Saturday, Aug 10th was the fourth annual Francesville Fall Festival Golf Outing. Under beautiful clear skies, fourteen 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 TaylorMade Distance golf ball, golf tees, a Fall Festival poker chip/ball marker and a door prize entry. 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.
Again, this year’s outing offered a special grand prize of $10,000 awarded to any golfer lucky/skilled enough to score a hole in one on hole 18. Also available were numerous valuable smaller prizes for a hole in one at the other three par 3’s. Alas, no golfer came close to obtaining the $10,000 or the other prizes! Maybe next year??
The 2024 championship was a close contest. Here are the results:
1st Place – FTC consisting of Ron Barlow, Ed Cain, Les Whitaker and Terry Geyer shot a very impressive 53 (-17) to win the outing.
2nd Place – Last year’s winners – Moss Creek with a score of 55 (-15) led by team members Trevor Wildermuth, Tori Wildermuth, Travis Miller, and Danny Kasten.
3rd place (tie) – Two teams shot 58 (-12) – Tippy’s1 consisting of Al Breyfogle, Gary White, Doug Fox, and Rick Fox and MacAllister with members Roger Cords, Lori Cords, Nanci Gutwein, and Jason Gutwein.
Skills challenge winners were as follows:
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Longest drive for women at hole 13 – Tori Wildermuth
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Longest drive for men at hole 7 – Kyle Gregor
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Closest to the pin for women at hole 6 – Joelyn Flotow
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Closest to the pin for men at hole 1 – Ed Cain
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Longest putt for both men and women at hole 12 – Eric Rodriguez
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Closest to the pin at hole 14 for both men and women – Les Whitaker.
At the conclusion of golf, all participants cooled off in the banquet room with an outstanding meal of hamburgers and hotdogs, chips, salad 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: Al Breyfogle Family, Alliance Bank, Bane Welker, Chris Schramm for Sheriff, Circle S Farms Solutions, Complete Electric, D1 Truck & Trailer Repair & Towing, Disinger Truck Parts & Services Inc., FRATCO, Francesville Market, FTC Enterprises Inc., GreenMark Equipment, Greiger’s Motor Sales, Gutwein Insurance, Hardrock Drilling , Hillcrest Dental, Holly VanDerAa – Pulaski County Assessor, Jennifer Garten Family, Kaeb Sales, Kelly Gaumer – Pulaski County Prosecutor, Kopka Auction Service, MacAllister Rentals, Marsha Tetzloff – Pulaski County Recorder, The Mellon Family, Salem Township Trustee’s, Novotny & Associates Insurance, O-Zone Screenprint & Embroidery, Sanders Foods, Schlatter’s Inc., SJE Equipment Rental, Synergy Labor Solutions, Tippy’s, Teresa Bryant – Pulaski County Treasurer, and West Central Water Management LLC.
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 Acorn Oaks RV Park, Al Breyfogle Family, Alliance Bank, Cathy Disinger, Country Color Floral, Cut N Cuddle Dog Grooming, Francesville Market, Gutwein Popcorn, Hardrock Drilling, Kennedy Family Car Wash, MacAllister Rentals, Main Street Bakery, Maurice “Moose” Kopka, Montgomery Mercantile, Chuck/Darlene Mellon, Tyson Mellon Family, Mike Holle Family, O-Zone Screen Printing & Embroidery, Patio Drive-In, Rob Evans, Schlatter’s Inc., Sunrise Harvest Farm, Tippy’s Pizza & Beer, and West Central Athletic Department
Special thanks go out to the Fall Festival Organizing Committee members who helped with check-in: Jodie Schlatter, Darlene Mellon, Betty Kruger and Kitty Gutwein.
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 5th annual Francesville Fall Festival Golf Outing!! Information will be available early summer of 2025.
