Turkey Shots

Scarsdale Golf Club's Turkey Shootout Raises Record $7,400 for Two Local Charities: Scarsdale Golf Club held its Seventh Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Shootout on Saturday, November 16th. The 33-member field and other members who did not play in the tournament, raised a total of $7,400. The field was divided into three flights by handicap, and the "winner" of each flight, was the golfer with the high net score. With ties there were four "winners" and each of the winners graciously made additional contributions to the charity purse for the tourney. A final note about the results of this upside down competitive format, the current Club champion, Chris Connolly, was the biggest "loser" since he shot, a personal best, 6 under par (gross 65).
Golf Chairman Ralph Watts presented Jeanne Blum, Executive Director of the Westchester Coalition for the Hungry and Homeless, with a check for 3,700 dollars. She expressed her appreciation for Scarsdale's support for her food pantry, noting that they had already received requests from 1,300 families for assistance with their Thanksgiving dinner arrangements and that the gift from the members at Scarsdale Golf Club would go a very long way to meeting these needs. The Club also donated $3,700 to the Grace Church Community Center to assist their efforts during this Holiday season.
An Early Thanksgiving In Quaker Ridge:
A Quaker Ridge family had an early Thanksgiving when three wild turkeys visited their yard on Saturday November 16. The large birds may have flown over from nearby Saxon Woods Park.