ON THE COVER
MEDICAL STUDENTS
WIN THE DAY at
GLMS Foundation Golf
Tournament
Aaron Burch
I
t was a hot but beautiful day at the Hurstbourne Country Club on September
25, where the GLMS Foundation Scholarship Golf Tournament was in full
swing. Seventy physicians and sponsors played a shamble style tournament
to benefit medical students, and this year seven physicians-in-the-making
were awarded $5,000 scholarships as a celebration of their hard work, to
help them realize the opportunities before them.
This year, $30,000 in scholarships was awarded to six promising young med-
ical students through the GLMS Foundation and another $5,000 scholarship
was awarded by the GLMS Alliance. The total amount awarded over seven
years has now risen to $173,000. Thank you to the physicians, health care
organizations and local businesses that have made these scholarships possible,
as well as everyone who participated in the GLMS Foundation’s silent auction
and raffle, which raised thousands of dollars for next year’s awards.
The 2017 medical student scholarship recipients were Kevin Connolly, Molly
Flottman, Andrea Hiller, Bailey Nelson, Andrew Swiergosz, Taylor Hodge and
Carli Whittington. Presenting the awards was GLMS Foundation Scholarship
Committee Chair Linda Gleis, MD, with introductions from Golf Event Chair
Dr. David Watkins and Robert Hecht. The $5,000 Alliance Scholarship was
presented by Millicent Evans and Dr. Monica Ann Shaw. The all-tourney
sponsor was Stock Yards Bank & Trust.
In the golf outing, teams followed a shamble format for the competition, in
which all team members tee off and then play out the hole at stroke play from
the location of the best-placed ball. The championship team was sponsored
by Stock Yards Bank & Trust and included Rick Tobe, Tony Simms, Davis
Boland and David Clayton.
Second place went to the team of Dr. Mark Ihnen, Dr. Jeremy Clark, Dr. Chris
Compton and Bob Penny. The third-place team included Michael Rabkin, Jay
Hedges, Joe Zabratanski and Ron Patberg. The annual “Worst Putter Award”
– sponsored by Mary G. Barry, MD, in memory of her father, journalist Mike
Barry – was awarded to Dr. Chris Compton.
The 8 th annual golf outing will take place Monday, September 24 th , 2018. Be on
the lookout for more information for next year’s event in the months ahead!
Aaron Burch is the communications specialist for the Greater Louisville Medical
Society.
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