Sport management class to host golf outings benefiting Kopper Top Life Learning Center

Students in Associate Professor Hal Walker’s Event Management Service Learning class have put instruction into practice this semester, organizing a two-day fundraising event titled “Fore the Animals.” The events benefit the Kopper Top Life Learning Center, a Liberty, N.C., nonprofit organization that specializes in using therapeutic horseback riding, recreational therapy, animal assisted therapy and horticulture therapy for individuals with or without disabilities.

The sport management students invite all interested participants – both avid golfers and not-so-avid golfers – to attend a driving range event on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Elon University driving range. Two days later, the students will host the Kopper Top Charity Golf Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 7, teeing off at 9 a.m. The golf tournament, which will be played as a scramble, will be held at The Challenge Golf Club in Graham.

All proceeds generated from the “Fore the Animals” events go entirely to Kopper Top.

For more details, including costs and contests, see below:

“Fore the Animals” – Driving Range Event

• When: Thursday, Nov. 5 – 5-9 p.m.
• What: 3-hole competition for putting
• Where: Elon Driving Range
• Cost:
$10 for diving range only; $60 for both range and Saturday’s tournament
• Prizes:
  • Longest drive: Pandora’s gift card/Gerks/Frogs
  • Putting: T-shirt
  • Closest to the pin: water bottle

“Fore the Animals” – Golf Tournament

• When: Saturday, Nov. 7 – 9 am (10 minute intervals); 6 foursomes per hour
• Where: The Challenge Golf Club (1179 Challenge Drive, Graham, NC 27253)
• Cost:
  • $65 Non-student pricing – Tournament only
  • $55 Student pricing – Tournament only
  • $60 Both tournament and range

For more information or to register, email elonstudentgolftournament@gmail.com or visit the “Fore the Animals” Facebook event page.