Jun. 27—The third annual Tom Kemp Memorial Golf Scramble is scheduled for July 8 at the Oak Hills Golf & Country Club;
The tournament, sponsored by The GLOCO, LLC, will begin with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.
Entry fee is $150 per player or $550 per team and includes green fees, range balls, golf cart, meal, swag bag and logo golf balls.
Awards will be given to the top three teams. Other contests include the longest drive and closest to the pin.
All participants will attempt a shot for a hole-in-one and $25,000.
Promote your business or show support with a $150 hole sponsorship that includes tee box signage.
Tom Kemp graduated from Ada High School in 1978. He attended the University of Oklahoma, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He obtained a degree in accounting and business in 1982 and became a certified public accountant shortly after. Tom graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Law, obtaining a Master’s of Law in Tax from Southern Methodist University.
He was in the private practice of law in Norman until he was appointed as a Commissioner of the Oklahoma Tax Commission in 2001 by Governor Frank Keating. He served for many years as its Chairman until his death on March 27, 2019, on his 59th birthday.
It was an idea from the Ada High School class of 1978, that made the memorial golf tournament a reality.
“Tom would be so proud to know of this honor, but also for the commitment to support a great cause that complicated his life every single day,” said tournament director Ron Anderson.
Proceeds again this year will go towards The Junior Diabetes Research Foundation.
JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes both children and adults suddenly. It has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle. There is nothing you can do to prevent it, and at present, there is no cure. The JDRF’s mission is accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat T1D and its complications.
Anderson said this event is a gathering of family and friends to honor Kemp, but it’s also an open event to support the JDRF.
“Type 1 Diabetes complicated Tom’s life as a youth and adult”, Anderson said. “It’s likely you know someone with Type 1 Diabetes, so everyone is welcome to enter a team or support the tournament through donations and sponsorships”.
For more information about the tournament or sponsorships contact Anderson at 405-574-4898 or andersonr6061@gmail.com.
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