SPORTS CALENDAR
EDITOR’S NOTE: All calendar items should be addressed to the Texarkana Gazette sports department TX, 75504; emailed to sports@texarkanagazette.com; or call the sports department at 903-7943311 or 903-794-3318 after 5 p.m.
BASEBALL
Southern Athletics Baseball Academy; professional hitting, professional pitching, and professional defensive baseball instruction; call or text 903-748-6945; visit 501 Texas Blvd.; MondayFriday, 4 p.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
GOLF
Hardy Memorial Tommy Phillips Open; April 25; Oak Grove golf club; four-person scramble; entry fee is $40 per person; includes greens fee, cart, and lunch; ages 17 and up; awards will be given to the top three teams, longest drive, and closest-to-the-pin; check-in will begin
at 8 a.m.; tournament starts at 9 a.m.; deadline is April 23; entry forms are available at Oak Grove Golf Club, Golf USA, and Hardy UMC; contact James Moffatt at (903)792-9664.
Texarkana Golf Ranch waiving greens fees, police officers, firefighters, teachers from both Texarkanas, Pleasant Grove, Wake Village, Nash, LibertyEylau, Red Lick, Leary, Redwater; public servants are eligible for 18 holes, only cart fee of $15, tee time, dept. ID required; deal is also availible for everyone ages 60 and older on Mondays through Thursdays; contact hcampbell@hankhaney.com.
The First Tee’s 2015 Golf Passport Cards are available at The First Tee Clubhouse, 2321 Line Ferry Road. Twelve rounds of golf for $50, limit two cards per person. For more information, call 870-774-4653 or visit thefirstteetexarkana.org.
All Texarkana Country Club, Northridge Country Club members can play for only a cart fee, Mondays at Texarkana Golf Ranch; any female can play, only a cart fee on Mondays, contact the Golf Ranch Pro Shop, 903334-7401.
Seniors (age 50 & up) MondayThursdays, Texarkana Golf Ranch, $28, includes greens fee, cart; new senior (60-up) memberships available, Weekly men’s association, 9-hole Stableford match, Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m.; call 903-334-7401.
Southwest Arkansas Senior Golf Association accepting new members. Open to golfers 50 years or older who reside in Southwest Arkansas or Northeast Texas, call Larry East at 870-773-2278/903-277-4623, or Ray Frederick at 870-7721981/903-490-3023.
Oak Grove Golf Club; monthly couples’ scramble tournament;
third Sunday of each month; call 903-223-8402 for more information.
East Texas Senior Golf Association accepting new members, 50 years or older. The schedule consists of 12 tournaments are held from Texarkana to Tyler, contact Ralph Vetterat 903-236-0990 or raleovet@gmail.com.
New Haven Men’s Golf Association Mini Tournaments; Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 a.m; teams determined by draw; call 903-277-5305 or 870-331-4140.
FCA Cup Tournament; Texarkana Golf Ranch; April 10; 1 p.m.; email eakin@fca.org or redriverFCA.org.
Mens Golf Association Tournament; Texarkana Golf Ranch; April 11; 9 a.m.; contact Hunter in the pro shop at 903--
334-7401 for more info.
Warriors Fast Pitch Softball Benefit Golf Tournament ; Texarkana Golf Ranch; April 24; noon; contact Scott Wyrick at 903-748-0919 or email swwyrick@msn.com.
Liberty Eylau Education Foundation Scramble; Texarkana Golf Ranch; April 25; 8 a.m.; contact Ann Carson at 512-633-8804 or Wayne Campbell at 903-2770235 for more info.
Hope Country Club; 2-person, 3-way golf tournament; April 25-26; 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. shotgun starts; $120 per team, includes mulligans; shootout is April 24 at 5:30 p.m. and is $20 per team; contact mnelson@southernbakeries.com, jmsmith00@yahoo.com; call 501-515-9374, 870-6488770 or 870-777-8092.
Ashdown Golf Club 2-person, 9-hole scramble; Thursday, April 9; 5:30 p.m.; 20$ entry fee, $12 goes to the prize pot; contact 870-898-5649 for more information.
RUNNING
Genoa’s 2015 Dragon Fire 5K Run; 8 a.m.; April 18; to register go to dragons1.k12. ar.us or Genoa Central Alumni Association page on facebook; contact Cathy Holder at 903-8262412.
The Queen City Project Graduation Diploma Dash 5K will be held on Saturday, May 9, at 8 a.m. at Spring Lake Park. Fee is $25. For more information, visit www.active.com and search “Diploma Dash.”
SWIMMING
The ATAC’s back benefit for former swimmers of ATAC, a nonprofit youth swim team; May 9; 7 p.m.-10 p.m.; Historic Collins home, 1915 Olive St.; tickets are $40 for one or $75 for two; to purchase tickets visit atacsbackbenefit.eventbrite.com or email ataccoach@windstream.net.