The Friends of Tri-Valley Foundation held its annual central golf tournament for 2025 on Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Horizons at Prairie Ridge Golf Course in Erie.
It was an excellent day for the annual tournament. Play began at 9 a.m. with 17 teams teeing off.
The tournament was a four-person scramble with two flights. The winners for A Flight were the team of Travis Pack, Mitchell Peitz, Bart Carpenter, and Casey Smith with a score with a score of 53. Second place, with a score of 55, were David Martin, Conner O’Neal, Ian Houchin, Dustin Houchin.
The winners for B Flight were: first place B & W Team #3 Beto Melendez, Spencer Styles, Trez Styles and Conner Haviland with a score of 59. 
Second place with a score of 60 were Kent Short, Cole Short, Gene Fulgium and Sidney Newton.
Winning the Longest Drive contest was Conner Haviland. Closest to the Pin was Brent See.
Players were given the opportunity to try their chances with several contests and games.
The hole games were Paul Bunyon and Trouble Hole-In-One. The contests were a 50/50 raffle, which was won by David Martin, and the Orange Ball Contest, which was won by the team of Derek Wood, Chuck Gardner, Betty Gardner and Earl Ray. Brenda Harrison, Kat Lorenz-Moore and Jessica Yohe oversaw the Hole Games and had fun interacting with the golfers.
All money raised from the event goes toward the foundation’s mission of providing quality and affordable homes for our neighbors with intellectual/developmental disabilities in the eight counties of Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Neosho, Wilson and Woodson. 
Since 2001, the Tri-Valley Foundation has built six houses and acquired nine houses and a duplex. The 16 houses are home to 81 of our neighbors with intellectual/developmental disabilities.
“Without the generosity of our communities, this fun event could not have been held.
“Thank you to all the golfers who participated as well as to our event sponsors,” said Trick Campbell, special projects coordinator.
“It is friends like you that allow us to provide services to our neighbors with I/DD and to help them achieve the quality of life they seek.”
