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Big Summer Golf Card hosts Hole-in-One Shoot-Out - Seven local players vie for Grand Prize

Bradenton Beach's Bobby Paschall wins closest-to-pin contest

Photo Captions – Group Shot (L to R): Big Summer Golf Card Hole-in-One Shoot-out participants include Bobby Paschall, Mike Soler, John Sollazzo, Hans Abraham, Rich Vasil, Mark Bellehumeur and Peter Boccagna. Closest to Pin Award: Charles Varah, Big Summer Golf Card partner, hands Bobby Paschall his $500 cash award for the closest-to-pin contest that was part of the Hole-in-One Shootout at University Park Country Club.

Seven of 11 local Big Summer Golf card holders who shot holes-in-one at one of the 54 participating courses this summer recently came together at University Park Country Club to see if their luck would carry forward at a special hole-in-one shoot-out.

While the $50,000 grand prize that would have been awarded if one of players shot a hole-in-one did not materialize, a closest-to-the-pin contest gave Bobby Paschall from Bradenton Beach a $500 cash prize.

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The Big Summer Golf Card’s hole-in-one achievers as confirmed by each golf course and shoot-out participant list, including where they made their shot includes:

Rich Vasil, Sarasota, Village Green Golf Club

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Mike Soler, Parrish, University Park Country Club

John Sollazzo, Sarasota, Rosedale Golf & Country Club

Bobby Paschall, Bradenton Beach, IMG Academy Golf Club

Peter Boccagna, North Port, Jacaranda West Country Club

Mark Bellehumeur, Port Charlotte, Tatum Ridge Golf Links

Hans Abraham , Sarasota, Tatum Ridge Golf Links

Additional Big Summer Golf Card hole-in-one golfers include:

Tom Joseph, Sarasota, Village Green Golf Club

Tom Grundy, Englewood, The Palms Golf Club at Forest Lakes

Nancy Murphy, Sarasota, Bobby Jones Golf Club

Gilbert Menz, Bradenton, Peridia Golf & Country Club

About Big Summer Golf Card

Offering preferred pricing on green fees at 54 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 19 courses (May through October), monthly random prize drawings, 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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