By John RittenhouseSixteen golf teams raised a record amount of money for charity during the 14th annual Peg Hoiland Anderson Memorial Golf Tournament played at the Luverne Country Club Monday.The teams, which ranged from three to four-players per squad, played in a golf scrambler that earned more than $3,000.The funds raised during the event will be donated to the Luverne Dollars for Scholars Chapter and Sioux Valley Hospice."We raised more than $3,000 this year, which is the most we’ve ever raised," said Pam Hoiland, who organizes the annual event played on the final Monday of June every year.According to Hoiland, a member of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America helped make 2004 a record-setting year for the tournament.Rich Beem, the 2002 PGA champion, donated a driver that was used as a raffle prize for the event."Rich Beem was the Club Professional at Westward Ho in Sioux Falls in 1994. We contacted him, and he was nice enough to donate a driver for the raffle. We used the raffle money to help us with the green fees, which helped us raise more money for charity," Hoiland said.A team made up of Luverne players turned in a solid showing during Monday’s tournament.Gabe Van Dyk, David Nelson, Jesson Vogt and Patrick Bennett shot a nine-under-par 63 to emerge as the champions of the five-team co-ed division of competition.Their 63 was good enough to earn a share of the overall championship with a four-player men’s team consisting of golfers from Sioux Falls.Brian Anderson, Scott Schneidermann, Ryan Bohy and Dick Bohy won the five-team men’s division with a 63.Four players from Sioux Falls won the five-team women’s division title with a six-under-par 66.Carol Viet, Mary Albers, Joli Gallagher and Jeri Krsnak formed the winning women’s team.
