The UTC athletics department held the annual Porky’s Open golf tournament at Council Fire Golf Club on Tuesday. A record 34 teams took part in the afternoon event. Prizes were awarded for five flights with two golfers taking home huge awards for aces on two of the par-3s.
The big winner at the event was Mark Weiss who pocketed $15,000 for a hole-in-one on the par-3 12th hole. He rolled in an eight iron from 160 yards out to win the prize of the day. Not to be outdone, Hiren Desai followed with an ace of his own on No.
7. Desai slid in a nine-iron from 142-yards. He won a new set of Callaway irons for his shot.
This was the 13th year of the Porky’s Open, created to benefit student-athlete scholarships at UTC. The event has raised well over $1 million for the Mocs and, with this year’s record participation, that number is sure to grow.
Below is a list of winners from each flight. Chancellor’s Flight Champions
John Berg, John Lambert, Jeff Neely and Richard Keene. Chancellor’s Flight Runners-Up
Brian Key, Brendon Wilson, Steven Smith and Shane Sewell. Athletics Director Flight Champions
Charlie Poe, Bobby Majors, Evann Gibson and Dennis Potts. Athletics Director Flight Runners-Up
Brad McCawley, Colette Murray, Rick Hart and Hiren Desai. Coaches Flight Champions
Britton Stansell, Ben Wolfley, David Lambeck and Jonathan Regg. Coaches Flight Runners-Up
Beau Tucker, Matt Gray, Dan Majoras and Chris Limbaugh. Gold Flight Champions
John Prater, David Conrady, Mike Evatt and Justin Witt. Gold Flight Runners-Up
Phil Walker, Terry Wilson, Mike Langley and Greg Carden. Blue Flight Champions
Scott Shankle, Mike Verstynan, Jamie Thomas and Terry Todd. Blue Flight Runners-Up
Mark Miles, Steve Kilgore, Kevin Dew and David Schlosser.