Ruritan Golf Tournament scheduled for May 3

Published 8:15 am Friday, April 18, 2025

The 25th annual Spring Place Ruritan Club Golf Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, May 3, at Indian Trace Golf Course, 730 Witherow Bridge Road in Chatsworth. Proceeds from the event will support the Spring Place Ruritan Club’s numerous service projects in Murray County. The shotgun start will be at 8:30 a.m.

The tournament will be a 4-man select shot event with space for up to 25 teams. The cost is $60 per person. Low score team prizes include $400 for first place, $200 for second, and $100 for third place. There will be a special cash prize for the player closest to the pin on the 5th hole. For the longest drives on holes 8 and 17, there are prizes of $75 each. The main award is $10,000 courtesy of Chatsworth Ford for a hole-in-one on hole 18. Mulligans cannot be used for these cash prizes.

This year additional prizes are  possible on par three holes also sponsored by Ford.

Mulligans are $5 each for up to two per golfer. Range balls are extra. Seniors age 70 and up will play from the red tees and will have their own longest drive prize on hole 17.

There will be a free barbecue lunch with homemade desserts for all participants at the awards ceremony at the end of the tournament. If weather forces the postponement of the tournament, the rain date is May 24.

Last year, Spring Place Ruritan made donations to the Community Christmas,  Murray County Fire Department, Chatsworth-Murray County Library, Community Champions, several schools, Next Step,  Chatsworth Health Care Center, Murray County Pre-K, Family Connections, Boy’s Home, Spring Place Cemetery, the Salvation Army, Saturday Snacks, Christmas in the Park, DFACS, and the Historical Society, among other local causes.  In addition, the group awarded the G. I. Maddox and Carl L. Davis Memorial Scholarships to local high school seniors and co-sponsored the Spring Place Community Festival.

Celebrating seventy-five years of service in Murray County, the Spring Place Ruritan Club is a member of Ruritan National, an organization dedicated to improving communities and building a better America through fellowship, goodwill, and community service. Ruritan, America’s oldest civic organization, has almost 30,000 members in about 1,000 clubs in 25 states.

For more information about the golf tournament or Ruritan, call Chuck Smith at (706) 264-3968 or Vicki Bramblett at (706) 581-3959. Hole sponsorships are available for $150 each.