Janis Reeser
| Reporter assisted by AI
The Harbor Cup event raised more than $125,000 for three local charities.
According to a community announcement, the annual golf event brings together professionals from BOYNE Golf and the Petoskey/Harbor Springs area each fall. This year, the tournament ran Sept. 29-30 at Hidden River Golf & Casting Club near Petoskey.
The event uses a 54-hole Ryder Cup-style format. Team BOYNE professionals compete against PGA professionals from the Petoskey/Harbor Springs area, called Team Harbor. Team Harbor won this year’s event 16-8.
$1.2M raised in nearly 30 years
For 29 years, the Harbor Cup has raised more than $1.2 million for local charities.
This year, Team BOYNE professionals donated $90,000 to Manna Food Project, $25,000 to PGA HOPE and $10,000 to First Tee-Northern Michigan. The money came from a yearlong fundraising effort that included donations from Country Club of Boyne and Bay Harbor Golf Club members, merchandise sales and pro-am golf events, according to the announcement.
The Harbor Cup Charitable Fund, a component fund of the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, supported the donations.
Manna Food Project is a food bank that supplies food to more than 35 pantries and agencies in Antrim, Charlevoix and Emmet counties. This year’s contribution will help provide about 156,250 meals to community members, according to the announcement.
First Tee promotes character development and life-enhancing values to area youth through golf. The donation will help increase programming opportunities and reach more youth.
PGA HOPE introduces and teaches golf to veterans and active-duty military to enhance their physical, mental, social and emotional well-being. The donation will help secure and improve the development of their six- to eight-week curriculum.
A community tradition
“The Harbor Cup is always a special event for all of the players, but what truly matters is the good it allows us to do,” Crooked Tree Golf Club Head Professional and Team BOYNE’s Harbor Cup Captain Corey May said in the announcement.
For nearly three decades, the event has rallied the golf community to raise meaningful dollars for local charities.
“We could not do any of this without all the support we receive from the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, along with the Country Club of Boyne and Bay Harbor Golf Club members, area businesses, vendors and homeowners,” May said in the announcement. “We’re incredibly proud to continue a tradition that brings people together and makes a difference across Northern Michigan.”
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