Zornes tourney brings 36 golfers

The 10th edition of the Peter Zornes Memorial tournament brought 36 golfers to compete Saturday on the Colfax links. Many of the competitors were friends and fellow WSU students of Zornes.

Proceeds from the tournament go toward the Zornes Memorial Scholarship in the WSU Neuroscience department where Zornes studied after he graduated from high school at Oakesdale.

Besides area golfers, entrants came from Laramie, Wyo., Boise, Sacramento, San Francisco, Bend and Maple Valley for the competition and reunion.

Top team finish in the scramble format was a 53 logged by Seth Thomas, Dave Turnbull, Austin Mudd and Tyler Barkstrom. Turnbull was trumpet instructor for Zornes at WSU, and Thomas and Mudd were fellow band members with Zornes.

Placing second was a team of Al, Matt and Ashley Sartini along with Brad Wilson of Bend, with a score of 54.

Third-place finishers were Wade Winegardner, Josh Bray, Alex Gordon and Nick Darling of Laramie. They were members of the WSU intramural basketball team with Zornes.

Winners of the closest to the pin contest were Turnbull of Pullman and Donna Darling of San Francisco.

Winning the prize for the longest drive on number nine were Winegardner and Ashley Sartini.

Kai Seshiki of Pullman received the "friends of the tourney" award for again providing trainer service for the day.

After dinner, entrants who drew for a chance to win $100,000 with a hole in one on number nine were Donna Darling, Turnbull, Wilson and Mudd. Again, none of the shooters collected. The contest this year was sponsored by Farmington State Bank.

Debbie Crossett of Oakesdale was winner of the drawing for the trip to Palm Spring Oasis this year.

Halle Weimar of Kennewick, winner of the Zornes scholarship last year, was also among guests at the tournament.

The 10-year span of the Zornes scholarship program to date has assisted two students who completed studies in medicine and are now physicians. It also assisted two students who are now veterinarians after completing veterinary studies. Most other recipients are now making their way through graduate studies.