Jacobs’ win Pinecrest Shootout

Clyde and Willie Jacobs earned a three-stroke victory over Knocky Thorndyke and Billy Bullock in the championship flight of the Pinecrest Senior Shootout on Thursday at Pinecrest Country Club.

Craig Lowery and James Locklear won the first flight by one shot voer James Humphrey and Tommy Belch.

Bucky Beasley, Clyde Jacobs and Richard Moore were the closest-to-the-pin winners.

The next Pinecrest Senior Shootout will be Thursday, Oct. 12, 9 am shotgun start

Fairmont set to host tourney on Friday

The ninth annual Robeson County Church and Community Center golf tournament will be held Friday at Fairmont Golf Club.

The four-person captain’s choice event is $60 per person or $240 per team with registration beginning 10:30 a.m. and a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m.

The entry fee includes two mulligans, free practice balls, cart fees, along with lunch and beverages. Cash prizes include $400 for first place, $280 for second, $160 for seventh and $125 for next to last.

Fairmont’s week in review

Knocky Thorndyke and Billy Bullock won the Fairmont Senior Shootout on Tuesday, beating out Mike Sellers and Bobby Benton. Bob Slahetka and Charles Blackmon won the second flight, with Jimmy Waddell and Marty Davenport coming in second. Jimmy Waddell and James Humphrey were the special-event winners.

The St. James Celebrity Golf Tournament will be held on Nov. 3. This is a four-person captain’s choice format with a 10 a.m. shotgun start. Cost is $50 per player and $200 per team.

Wil Jones, John Barnes, Aaron Ostrander and Ken Spangler won the Old Hackers League.

Top Rounds posted this week include: Danny Lassiter – 71; Mike Gandley – 71; Sean Morrow – 72; Jimmy Stone – 73; Eddie Williams – 74.

Golf tourney to honor fallen soldier

The second annual Sgt. 1st Class Matthew McClintock Memorial Golf Tournament will be Oct. 20 at Fairmont Golf Club.

This is the second annual tournament. Last year’s inaugural event was at Upland Trace Golf Club and sponsored by the Raeford Kiwanis Club.

The Fairmont Chamber of Commerce takes over headlining sponsorship of the tournament this year.

Proceeds from registration, donations and sponsorships will go to the children of fallen Special Forces soldiers through scholarships set up through the Green Beret Foundation.

McClintock, a soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, in Buckley, Washington, was killed in Afghanistan on Jan. 5, 2016. A staff sergeant at the time of his death, he was posthumously promoted to sergeant first class and later awarded the Silver Star for his actions in the firefight before his death.

The event will begin with registration and lunch at 10 a.m., and play kicks off with a shotgun start at noon.

Mark Madden — who is planning the event with the assistance of Jim Kester of the Green Beret Foundation, Cliff Newman with the Special Forces Association and Maj. Gen. Kenneth Bowra — said a Special Forces parachute team will jump in and present the colors to McClintock’s parents before the start of the tournament.

The tournament is a four-person captain’s choice format, and prizes will be awarded to the top three finishes in two flights.

Player registration is $65 and includes lunch and dinner.

Multiple levels of sponsorship opportunities are available.

To register or sponsor the event, contact Madden at 910-628-7840, Tony Mackey at 910-628-9931 or Kelly Johnson at 910-770-1967.

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