The Closest to the Pin awards went to Hole #2 Kitae Kang, Hole #6 Simmon Kim, Hole #12 Hee Jeong Kim and Hole #14 Eric Yi. The Senior Champion was Kwang Ik Lim(Total 75, To Par Gross +4). This year’s Men’s Champion was Jake Williams(Total 70, To Par Gross -1) and Women’s Champion was Sun Im An(Total 74, To Par Gross +3). Thank you everyone!”Īfter roughly 4 hours of the game, participants enjoyed lunch and the award ceremony followed. Karlyn Shorb, the chief executive officer for the Aurora Sister Cities International also stated “We are overwhelmed with excitement and joy to host this tournament and wish to continue our effort to support Korean community launch their KoreaTown Aurora. The city of Aurora is ethnically the most diverse and dynamic city and I would like to congratulate your successful hosting of the 2 nd Korea Town Aurora Golf Tournament,” she said. “It is very impressive that the Korean community is working together to hold such a successful golf tournament despite the tough times. Lieutenant Governor Diane Primavera visited the event prior to the game and gave her sincere speech of congratulations. Tom Kim, a third-generation Korean running for the Senate Deputy Governor Diane Primavera speech a congratulatory (Photo Rachel Y Cho) And most importantly, it is a beautiful day to play golf and enjoy the weather,” one of the participants said during an interview. “It is such a proud moment to see people participating in the event which will ultimately contribute to growing our Korean community and businesses. Everyone seemed to be cheering for the upcoming launch of Korea Town and looked excited to see the Korean community gathering to promote the future of Korea Town in the city of Aurora. The Colorado Times, a gold sponsor of this year’s tournament, also participated in the game and met many participants from different regions of Colorado. The Colorado Times also participated as a gold sponsor and enjoyed golf “In celebration of your Second Annual Korea Town Golf Tournament, I would like to thank you for all your hard work, your support to the progress of our international communities, and your commitment to the advancement of the Korean community within our state,” he wrote. This year, Jared Polis, the governor of the state of Colorado also sent his warm greetings and congratulations of this event through a letter. The R&C Management, On Havana Street, and PXG was the diamond sponsor of the event. Many Korean businesses as well as American companies such as US Bank and 1 st Bank sponsored this event and nearly 100 people participated in the tournament.
The tournament attracted golf enthusiasts and many Koreans from large and small golf clubs with the hope of contributing to the successful launching of the Korea Town in the city of Aurora.
The Aurora Sister Cities International and the Korean Committee for the preparation of Korea Town Aurora played a pivotal role in setting up the event as well as gathering as much support as possible in order to launch an initiative of promoting the ‘Korea Town Aurora.’ Participants arrive early in the morning to greet their acquaintances at the 2nd Aurora Korean Town Sponsored Golf Tournament.(Photo Rachel Y Cho) This historical event was jointly hosted by the city of Aurora and the Korean community leaders which ended up with the support of many volunteers and Korean golf lovers. Last Thursday on August 25th, the 2 nd Aurora Korea Town Charity Golf Tournament was successfully held at the CommonGround Golf Course (10300 E Golfers Wy, Aurora, CO 80010) in the city of Aurora.
“We welcome everyone to the 2 nd annual Korea Town Aurora Golf Tournament!”
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