Pittsburg State Gorillas

2011 Tournament Highlight Video

The 7th Annual Tommy Riggs Memorial Golf Tournament will be held August 9, 2014. The weekend kicks off with a pre-party on Friday, August 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Chatters Grill.

Registration for the three man scramble format golf tournament is at Crestwood Country Club on Saturday at 7 a.m. with an 8:30 a.m. shot-gun start. The weekend wraps up with a post-tournament gathering at Bubba's 311 Club.

There is a $225 registration fee per team, which includes a round of golf with cart, lunch during the tournament, a tournament shirt, three flights with two team prizes per flight, hole prizes and winning team recognition.

All donations from the tournament will be directed toward the Tommy Riggs Memorial Scholarship Fund. In the previous five years the tournament has raised over $50,000 in celebration and honor of Tommy Riggs.

Download the tournament brochure above to register to play or for sponsorship information.

Additional donations can be made to the scholarship by contacting the PSU Foundation at 620-235-4756.

Riggs, the former associate athletic director for marketing and promotions at Pittsburg State University, died unexpectedly Saturday, July 21, 2007, of an apparant heart attack. He was 32.

Riggs, a native of Chetopa, Kan., had served as a full-time staff member for PSU Athletics for nine years, after graduating from PSU with a bachelor's degree in marketing in 1998. He served the University as Associate AD for four years.

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The 4th Annual Tommy Riggs Memorial golf tournament was held on Saturday, August 13 at Crestwood Country Club.  The annual event is held to continue the efforts to raise money for the Tommy Riggs Memorial Scholarship at Pittsburg State University.

This event continues to be a tremendous success due to the support of all the sponsors and the players who participate.  A huge thanks goes out to everybody that makes this tournament possible.

4th Annual Tommy Riggs Memorial Results

Championship Flight Winners
    Jon Troutman / Jayce Troutman / Jeff George   
Championship Flight Runner up
    Scott Moutz / Brian Hamilton / Steve Maceli

"A" Flight Winners
    Fred Baker / Wes Baker / Montry Kendrick
"A" Flight Runner up
    Harvey Oglesby / Jeff Shepard / Mike Relph

"B" Flight Winners
    Russ Jewett / Mike Leiker / Peter Chung
"B" Flight Runner up
    Jared Pile / Kaleb Terlip / Dusty Hafner
 

Thank you to all the sponsors who made various donations to the tournament.