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Big Summer Golf Card Announces May Big Money Tour Winners

Sarasota's Barbara Belka captures grand prize

Photo caption (L-R): Patricia Rule; Raymond Harris; Charles Varah, Big Summer Golf Card; Bart Cook, Heron Creek Golf & Country Club with Barbara Belka's Grand Prize; Lawrence Becker; Ray Wandersleben; and James Johnson at the Big Money Tour’s May awards event at Heron Creek Golf & Country Club in North Port, Fla.

Kicking off this summer’s Big Money Tour℠ for Big Summer Golf Card® holders, Barbara Belka of Sarasota, Fla. captured the $1,000 cash grand prize for the May drawing, held at Heron Creek Golf & Country Club in North Port, Fla. Nine other local golfers were also awarded cash, rounds of golf or golf equipment prizes totaling $5,000. To qualify for the monthly drawing, each player had to play a minimum of four rounds during May at one or more of the 18 participating courses.

Heron Creek Golf & Country Club’s director of golf, Bart Cook, presented the following awards:

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Grand Prize ($1,000) – Barbara Belka, Sarasota

2nd Prize ($500) – Ray Wandersleben, North Port

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3rd Prize ($500) – Raymond Harris, Venice

4th Prize ($250) – James Johnson, North Port

5th Prize ($250) – Lawrence Becker, Englewood

6th Prize (18 Golf Certificates to participating courses) – David Conti, Englewood

7th Prize (18 Golf Certificates) – James Chaney, Rotonda West

8th Prize (18 Golf Certificates) – Donald Pitts, North Port

9th Prize (Golf Equipment) – Bob Constantino, Sarasota

10th Prize (Golf Equipment) – Patricia Rule, Venice

About The Big Money Tour

To qualify for a monthly drawing, golfers must be a Big Summer Golf Card holder and register at least four rounds in a given month at one or more of the participating 18 courses. Players receive an additional entry into the drawing for each additional four rounds of golf played in a given month. Drawings are held on the 15th of every month for the preceding month and prizes awarded to the winners at a special presentation at one of the exclusive participating courses.

Every month between May and October, five golfers share in $2,500 of cash prizes, a Grand Prize of $1,000 plus two-$500 and two-$250 cash prizes. In addition, five golfers receive prizes ranging from golf certificates for complimentary rounds of golf at participating courses or golf equipment.

About Big Summer Golf Card

Offering preferred pricing on green fees at 50 courses along Florida’s Gulf Coast as well as south and central Florida, residents and visitors alike can reap the benefits that also include card holder specials, Big Money Tour eligibility for cash and equipment prizes at 18 courses, unlimited play at favorite area courses from May through October, exclusive play dates at member and private clubs, and special rate offers in November and December.

To join or learn more about the Big Summer Golf Card and Big Money Tour, visit www.bigsummergolf.com or call 941-923-2232.

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