Above: Pondering her putt, Paula Sundet Wolf narrowly missed on three attempts in the Rally for a Cure putting contest. Those who made a putt were entered into a drawing for prizes. Right: Royalty was on the course on Sunday in the form of “Golf Queens” Linda Walker and Sue Hansen.
From the top of their heads to the bottoms of their feet, most of the 64 ladies who took part in the 9th annual Rally for the Cure golf tournament at Superior National at Lutsen on a warm, sunny Sunday, September 18 were outfitted entirely in pink. Pink. Pink, and more pink.
At tournament’s end, they had enthusiastically raised $3,700 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
Rally for the Cure is a grassroots organization that works to spread awareness about breast cancer and early detection in support of the Susan G. Komen Foundation through organized golf, tennis and dining events.
“We had ladies from Dryden, Thunder Bay, Duluth, Minneapolis/ St. Paul, Brainerd, Silver Bay and of course Cook County play,” said Superior National Professional Golf Association (PGA) pro Heath Ekstrom, who is the chief ambassador and organizer of the tournament.
The event started the night before with a social hour hosted by Ekstrom’s wife Leah, with about 40 women attending.
Prizes were given for best costume, best decorated cart, best theme, raffles, and those who paid for mulligans had that money donated to the Rally for a Cure fund, said Ekstrom.
“At various times ladies would stop and talk about people they know who have been affected by breast cancer,” said Ekstrom, who said the day has added meaning to him because he lost his grandmother to breast cancer.
“It was a great day, but our numbers were down a bit this year. We have had a high of 89 golfers one year. I have put out a challenge to our local ladies to recruit more golfers for next year’s Rally which will be held on September 17,” Ekstrom said, who added he would seek more sponsors for the tournament.
Left: Nancy Hanson, Lori Backlund, Mary Brislance and Helen Carter had a great time on the course raising money for a great cause. Above: Debby Rebischke (left) and Darla Friest were the “busy bees” in charge of the putting contest.
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