With the event just six weeks away, Help End Abuse for Life (HEAL) in Ruidoso is wrapping up the final details of its annual charity golf tournament, the Deacon Bob Open. The Open was named after the late Deacon Bob Racicot, a past board member of HEAL who recently passed away.
The Open will be held at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Championship Golf Course in Mescalero on August 10th. It is a 1pm shotgun start, four-golfer scramble. There will be a golf-specific silent auction, prizes for top three lowest-scoring teams and longest drive and closest to the pin, a putting contest at the turn, golfer goodie bags and a free BBQ dinner during the Awards Ceremony. The entry fee is $125, which is less than the walk-on rate at the course.
Ted Durham with Sierra Blanca Motors in Ruidoso has once again generously agreed to provide a 2013 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited for the tournament’s Hole in One contest. His company will also sponsor the golf towels that will be included in the player’s goodie bags.
According to Don Ratay, the HEAL golf committee chairman, the communities of Ruidoso and several surrounding areas have championed support of the tournament. Special thanks go to Barbara Snowden, who has generously volunteered her time contacting golf Professionals, and Julie Clarkson, a long time volunteer for HEAL who spent hours soliciting auction items from golf courses in Alamogordo and Las Cruces.
Thanks to Clarkson’s outreach efforts, several golf courses have come aboard to donate free rounds of golf to be auctioned at the event. Local sponsors have been the Alto Lake Golf & Country Club, Rainmakers, The Links at Sierra Blanca and Cree Meadows. Other sponsors include The Lodge at Cloudcroft, the Desert Lakes Golf Course of Alamogordo, Sonoma Ranch of Las Cruces, Red Hawk Golf Club of Las Cruces and the Picacho Hills Country Club in Las Cruces.
There is only one remaining sponsorship available for this tournament, that of the golfer caps. The cost is $900 and will allow a local business or organization to have their name embroidered on the hat. The deadline for this sponsorship is July 5th. For information on becoming a sponsor, call Susanne Francis at The Nest at 575-378-6378.
To register as an individual or a four-some at the Deacon Bob Open Golf Tournament, visit the organization’s website helpendabuseforlife.org or at https://helpendabuseforlife.org/events/deacon-bob-tournament/2013-deacon-bob-open-registration/.
Pictured is Ted Durham of Sierra Blanca Motors in Ruidoso, who is sponsoring the Hole in One competition at the Deacon Bob Open at the Inn of the Mountain Gods.
