Taking First Place in this year’s Big Golf Scramble is Operation Finally Home with Ken Smith, Ronnie Lyles, Lee Kirgan, and Dan Walrath. (Courtesy Photo)

Golden Circle Special Needs Association held their 4th Annual Big Golf Scramble on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at the Tri-County Golf Club at the Vineyards.

The group appreciates everyone who braved the rain to attend and help support their great cause.

Despite the rain, eighty-three golfers teed off for the cause!

Top teams are as follows:

–First Place – Operation Finally Home included Ken Smith, Ronnie Lyles, Lee Kirgan, and Dan Walrath

–Second Place – United Rentals included Michael Fuentes and team

–Third Place – Chad Griffin, Cory Griffin, Heath McColston, Patrick Frazier, and Brian Wood.

Golden Circle Special Needs Association would like to thank Tri-County Golf Club at the Vineyards for their continued support in making the annual tournament a success.

They would also like to thank the following sponsors:

–Event Sponsors – ONIT Trucking, Custom Hose, United Rentals, Tammi Lane (Realtor), Faith Fellowship Baptist Church, Te’Jun the Texas Cajun, Frontier Pest Control, and Long Industries.

–Hole Sponsors – The Butcher’s Choice, Healing Bodyworks, Fairfield Paint & Body, Ultimate Wireline, In Memory of Dunk Morgan, Freedom Electric, In Memory of Bart Matthews, Ed & Kit Prasil, Ben E Keith – Palestine, Heather Hawkins Photography, Jackie & Debbie Dillon, Adamick Enterprises LLC, In Memory of Randy Johnson, Dapper Designs, Ward Sign Company, JWS Homes LLC, The Matt Cave, Double S Blockheads Kennel, Freestone County Game Management Association, In Memory of Terry Lair, Winkler Masonic Lodge, Spur of the Moment Cookers, Bi-Stone Pest Control, In Memory of Dickie Taylor, Big T BBQ Sauce, and Kent & Rachel Whatley.

Golden Circle Special Needs Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization started in Fairfield, Texas to serve local communities by providing financial support to groups and individuals with special needs through various fundraising events.

GCSNA serves the five-county area of Freestone, Limestone, Leon, Anderson, and Navarro Counties.

They host two major fundraising events annual: the Big T Memorial Cookoff in the Fall and Big Golf Scramble in the Spring.

Follow GCSNA on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/GoldenCircleSNA to follow their journey. To keep up with their events, visit Big T Memorial Cookoff’s website at www.bigtmemorial.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/bigtmemorialcookoff.