By: Micaella Cosentino, Accord Business Finance

On August 16, 2016, the TMA’s 16th Annual Charity Golf Outing was held at the Grand Geneva Spa & Resort. After the first ever rain out in June, the clouds opened up to a perfect Midwest summer sky for a full day of golf, contests, and networking.

Attendees participated on either the Brute or Highland courses, each with their own set of contest sponsors and winners. Despite everyone going for the glory of the Hole in One on each course, which were sponsored by Associated Bank and Kugman Partners, no one was able make the shot this year. We did have many other award winners including:

Men’s Longest Drive (sponsored by BMS and Lockton Companies): Anthony Doughty (Brute) and Joe Wells (Highlands)

Women’s Longest Drive: Tina Hughes (Brute)

Men’s Closest to the Pin (sponsored by Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin LLC): Jamie Cote (Brute) and Ray Neihengen (Highlands)

Women’s Closest to the Pin (sponsored by Chicago Capital Holdings): Kat Parker

Short Games Skills Contest (sponsored by Wynnchurch Capital): Michael Millikan

Longest Putt: Jeff Malach & Joe Wells

Putting Contest: Michael Millikan

Lowest Team Score (sponsored by Gordon Brothers-AccuVal): Brute: Timothy Turek, John Sieger, Douglas Colletti, and Bruce Denby Highlands: Kurt Carlson, Wendy Reutebuch, Brent Burden, and Peter Flory

After a long day on the courses, the golfers were joined by other industry professionals for the outdoor cocktail and dinner reception. Nearly every seat was taken for reception.

Over $12,000 was raised throughout the day from the contest holes to the silent auction for the TMA Chicago/Midwest Memorial Scholarship Foundation, as well as The Professor’s Club. Thank you all for your generosity. Recipients of the 2016 scholarships were on hand to be recognized and receive their awards.

Lauren Bell, daughter of Scott Bell, attending Northwestern University

Jake Hyland, son of Jeff Hyland, attending Indiana University

Alex Ramer, nephew of Nick Miller, attending University of Michigan

Faimy Saji, cousin of Neema Varghese, attending Marquette University

Evanston Scholars recommended by Dave Mack, Pathfinder Group

A big thank you again to all of our Golf sponsors for your participation and contributions which made this year such a great success. We look forward to another awesome event in 2017.