Golf Ball Drop winner gives prize to Big Brothers Big Sisters - KOTA Territory News

Golf Ball Drop winner gives prize to Big Brothers Big Sisters

For the second weekend in a row, a charity group gets an extra boost from prize winners.
 
This time it's the third-annual Golf Ball Drop to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters.
 
Organizers dropped 1,800 golf balls, all of them numbered, on Main Street Square Saturday evening.

And at $5 a ball, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Black Hills brought in around $10,00.

The group gave out close to $4,000 in prizes, but those came from outside sponsors.

And to sweeten the pot for the charity group, the winners of the hole-in-one, Mary and Rob Stanton, gave their $1,000-prize right back to the organizers.
 
"Goes for a great cause," Rob said. "Could we use $1,000? Absolutely. Who couldn't use $1,000? But look at the charities and the people involved. [They] definitely need it. I'm sure it'll go to a good cause."
 
Big Brother Big Sisters director Mary Victor confirmed that.

"It costs us $1,000 to support a match," she said. "Last year we had over 300 matches, and this year we're on target to be quite a bit above that."

So that prize money means a heck of a lot to them.

Here's a full winners list:

• Grand Prize ($1,000): Deb Mudge
• Hole in One ($1,000): Mary Stanton
• Hole 1 ($100): Joyce Riddle
• Hole 2 ($100): Alex O'Toole
• Hole 3 ($100): Michael Curley
• Hole 4 ($100): Mert Tice
• Hole 5 ($100): Rick Huling
• Hole 6 ($100): Jim Mudge
• Hole 7 ($100): Janelle Jones
• Hole 8 ($100): Daniel Franz
• Hole 9 ($100): Rocky Hamley
• Hole 10 ($100): Sheila Lefebre
• Hole 11 ($100): Scott Yeoman
• Hole 12 ($100): Phyllis Mudge
• Hole 13 ($100): Vesta Johnson
• Hole 14 ($100): Quinton Muidondo
• Hole 15 ($100): Jean Whalin
• Hole 16 ($100): Luscia Skull
• Hole 17 ($100): Scmidt Insurance
• Hole 18 ($100): Sheila Lefebre