With donations coming in every year to help the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation and a waiting list just to tee off at the North Battleford Golf and Country Club, the Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament is just as popular as it was when it started 22 years ago.
“I think that’s a tribute to Wayne and the number of things he did in the community,” BUH Foundation chair and tournament committee member Jay Crockett said. “With what his friends and family have done over the years and with the funds that are raised from the region for the hospital, it’s something that’s very easy for people to want to be involved in.”
The 2018 tournament, which will be held Monday, June 4, kicked off Tuesday at the North Battleford Golf and Country Club with a $6,000 donation by the event’s master sponsor Innovation Credit Union.
“We’re just a small part in the whole machine that makes the tournament a success,” Innovation Credit Union regional vice president Chad Gartner said.
“To see the entire community get involved year after year is something that makes us proud to be a part ot this.”
That donation, along with the funds that are raised from this year’s tournament, will go towards the purchase of a new mammography unit for Medical Imaging that will replace the current unit that has been in use for over a decade.
A full field of 240 golfers have signed up for the event, in addition to a waiting list that is often called upon to fill any holes left ahead of tournament day.
“It fills up fast each year but we’re lucky to have so many people wanting to take part,” Crockett said. “Quite often, other commitments come up for those that have already signed up, so we encourage people to get on the waiting list.”
For more information on the Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament, contact the BUH Foundation at 306-446-6652.Â
