The Paddle River Golf Course was crawling with golfers of all ages last week when the club hosted their anuual Young and Old tournament.
Twenty teams participated in the event, which is almost twice the turnout the course saw last year.
Charles Hartt, winner of the 2013 tournament, claimed victory again this year with his new partner Peyton Measures.
Last year Hartt was partnered with 12-year-old Topanga Kosterbok, who took a close second place this year, only two shots behind the winners, with her partner Gord Hall.
Third place went to Richard Coghill and his grandson Austin Ulrich.
The youngest player was six-year-old Bryce Andrus, while the oldest, Sam Cartwright, was over 80.
This was the 15th year for the tournament, which began in 1999 in memory of Wally Tharp, a golfer who always dreamed of seeing young and old playing together.
Though the event isn’t the course’s busiest one of the year, club manager and greenskeeper Tracy Pess said it’s one of the more enjoyable tournaments to see.
“It’s probably our best tournament of the year,” said Pess. “Our year-end we might have more people, but this one is the most fun.”
Pess also said it’s nice to see the teams, whether they’re grandfather and grandson or have never met before the tournament, play and enjoy the day together.
“Some of them are strangers, some of them know each other. It’s kind of neat that way,” he said.
