The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame annual Golf Classic was held Monday, April 30th at the Springhouse Golf Club at Opryland Hotel and another outstanding field of 20, five-person teams enjoyed a perfect day for golf along with great fun and fellowship.

Taking first place was a strong contingency of golfers representing First Tennessee along with celebrity Vince Gill, former TSHF Tennessean of the Year and Country Music superstar. Members of the winning team included: Mike Hendron, Bond Oman, John Stone and Todd Carter. The First Tennessee team posted an outstanding score of 55, 17 under par.

In second place, only one stroke back at 56, was the Stokes, Bartholomew, Evans & Petree team. They were joined by All-Pro punter for the Tennessee Titans, Craig Hentrich, one of the outstanding golfers in the NFL. Members of the Stokes, Bartholomew team included: Russell Harwell, Don Kohanski, Larry Stewart and Albert Bart.

Rounding out the top three finishers was the Billy Fletcher team representing the "M" Club from the University of Memphis. Fletcher's team finished two strokes off the lead with a score of 57. Members of the "M" Club Team included: Wayne Atkins, Mike Richmond, "Bubba" Winkler and State Representative Todd Curry.

A special feature at this year's tournament was Wilson Golf representative Don Bowling, who along with his associates, manned the Wilson tent throughout the day and provided the latest in Wilson products to be tested and also gave all golfers a sleeve of Wilson balls. " Don and his folks certainly added to our tournament this year. I hope they will be back with us in 2002," said Mason Rudolph, TSHF tourney chairman.

"Once again, we want to thank everyone for supporting our major fundraising effort of the year," said Rudolph. "We were lucky to have a beautiful day and our friends at the Springhouse Golf Club, Mike Nedrow, Director of Golf; Ryan Scott, Head Professional and Pro Mike Durden did a super job for us. We're already looking forward to returning to Springhouse next year."