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Tournament co-chairs Linda M. Barber and Fred Gregory have announced that the 29th Annual Chautauqua Golf Club Charity Pro-Am Golf Tournament was held on June 22. The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy was the beneficiary of the tournament, with $24,750 raised for the Conservancy’s watershed conservation, pollution prevention and watershed education programs. The CWC works directly with landowners to facilitate technical assistance and funding assistance to prevent and reduce soil erosion and intercept nutrients before they reach tributaries and Chautauqua Lake and to conserve watershed sites that collect, store, filter and deliver clean water to these tributaries and the Lake. CWC is currently working to conserve sites on Goose, Prendergast and Bemus Creeks as well as natural lakeshore sites.
The tournament featured WNY and PA golf professionals paired with amateurs in a team competition, as well as individual competition for the men and women pro’s. A total of 120 golfers participated in the tournament.
The winning men’s foursome included amateurs Pete Skurzewski, Shaun Fadale, Brian Wojcinski, and PGA pro Tom Keenan. The winning women’s team included amateurs Peg Barrett, Betsy Morando, Jennifer Flanagan, Pat Peters and pro Patty Jordan Smith. Rob Krajewski of Orchard Park Country Club shot a 63, and Cindy Miller of the LPGA Legends Tour shot a 74 to win the professional events.
The tournament was sponsored by 56 businesses and individuals, including major sponsors Southern Tier Brewing Company, Cummins, Hope’s Windows, Arbitrations and Business Consulting, Blackstone Advanced Technologies, Bush Industries, Cattaraugus County Bank, First Niagara Bank, Media One Group, Pepsi Cola Bottling Group, Shults Auto Group, Dr. David Todd and Webb’s Year-Round Resort. Additional sponsors included Andriaccio’s, Bag & String Wine Merchants, Barkstrom Acupuncture, Borsari Food Company, E.E. Austin & Son, Everydays True Value, Family Health Medical Services, Emily S. Gausman, DMD, Indulge Salon Spa, Hanson Sign Company, Irwin Bay Cottages, Jamestown Macadam, Jamestown Primary Care, Mayshark Builders, Northwest Savings Bank, R & R Landscaping, Rhoe B. Henderson Insurance Agency, Saxton, Kocur & Associates, Smith Boys of Chautauqua, Inc., Southern Tier Graphics, UPS and Walmart.
The CWC is a local, grass roots not-for-profit land conservation, watershed education and pollution prevention organization with the mission to preserve and enhance the water quality, scenic beauty and ecological healthy of the lakes, streams and watersheds of the Chautauqua region. It works with landowners to conserve and enhance healthy landscapes to deliver clean waters to ground waters, lakes and streams. It has facilitated the conservation of 816 acres of land county-wide and 2 miles of Chautauqua Lake and Outlet shoreline. For more information or to contribute to these efforts, please contact the CWC at 664-2166 or utilize the CWC’s website at www.chautauquawatershed.org.