DunMac Golf for Vets

Wednesday was a fantastic day for golf. Not too hot and almost no wind. Golfers weren't the only ones enjoying the course that morning. This turkey was in the danger area (not on the green 😀) but nobody hit him. One of our guys did get a birdie on the hole though.

It was another cold start for our round on Wednesday. We had a half hour frost delay (hopefully our last this spring) so everybody had lots of time to visit and enjoy their coffee. While starting out chilly, it turned out to be a nice day for golf.

We're outside now. It's cold, but we're still enjoying our first skills contest of the new season. Following the round, we celebrated with a nice lunch, for which we say thank you, Janet. After lunch, we held the awards ceremony to honor the winners of the scramble, closest to the pin, and longest putt contests.

This may be our last round at Optimal Performance Golf for the year. We've really enjoyed playing at OPG and want to thank the owners and staff for their assistance in making sure we had a good time.

Next week we play at Hidden Haven on Monday and at Victory Links on Wednesday. In spite of enjoying our golf at OPG, we're all looking forward to playing outside.

A special thank you to the officers who give a lot of their time organizing and coordinating our golf. Also, a thank you to those vets who bring in treats for the others to snack on while golfing.

We held our annual Meet and Greet on March 25 this year. In addition to our normal skills challenge, we enjoyed a nice buffet and handed out several gifts to our lucky winners. Gifts included gift certificates donated by Clive's Roadhouse in Blaine and Malone's Bar and Grill in Maple Grove.

Our big winner this year was Jim Beall, who won a Sun Mountain C-130 Golf Bag donated by Sun Mountain. You can tell Jim was excided about winning the golf bag just by looking at his face in the photos.

Guests included ardent supporters of Golf for Vets. Attending were Benny Menton PGA Hope program, Nick Vogt PGA Tour Superstore, Ben Spartz Hidden Haven Golf Club, and a special thanks to Zach Dennis Sun Mountain Sports for the golf bag.

We had another fun end of the month skills game. Vic (shown leaning back in his comfortable chair) almost got a hole in one. His ball ended up 8 inches behind the hole. Unfortunately, it wasn't on a closest to the pin contest hole. We welcomed another new member, Don, who proudly posed for his photo.

It's been a little while since I posted. We're still playing at out regular times at Optimal Performance Golf. Wednesday one of our members brought in treats. We also welcomed a new member, Chris. You'll recognize him by the smiling face in the closeup. We're always looking for new members, If interested, check out on our website https://www.golfforvets.org.

I wasn't able to make it to golf this week because of minor surgery on my hand. Here are a group showing their support.

Showing support for the DMGFV members is a huge part of the purpose of the organization. We've had several members go through very tough tiimes, battling cancer, hip, shoulder, knee, and heart issues, just to name a few. The league members are very supportive of the vets who go through these health issues.

My minor surgery doesn't warrant that kind of support, but they still showed that they cared.

We had our skiils game on New Years's Eve with a good turnout. We had Pizza from Optiomal Performance Golf and gave out prizes for Closest to the Pin and Longest Putt on the par 3's. Ths last photo in this set shows the prize winners.

It's our last Wednesday round before Christmas. Several Vets brought in treats to enjoy. They also, generously, donated lots of food for the local food shelf. After the round, we loaded the food into Ron's SUV for delivery to the food shelf.