The Estevan Lions Club is looking for golfers and for sponsors for its CNIB Charity Golf Classic.
The tournament will be held July 8 at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course, with a shotgun start at 11 a.m. A number of golfers are already entered, and event co-chair Travis Olver would like to see more than 100 golfers participating the day of the event.
“We want to fill this thing up,” said Olver, who is heading up the tournament alongside Nancy Brodeur.
Proceeds from the event will be directed towards CNIB (formerly known as Canadian National Institute for the Blind). Lions Club members around the world have advocated for and served the blind and visually impaired ever since Helen Keller inspired Lions back in 1925.
Most golfers will enter the classic as a team, but they can also register as an individual, or in two or three.
There will be hole in one opportunities at each of the four par threes on the course. Golfers will be blindfolded for their tee shot on Woodlawn’s first hole, so that they understand the experience of a blind golfer. Two representatives of CNIB will have a blind tee-off.
Golfers will also putt while wearing a blindfold on one of the holes.
Included in the entry fee of $125 will be 18 holes of golf and a supper at the golf course’s clubhouse.
Sponsors can support the tournament through a monetary donation, by becoming a hole sponsor and supplying prizes for teams.
The Lions Club was not able to host the tournament last year due to COVID-19 restrictions, but they’re pleased to do it this year and to support the CNIB.
“We were able to, from other routes, make a donation to CNIB last year,” said Olver.
For more information, contact Olver at 306-421-9626 or Brodeur at 306-421-9083, or email cniblionsgolf@gmail.com.
