Phoning a friend brings big payoff
Neither Ken Kozar nor Scott Eckmier expected a fun phone call to turn into a $5,000 win. When Ken read a story about Rotarians launching their first Masters Golf Pool he was intrigued and downloaded the entry form.
Ken searched the web for information and called his buddy Scott. Agreeing to split any prizes they each selected a team of 10 from the 30 professional golfers listed. To win they had to pick the team earning the most prize money in the Masters Golf Tournament. They did it!
"We did our research online and it paid off!" laughed Ken.
The happy winner picked up his first prize win at the weekly Rotary meeting on Thursday morning from the $7,000 prize pool.
About the same amount remains for contributions to the Player Development Trust Fund and Rotary's youth, local and international projects. The Player Fund helps develop junior golfers in BC and provides them with improved competitive golf experiences.
Benefiting Rotary projects include many youth programs and community projects like the
The Rotary Masters Golf Pool is a fund raising project co-sponsored by the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen and the BC Golfers Association.
The Rotary Masters Golf Pool 2009 Winners
1st $5,000 Ken Kozar Delta
2nd $1,000 Judy Kilcup Delta
3rd (tie) $300 Pamela Langham Delta
3rd (tie) $300 Richard Getty Burnaby
4th $100 Wayne Babcock Vancouver
5th $100 John Fleming Delta
6th $100 Andre Schellekens Langley
7th $100 Jerry Johnson Surrey