Hey everyone,
What a wonderful day we had yesterday for the 6th annual class of 63 annual golf outing. As many of you recall this event is called THE CHARLIE in memory of our classmate Charlie Schuldt who started the event in 2014. Charlie passed away just a few weeks after the event in Sept of 2016. Our classmate Dave Britz took over organizing after Charlie’s passing and with the help of Charlie’s wife Mary has kept it alive and well.
This year the event was held at River Oaks Golf Club in Cottage Grove MN. The first 5 years it was held at Charlie’s course in Elk River MN.
As we played the course and settled into the 19th hole the conversation often drifted to stories involving Charlie. We all remember him fondly.
The course was in terrific shape, the weather could not have been better and as you will see in the attachments the scores were pretty good. We played a “Britz”scramble and each team shot better than our age—less than 73.
The guys that played were Jim McCormick (pictured in the sand trap) Gary Stoffel, Jim Dimond, Dave Britz, Bob O’Malley (flew in from Phoenix where it was 115 degrees) and enjoyed the cool weather, Joe Schufman, Ed Sund, Ray DiPrima, Don Danneker, Tim Valento, Pat McDonnell, Dick Butler (sank a 60′ putt), Tom Troskey. We hope to get 20 guys next year so keep your calendar open for the Wednesday before the second Thursday in August 2020.
Great fun and hope to do this gathering for years to come.
Tom Troskey
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To see a video of the presentation ceremony click here