McClatchy Golf Tournament a rousing success
The Olney Recreation Association [ORA] hosted the second annual “The McClatchy” Golf Tournament at the Olney Country Club the weekend of July 30. The Tourney was full to capacity with a long waiting list of golfers hoping for a cancellation, so as to be able to enter the tournament.
The tournament is named after longtime ORA member Jeff McClatchy, who was instrumental in furthering and improving every aspect of the ORA, event organizers said. After his death in 2019, ORA wanted to find a way to honor Mr. McClatchy, a valued ORA member and past board president.
ORA President Landon Rowe attributed the success of this year’s tournament to the hard work of the ORA board and their family and friends, as well as the many sponsors of the event. Proceeds from the tournament fund a scholarship in Jeff McClatchy’s honor, he said.
The Tournament is a scramble-style tourney with a maximum of 64 teams. The weekend also included a steak dinner, a Calcutta and an auction. Winner of the trailer auctioned off this year was Lonnie Rue, and the overall winner of the tournament was the team of Clayton Keck and Clayton Myers.
See McClatchy on Page 10Mace and Cole McClatchy, sons of Jeff McClatchy, were on hand again this year to participate in the Tourney.
“We’re flattered and thankful for the Club and everybody who helped put [The McClatchy] on,” Cole McClatchy said. “Dad would be very happy and excited about the things they’re doing out here and we are just very fortunate and feel really blessed to be here.”
Mr. Rowe expressed his gratitude “to all the sponsors and to all the people who helped in any way to make these years ‘The McClatchy’ a complete success.”
The following are the sponsors who helped make the tourney possible: Gold Sponsors were Air Tractor and The Myers Family. Silver Sponsors were Dickey,McGann & Rowe Insurance; the McClatchy Family; Olney Car Wash; Pro Star Services; Tower Extrusions; Brazos Communication; De La Cruz & Reddell Attorneys at Law; Campbell Ranch, and Jeremy and Trina Johnson. Bronze Sponsorship included JTE Construction; Archer & Gunn Mercantile; the Hannis and Miller Families; Bill Hughes Drilling and Ingleside Ranch; Napa Auto; 3T Meats; Mark & Cyndi Mankins; Rick & Kim Turner; DC Custom Dusty Creel; Dennis Company; and Fort Belknap Electric Co-op, along with many other family sponsors.
For more information on the Olney Country Club, please call 940-564-2424 or visit them on Facebook at Olney Country Club.
The second annual ‘The McClatchy’ Golf Tournament brought in golfers from all over Texoma. In its second year, the tourney has grown popular as many golfers take part for the love the Olney Country Club community has for the late Jeff McClatchy. Photo by Will Sadler