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Sue Hord, co-founder of Palm Valley Golf Course, passed away at age 79.The Schonfeld father-son team won their eighth FSGA Parent-Child Championship.Area golf organizations awarded scholarships to 14 junior golfers.
Sue Hord loved landscaping and loved people. Those went together with making the Palm Valley Golf Course the family-friendly, nine-hole gem tucked away in Northern St. Johns County that she and her husband Jack built in 1989 and kept going despite the rapid growth around them.
Mrs. Hord, 79, passed away on July 30 of cancer, in the same small home on the golf course property where her husband died in 2014.
“She had been in assisted living but we brought her home and she got to see the golf course one more time,” said her son Chris Hord. “She loved being out here and loved taking care of the landscaping. What she loved more than anything were the people who came to Palm Valley. She and my father built something they thought was in need in this area, an affordable, laid-back place where you could bring your wife or your children and not feel pressured to play.”
Kim Lawlor, the Palm Valley general manager and director of golf, called Mrs. Hord “an amazing, hard-working woman.”
“She brought the beauty to Palm Valley, adding crepe myrtles and azaleas yearly,” Lawlor said. “She loved to take care of the flowerbeds. She leaves behind a legacy in a family-friendly, affordable golf course right in the middle of Nocatee.”
Palm Valley remains the oldest continuously-operating nine-hole course on the First Coast.
Mrs. Hord is a native of Springfield, Mass. In addition to her son Chris, she is survived by a daughter, Julie Hord of Durango, Colo., a brother, Richard Brouillard and a sister, Elaine “Bobbi” Brouillard, who both live in Kansas City, Mo.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Aug. 14 at the Palm Valley Golf Club, beginning at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Schonfeld team captures FSGA Parent-Child for eighth time
There are few sure things in golf.
Leonard Schonfeld of Hawthorne and his son Len Schonfeld II of Jacksonville are when it comes to the Florida State Golf Association Parent-Child Championship.
The Schonfelds won their division (child 32 and over) for the eighth time last week at the Reunion Golf and Resort near Orlando, posting scores of 68 at the Palmer Course and 4 at the Watson Course to finish at 12-under-par 132 to win by three shots.
The father-son team has played on 12 courses during its seven victories and averages 67.75 per round.
There were two other championship teams from the First Coast. Steve Carter and his son Jacob Carter of St. Augustine won the Child 18-23 division for the second time, posting 9-under 135 at the ChampionsGate National and International Courses; and Jeff Golden and his daughter Greta won the Child 8-9 division with 58 points under a Stableford scoring system at the ChampionsGate Country Club.
Michael and Alex Whitehead of Ponte Vedra Beach finished third in the Child 24-31 division (140) and Mike Vallencourt of Orange Park and Michael Vallencourt of Green Cove Springs were fifth in the Child 32 and over division.
Area organizations present scholarships
The North Florida Junior Golf Foundation, Jacksonville Area Golf Association and Northern Chapter PGA combined to hand out financial assistance to 14 past members of the NFJGF.
Scholarships went to:
Gary Vanover Scholarship: Aliya Sta Ana (Florida State)
Henry Tuten Gator Bowl Scholarships: Addy Vogt (Rollins College), Noah Mayer (Florida State).
NFJG: Lucas Elliott (University of Florida), Chloe Blanc (Palm Beach State College), Andrew Morgan, Cameron Reed (Furman), Ethan Tak (West Florida), Nolan Harper (Florida Gulf Coast), Ryan Gear (Embry-Riddle), Jack Hardy (Florida Gulf Coast).
Bill Straub Scholarship: Emma Wells (Daytona State College), Lizzie Thompson (Florida State), Tommy Piper (Florida State).
Playoffs decide two age groups
Extra holes were needed to determine two of the age-group champions in the NFJG Tour Championship at the Marsh Landing Country Club and the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club Lagoon Course.
Jack Randolph defeated Hudson Stutzman in the Elite Tour Boys division, after both finished at 3-under 139. Stutzman earned a playoff spot with a second-round 65.
Camden Tidwell won the Rising Tour Boys division in a playoff over Landon Pittman, after both finished at 15-over 157.
The other division winners were Lexi Milbrandt (153) in the Elite Tour Girls, Addison Kipnis (165) in the Rising Tour Girls, Cameron Donovan (154) in the Futures Tour and Macklin Mucha (75) in the Foundation Tour.
