CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT TO BE AUG. 12

Golfers will hit the green Aug. 12 for the fourth annual United Way Charity Golf Tournament, and a lucky player may walk away $5,000 richer.

The tournament, to be held at the Cape Girardeau Country Club, is expected to raise over $10,000 for the annual United Way fund-raising campaign. The overall goal this year is $470,000.

Neal Edwards is serving as chairman of the tournament, which is sponsored by Biokyowa Inc.

Edwards said: "This is our fourth year and the tournament has grown increasingly more successful. This year we expect to fill the field. If we get the 144 people in, it will be very successful."

The tournament is popular, Edwards said, because golfers can compete against teams and other golfers they don't normally compete against.

"And they may be lucky enough to win a buck," he said.

The tournament is a four-person scramble on 18 holes.

Cash prizes totaling $1,500 will be awarded to first-, second-, third- and fourth-place teams. Prizes will be awarded to the fifth- and sixth-place finishers.

Plus, golfers on two holes have a chance to win $5,000.

If a player hits a hole-in-one on hole 13, he or she will win $5,000 courtesy of Boatmen's Bank. And, if a golfer hits a hole-in-one on hole 16, he or she will win $5,000 courtesy of Mercantile Bank.

Other prizes will be awarded for the golfer closest to the line on hole 1 and those closest to the pin on holes 5, 7, 8, 11, 13 and 16.

All prizes have been donated by sponsors, Edwards said.

For more information, call the United Way at 334-9634.