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Berry Memorial returns to Pine Hills, Eastwood this weekend · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Barry Memorial returns to Pine Hills Eastwood this weekend. Written
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  Speaker 1: by JT. Penalty, this article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The courses are
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  Speaker 1: in good shape, the field is at one hundred again,
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  Speaker 1: and the forty sixth annual Richard J. Berry Memorial Golf
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  Speaker 1: Tournament is set to take place this weekend with Saturday's
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  Speaker 1: opening round at Pine Hill in Ottawa and Sunday's final
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  Speaker 1: round at the Eastwood and Straighter. We're at one hundred
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  Speaker 1: part right now. Two time defending Senior Division Champion Championship
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  Speaker 1: Flight one competitor and tournament director Tony Muscado said, and
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  Speaker 1: we always pick up five or so by the time
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  Speaker 1: we finalize the tea times, so we'll be at around
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and five. That's a good number. I played
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  Speaker 1: Pine Hills yesterday and it's the best I've ever seen it.
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  Speaker 1: And the Eastwood, other than the sand traps that don't
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  Speaker 1: hold water real well, is in great shape. They've just
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  Speaker 1: planted eighteen twenty new trees. They're doing a nice job
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  Speaker 1: in the course in the clubhouse, putting a lot of
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  Speaker 1: work into it, inching closer to half a century of existence.
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  Speaker 1: The Barry Memorial began life in nineteen eighty one as
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  Speaker 1: Streeters Times Press Hitcheon Championships, before expanding in recent years
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  Speaker 1: to include golfers from across the Illinois Valley. Nineteen different
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  Speaker 1: men have won the event's top title in Championship Flight one,
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  Speaker 1: led by eight time champion Rich Holloway and five time
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  Speaker 1: champions Bob Barry, Bailey Lair, and Josh Gas. Six of
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  Speaker 1: those pass champions Rick Cremsheide two thousand and five, Brian
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  Speaker 1: Lair twenty nine, twenty ten, twenty thirteen, Josh Gas twenty fourteen,
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  Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, twenty nineteen, twenty twenty, twenty twenty three, Bailey
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  Speaker 1: Lair twenty fifteen, twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen, twenty twenty two,
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, Jeremy da Bernardi twenty twenty one, and
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  Speaker 1: defending champion Jayden Nambo twenty twenty five, who won last
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  Speaker 1: summer in a four hole playoff, are in the field again.
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  Speaker 1: There will also be fellow Championship Flight one contenders Muscato,
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  Speaker 1: last year's Championship two flight victor, Paul Snook, Mickresser, Cole Park,
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  Speaker 1: Dane Lair Mason Kimberly, last year's fourth place finisher, Patrick Gilfoyle,
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  Speaker 1: Houston Gas, Joe Cravata, Colt Bryson, and Jesse Kavanaugh. While
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  Speaker 1: the top Flight is the main event, it is far
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  Speaker 1: from the only competition on the courses this weekend. The
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  Speaker 1: Berry Memorial also features Championship two, ab CD and Legends flights,
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  Speaker 1: as well as a Senior Championship. It is, in fact,
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  Speaker 1: one of the things that has made the Verry so
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  Speaker 1: venerable and vibrant. I think we've been able to tap
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  Speaker 1: into both more competitive and more recreational golfers with our
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  Speaker 1: assortment of flights. Muscato said, you can be a serious
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  Speaker 1: golfer and really look forward to it, and then are
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  Speaker 1: the guys who just like to play with their buddies
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  Speaker 1: and they look forward to it every year as kind
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  Speaker 1: of a barometer of there their game is. It's a
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  Speaker 1: fun tournament, but it can also be competitive, and that
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  Speaker 1: was by Dick Berry's design. Dick said to me one time,
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  Speaker 1: I want the d flight guys to feel the same
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  Speaker 1: as the Championship Flight guys. That's their tournament. Just because
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  Speaker 1: they're shooting one hundred doesn't mean they're not competitive. People
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  Speaker 1: like we say, there's a flight for everyone. In addition
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  Speaker 1: to the seventeen signed up at press time for Championship one,
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  Speaker 1: there were thirteen in Championship two twenty seven and A
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  Speaker 1: Flight nineteen and B sixteen and C four and D,
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  Speaker 1: and another four in Legends Flight. Tea times will be
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  Speaker 1: released this week, with golfers teeing off early Saturday morning
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  Speaker 1: at Pine Hills and playing their opening eighteen into the
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  Speaker 1: early evening. Golfers will be repaired based on Saturday's end
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  Speaker 1: of day's standings for Sunday's final round at the Eastwood,
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  Speaker 1: with the champions usually coming in an hour or so
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  Speaker 1: ahead of the setting. Sun star Ford Inc. And Teresa
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  Speaker 1: Solin State Farm are the co sponsors of this year's tournament.
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  Speaker 1: So Q Streator One's Credit Union will spaw to the
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  Speaker 1: annual Hole in one Challenge, with ten thousand dollars available
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  Speaker 1: for an ACE on either Pine Hills Number eight or
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  Speaker 1: the Eastwoods number twelve