Lithia/Raider Club Golf Shootout Another Success

Article care of Pete Belcastro, Sports Information Director - Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon (Sept. 16, 2008) -- The 18th annual Lithia/Raider Club Golf Shootout was another success Tuesday at the Rogue Valley Country Club.

The tournament grossed over $150,000 thanks to sponsorships and teams. The event featured a social, dinner and team auction Monday night and two flights of golf Tuesday. The team auction Monday night brought in $9.800.

The success of the event was in large part due to tournament executive sponsors, Lithia, Pennzoil, The Warranty Group, VehicleOne, AutoTrader and Cars.com.

Chase, EDSS and Moss-Adams were Executive Co-Sponsors and Coming Attractions Theatres, Liberty Northwest, Toyota Financial Services, Knife River, Wachovia Dealer Services, Chrysler Financial, Foster Pepper and American Hardware Mutual Insurance Company were all Co-Sponsors.

The top three teams in both gross and net are listed below:

GROSS
1st Place - David Orr, Nate VanderKley, Scott Brown, Derek Davis, Tom McCracken (56).
2nd Place - Tim Trower, Bob Hunter, DL Richardson Pat Barry, Alexx Gauthier (59).
3rd Place - Bob Wise, Tom Winmill, Ryan Denham, Cary Jones, Jim Ford (59).

NET
1st Place - Tim Weymouth, Jerry Henley, Lyle King, Bruce Goetsch, Lynn Kennedy (50.3).
2nd Place - Mark VanHolle, Eric Patterson, Brad Wellstead, Mark DeBoer, David Ely (51.1).
3rd Place - Kim Jackson, Tim Rawlings, Russell Kockx, Kevin Coelho, Charles Lane (51.9).