On Tuesday afternoon with amazing weather surrounding the Meadowbrook Golf Course the Chesnee golf team hosted the first ever TC Ezell Invitational, which was named for the former principal of Chesnee who passed away earlier this year.
After the tournament was over Chesnee head golf coach Andy Pitt announced that through proceeds raised by selling shirts for the tournament they were making a donation to the TC Ezell Scholarship Fund in the amount of $1,100 which Ezell's wife, Sharon Ezell said would have humbled her husband. "He would be so humbled because there were three things he loved: Chesnee High School, students, and golf," said Ezell. "Nothing would have made him happier than to know that as a family and community we were able to do something that helped students. He just always wanted the students to be successful." Current Chesnee principal Angie Ramsey said that there had been many discussions on ways to honor Ezell since his death but that this one seemed to just be the most fitting option. "I think this tournament is just a testament to how many lives that he touched and while he may not be here physically his memory is evermore alive in our community," said Ramsey. "I told Mrs. Ezell that of all the ideas that we've batted around to do in his honor, this one takes the cake because he loved golf, loved our school, and loved our kids. I think he would be so humbled and proud we were able to do this for him." Coach Pitt said that the option to rename their yearly Eagle Invitational golf tournament into the TC Ezell Invitational just seemed like a fitting option and he was glad to see such good golf played on the day they got to honor Mr. Ezell. "Being able to have this tournament in Mr. Ezell's honor, a sport he loved, just seemed fitting," said Pitt. "The family gave us the blessing to continue the tournament in his name and we were able to raise money for the scholarship foundation. Being able to present them with a check in his name made it an all around great day. It was some really good golf from the kids and it tested them with the conditions at times but they were able to overcome those to have successful days. At the end of the day to be able to have this tournament in his honor meant a lot." As far as the competition in the tournament on Tuesday, the Boiling Springs golf team came away with the victory shooting a combined score of 296 behind a tournament low score of 69 by the medalist of the match Andrew Gregory. Fellow Bulldogs Zach Phillips and Clayton Taylor joined Gregory on the All-Tournament team along with Chapman's Ethan Holcombe, Mid Carolina's Luke Hammond, and Gaffney's Ryker Ward. Comments are closed.
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