{"id":3404,"date":"2023-10-23T21:26:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T21:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2023-10-24T13:06:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T13:06:37","slug":"chancellors-golf-scramble-raises-scholarship-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3404","title":{"rendered":"Chancellor\u2019s Golf Scramble raises scholarship funds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SIU Chancellor Austin Lane (right) with First Southern Bank President & Chief Executive Officer John Dosier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nearly 100 golfers dedicated their Friday to supporting scholarships for SIU students during the 3rd annual Chancellor\u2019s Golf Scramble at Hickory Ridge Golf Course.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the largest group this tournament has ever had,\u201d Chancellor Austin Lane said. \u201cThe funds we raise here are going to our students and helping us move enrollment forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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SIU Board of Trustees Chair J. Phil Gilbert and Chancellor Austin Lane.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Twenty-four teams teed off, including SIU Board of Trustees Chair J. Phil Gilbert, members of the SIU Foundation and SIU Alumni Association boards, the Chancellor\u2019s Cabinet, and many other members of the SIU and regional community.<\/p>\n

The event was presented by First Southern Bank. Other sponsors were Follett Higher Education, Fager-McGee Commercial Construction, Ike Honda, Sydenstricker Nobbe Partners, State Farm, SIU Credit Union, New York Life, the SIU Alumni Association, and the SIU Foundation.<\/p>\n

The golf scramble was won by a team of Saluki Athletics Hall of Famers, including Derrick Taylor, Terry Taylor, Robert Jones, and John Wilson. Jones is Saluki Baseball\u2019s all-time career home run leader. Derrick Taylor, Terry Talyor, and John Wilson were part of the 1983 Saluki Football national championship team, which was inducted into the Saluki Hall of Fame this year.<\/p>\n

Mike Blumhorst won the closest to the pin and longest putt competitions. Robin Lester and Ted Oxeudine took home the title for longest drives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly 100 golfers dedicated their Friday to supporting scholarships for SIU students during the 3rd annual Chancellor\u2019s Golf Scramble at Hickory Ridge Golf Course. \u201cThis is the largest group this tournament has ever had,\u201d Chancellor Austin Lane said. \u201cThe funds we raise here are going to our students and helping us move enrollment forward.\u201d Twenty-four … Continue reading Chancellor\u2019s Golf Scramble raises scholarship funds<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-higher-education","category-illinois-higher-education","category-siu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3407,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions\/3407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}