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Volunteers of the Year
OGA renames award to honor Bill Worden
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| Dorothy Bacon |
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| Brooks Whittle |
In a fitting tribute, Bill Worden's memory will now last forever in honor of all his volunteer contributions to the Oregon Golf Association.
Jim Gibbons, the executive director of the OGA, announced that the OGA's Volunteer of the Year Award will be named in honor of Worden, who died in a traffic accident earlier this year returning from a course rating.
"Bill epitomized what volunteering and giving back to the sport is all about," Gibbons said. "He was one of our most active volunteers, signing up for every possible course rating opportunity as well as innumerable hours helping the course rating department with related office tasks."
The first OGA Volunteer of the Year award named after Worden has been presented to Dorothy Bacon of Woodburn, Ore., and Senior Estates Golf Club.
Bacon frequently assists OGA officials in the scoring area at tournaments and is a favorite among all the competitors.
The Idaho Golf Association and the Washington State Golf Association also announced their honorees.
In Idaho, it was actually the four-person team from BanBury Golf Club in Eagle, Idaho, that made the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship such a success.
Jerry and Susie Breaux, along with Clint and Darlene Travis, were honored at the IGA's annual meeting at Sun Valley.
"These four people have worked tirelessly for the past five years to bring Idaho its first USGA Championship, the U.S. Girls' Junior," Vicky Davis, the executive director of the IGA, said in presenting the awards. "But that is not the only reason we have chosen to honor them this evening. There is never a time when the IGA calls upon Jerry and Clint to host a championship, a workshop or whatever else may come up that they do not answer the call and accommodate us whenever they can."
The WSGA selected Brooks Whittle of Seattle as the 2005 winner of the George Holland Award.
For more than a decade, Whittle has helped generate $1.5 million for the Evans Scholars Foundation and the Evans Cup tournament.
"Brooks' passion for helping our Evans Scholars is remarkable," said John Bodenhamer, the executive director of the WSGA. "Requesting donations for our Evans Cup of Washington auctions is a true labor of love for him because he truly believes it is an investment in young people who will one day be community leaders."
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