye on the ball.”

The prophet Micah suggests we “keep our eye on the ball” with these words:

“…And what does the Lord require of you … do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God…”

In the interest of our spiritual development, let’s keep our eye on that admonition.