Golf Season Heats Up in Ohio FRED ALTVATER A Disability is NOT an Inability to Play Golf......... Memorial Day is in the rearview mirror and the summer is upon us. That means there will be lots of golf action around the state. June begins with Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial Golf Tournament that annually brings the best golfers in the world to Columbus. It always provides great golf action and raises millions of dollars for Nationwide Children’s Hospitals every year. Right after the Memorial, the USGA conducts the final qualifiers for the U.S. Open that will be held June 16-19 at the historic Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Ohio hosts three qualifiers, Wedgewood Country Club and Kinsale Golf Club, both near Columbus, plus Springfield Country Club. Speaking of historic, the Ohio Open will be conducted June 2729 at Westfield Country Club. Past champions include, Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson and Tom Weiskopf. Both the Ohio men’s and women’s amateurs will be contested and entries for those qualifiers can be found at the Ohio Golf Association website. If your game is ready to be tested at the highest level, every local golf course hosts numerous charity golf outings and events that are a blast to enter. These events help generate over $4 billion annually that goes to charities from thousands of small golf outings around the country. Do your part, get your buddies together and sign up for a golf outing in your community. June also means Father’s Day. We want to help you get the right gift for you golfing dad. See our list of great gifts in this issue. To learn more about the golf happenings around the state check out the Ohio Golf News section in this issue. Sorry, but I have to go, I’m late for my tee time at the next charity golf outing. Hope I see you on the Back 9. ~ U.S. Adaptive Golf Alliance Ohio Golf Journal
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