Blake Bednarz
Third Annual SU Football Lettermen’s Club Golf Outing Held Friday
6/17/2004 5:01:49 PM | Football
Pasqualoni and his staff provide a link from the present to the past. They are on hand to answer questions and provide some insider information about the current team. The tournament fosters a mutually beneficial relationship between past and current Syracuse football constituents.
“It’s just a great time,” said SU Director of Development for Athletics Joe Manhertz. “It brings former players back feeling good.”
The tournament will be held again at Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona, NY. The Lettermen Golf Invitational is similar in format to the Orange Pack Golf Outing that was held on June 8.
“Having it at the Turning Stone is a luxury,” Manhertz said. “If you want to bring your wife, she can go to the spa for two days. If you’re a gambler, you can gamble. It also has great golf courses and good food.”
Turning Stone has three courses and will add a fourth at the end of July. The 18-hole scramble will be played on the Shenendoah and Kaluhyat courses. Because all of the golfers will not fit onto one course, one 18-hole track will have a shotgun start, while groups on the other course will be assigned tee times. For the 2004 event, tournament coordinators changed the format from the first two because the same foursome repeated its title run last year.
“There was only one thing that stayed consistent, the winning foursome of Sessler, Hurley, Hartman and HUGE Fuccillo,” said Dennis Hartman, ’81 braggingly after his group won the 2003 tournament.
Many of the golfers were voiced an interest in having an opportunity to meet former players from different teams and eras of SU football.
“While I don’t think it matters that much to me, or anyone else, who wins, it may provide for an interesting format and the chance to improve the camaraderie,” said Todd Philcox ’88 and a participant in the first two Lettermen outings following last year’s event.
Camaraderie is the essence of the tournament.
“It’s a ‘friendraiser,’” Manhertz said. “It’s just for the fellowship of the football guys. For the individuals who cannot get out of work for whatever reason, or don’t play golf, we invite them to join us for the clambake following golf. They come back and tell stories. If you had 100 tackles in a season, it becomes 200 by the end of the night.”
2004 Football Lettermen’s Club Golf Outing Registered Guests
