29th annual Julie Cole Charity Golf Classic June 11
The 29th Annual Julie Cole Charity Golf Classic will take place on Monday, June 11, at the Findlay Country Club. Michael Reid, Pat McGowan and Findlay native, Julie Cole, will be the guest professionals.
The day will begin at 8 a.m. with registration and breakfast, followed by a professionals' clinic on the range at 9 a.m. The golf tournament will begin at 10 a.m. with the awards ceremony to follow. Spectators may purchase an all-day pass for $10 to watch the tournament and have lunch.
Over the past 29 years, the Julie Cole Charity Golf Classic has raised more than $2.7 million for local non-profit organizations. Beneficiaries of funds raised at the 2018 Julie Cole Charity Golf Classic will include Bridge Hospice, the Blanchard Valley Health System Center for Simulation & Clinical Education Excellence and the Julie Cole Golf Fund for junior golfers benefiting First Tour programming in Hancock County.
About Julie Cole
A Findlay native, Julie Cole had an outstanding athletic career in high school, earning both basketball and golf scholarships to Ohio University. After graduating from college, she joined the amateur golf circuit, qualifying for the LPGA tour in 1985. She became a member of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals Division in 1991 and is designated an LPGA Top 50 Teacher. She is currently the master instructor at the Ballantyne Golf Academy, a Golf Channel Academy in Charlotte, N.C. Blanchard Valley Hospital’s Julie A. Cole Rehab & Sports Medicine is named in her honor.
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