Saturday, Aug 16th was the fifth annual Francesville Fall Festival Golf Outing. Battling heat and humidity, eleven teams met for a day of golf, fellowship and fun at Moss Creek Golf Course and Banquet Center in rural Winamac.
At check-in each team received a Wilson Distance golf ball, golf tees, and a Fall Festival poker chip/ball marker. The opportunity to “bend the rules’ was also offered as teams could purchase Mulligans and/or a yard stick with 36” to be applied throughout the golf course to any shot that ended up near the hole.
The 2025 championship came down to the wire. Here are the results:
1st Place – Jeff Hettinger Team – Team score 52 (-18)
2nd Place – Burt Davis Team – Team Score 54 (-16)
3rd place – Gregg Malott Team – Team Score 55 (-15)
Skills challenge winners were as follows:
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Longest drive for women at hole 13 – Lori Cords
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Longest drive for men at hole 7 – Matt Garling
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Closest to the pin for women at hole 6 – Lori Cords
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Closest to the pin for men at hole 1 – Mike Zeider
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Longest putt for both men and women at hole 12 – Evan Kruger
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Closest to the pin at hole 18 for both men and women – Burt Davis – $100 winner
At the conclusion of golf, all participants cooled off in the banquet room with an outstanding meal of hamburgers and hotdogs, chips, baked beans and cookies. Awards were presented and door prize tickets drawn for the many nice prizes.
The Fall Festival Committee would like to thank the following businesses for purchasing hole sponsorships and their support of the outing:
Silver Hole Sponsors: Hardrock Drilling , Invenergy and Al Breyfogle Family/Tippy’s
Bronze Hole Sponsors: Bane Welker, Belstra’s Farm & Garden, Chris Schramm for Sheriff, Circle S Farms Solutions, Theresa Calloway for Assessor, The Conrad Agency, Complete Electric, Clear Decision Filtration, D1 Truck & Trailer Repair & Towing, Disinger Truck Parts & Services Inc., Fast Lane Internet, FRATCO, GreenMark Equipment, Dale & Peg Gudeman, Gutwein Insurance, Hillcrest Dental, Jennifer Garten, Kaeb Sales, Kelly Gaumer – Pulaski County Prosecutor, The Mellon Family, Salem Township Trustee’s, O-Zone Screen Printing & Embroidery, Sanders Foods, SJE Equipment Rental, Synergy Labor Solutions, “Big” Mike Tiede for County Council, and Tippy’s Pizza and Beer.
Many local citizens and organizations donated gifts which were presented to the players as door prizes so that everyone went home a winner. A big thanks goes to Al Breyfogle Family, Alliance Bank, Belstra’s Farm & Garden, Country Color Floral, Francesville Fall Festival, Jason & Nanci Gutwein, Gutwein Popcorn, Kennedy Family Car Wash, Main Street Bakery, Maurice “Moose” Kopka, Montgomery Mercantile, Chuck Mellon, Tyson Mellon Family, Mike Holle Family, O-Zone Screen Printing & Embroidery, Patio Drive-In, Rob Evans, Sunrise Harvest Farm, Tippy’s Pizza & Beer, and West Central Athletic Department.
Special thanks go out to those helping with obtaining hole sponsorships and door prizes: Nanci Gutwein, Kitty Gutwein, Betty Kruger and Jodie Schlatter. Fall Festival Organizing Committee members Betty Kruger and Brian Pilarski helped with check-in. Brian also distributed water and helped teams in need with tee shots at hole 12. Maury “Moose” Kopka was the official in charge of measuring and recording hole 18 results. Rob Evans was the event coordinator.
One final giant thanks to Tony Olson and his staff at Moss Creek. Thanks for the great hospitality and tasty lunch. We will be back next year.
Make plans to play in the 6th annual Francesville Fall Festival Golf Outing tentatively scheduled or mid June of 2026!! Information will be available next spring.
