Saturday, July 14, 2018 – The 14th Annual Healy Tundra Challenge Golf Tournament teed off at 10 am on July 14th and raised a record amount of money for the Scott Menke Memorial Fund benefitting the youth programs of Denali Education Center totaling $13,566!
Hosted by Black Diamond Golf Course, funds are raised through team participation and individual and business sponsorship of the event. 21 teams of four golfers played a 9-hole scramble and competed for prizes awarded for longest drive, closest to the pin, and best and worst score. In the spirit of celebration for the event, teams are encouraged to pick a theme and come dressed in costume, as prizes are awarded for best team theme and most creative costume.
2018’s Prize Winners were:
Longest Drive (Women): Krista Zappone
Longest Drive (Men): Michael Levison
Closest to the Pin: Ted Lowry
Best Score: The Putt Sniffers
Red Lantern (Worst Score): The Monkees (Creekside Cabins & Cafe)
Best Team Theme: Of Mice and Manchego
Best Costumes: ‘Merica (Make Alaska Great Again)
Best Costumes Runner-Up: Saturday Night Live! (Bodacious Bonko Babes)
Best Individual Costume: Sean Underwood
A huge thank you to all of our 2018 sponsors and prize donors:
Beth & Elwood Lynn
Bill Allen & Mary Pearson
Bill & Jodi Rodwell
Black Bear Coffee House
Black Diamond Resort Co.
Bonko Babes
C & D Delivery
Camp Denali and North Face Lodge
Chesley Excavating
CLI Construction
Denali Arts & Glass Studio
Denali Backcountry Guides
Denali Cannabis Cache
Denali Chamber of Commerce
Denali Fly Fishing Guides
Denali Mountain Works
Denali Outdoor Center
Denali Park Adventures
Denali Physical Therapy & Massage, Patty Sanders
Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge
Denali Subway
Denali Therapeutic Massage
The Duffy Family
Gene Woelfel
Great 1 Grocery and Sled Dog Liquor
Healy CarQuest Auto Parts & Services
Husky Homestead Tours
Jim & Sandee Mayo
Kantishna Air Taxi & Skyline Lodge
Karen Reeves
McKinley Chalet Resort
McKinley Creekside Cabins & Cafe
The Menke Family
Mountain Home Construction
Nancy & Rodney Blakeway
Nancy & Tim Russell
Nenana Heating
Old Sourdough Studio
SBS Retirement Consultants
Spenard Builders Supply
Ted Lowry, in memory of Ann Marie Boniakowski
What the H.E.K. — the lower 48
The Zampella Family
