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MATA Annual Golf Outing

14th Annual MATA Golf Tournament and Dinner

The 14th Annual MATA Golf Tournament and Dinner was held at Bunker Hills Golf Course in Coon Rapids, Minnesota on June 27th, 2006. This year’s event proved to be an enormous success with a total of 145 golfers teeing it up in support of the MATA.

This year each golfer received a multi-tool and a luggage tag with the MATA logo just for playing in the event. However, once the golf started groups were playing to win golf certificates from the Bunker Hills Pro Shop. Six teams were recognized for their play in this year’s event along with individual winners of on the course events such as the longest drive, most accurate drive, longest putt and closest to the pin. The list of winning teams and individuals is below:

 

1st Place (60)	2nd Place (61)	3rd Place (63)
• Matt Knopfle • Steve Olmstead, MD • Loren Vorlicky, MD • Matt Anderson	• Rick Hjelm • Jeff Winter • Orrin Mann • Kurt Neil	• Rob Johnson, MD • David Lang • Chuck Anderson • Neal Dutton
4th Place (64)	5th Place (64)	6th Place (66)
• Brian Zeller • Kevin Logue • Jake Gendron • Tom Gendron	• Craig Carlander • Bob Finke • Colleen Zwack • Jeff Haynes	• Emily Antony • Andrew Green, MD • Sam Fedo
Long Drive	Closest to the Pin	Longest Putt
Men – Tyler Harvey Women – Aimee Klapach	Men – Bob Finke Women – Diane Dahm, MD	Men – Dave Anderson, MD Women – Missy Strauch
Most Accurate Drive
Men – Brian Zeller Women – Noelle Maze

We would also like to thank our sponsors for making this event a success every year. Without the support of these tremendous groups we simply could not put on this event. If any MATA member has the opportunity, please thank these generous sponsors:

 

Eagle Sponsors ($800)
• Bird & Cronin
• Institute for Athletic Medicine
• Minnesota Sports Medicine
• Sports & Orthopedic Specialists
• TRIA
• Aircast/Ortho-Midwest
• Grand T. Builders
• Twin Cities Orthopaedics/Orthopaedic Consultants

 

Birdie Sponsors ($550)
• University of Minnesota Physicians
• Orthopaedic and Fracture Clinic
• St. Mary’s/Duluth Clinic Health Systems

 

Par Sponsors ($300)
• Bowen Medical Company
• JVA Sales
• Primary Care Sports Medicine
• Swede-O, Inc.
• TheraTech, Inc.
• Balego & Associates
• The Saunders Group

Thank you to everyone and we look forward to seeing you all again next year!
- MATA Golf Committee

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Last Updated Friday, 5/23/08