The Roland Christy Cup Golf Tournament was held Sunday, September 23 at the Inlet Golf Club.
The annual golf competition was established in 1998 as a friendly annual tournament between the Thendara and Inlet Golf Clubs in recognition of the decades of dedication to both clubs by Roland Christy, the pro of the Inlet club.
This year’s golfers were challenged by uncooperative weather, according to Tim White, who played on the Thendara team.
“One minute it was beautiful and the next it was rainy and cold. We really had to layer up to play. We put up a good fight, but the home team prevailed in the end,” White said.
Inlet took this year’s Christy Cup with a score of 9 to 3.
In the fifteen years of the tournament, Thendara has taken the cup eight times and Inlet seven times.
Following the match-play event, the two teams met at Mulligan’s where Thendara Golf Club President George Hiltebrant returned the Christy Cup to Roland and Roger Lind, owner of the Inlet Golf Club.
In the spirit of good will, Hiltebrant received a trophy to fill the space above Thendara’s fireplace where the cup had resided for the past year.
It was a crazily dressed animated golfer doll, in homage to Hiltebrant and his legendary golf ensembles. Following, all enjoyed a turkey dinner.
Roland, 88, an Old Forge native, is a ten-time Thendara Club champion who will soon be wrapping up his 40th year as Inlet’s head pro.
The tournament will be played at Thendara next year.
