WEYBURN – The Weyburn and Estevan Rotary Clubs combined their efforts for the 2023 Golf Ball Drop Saturday at the Weyburn Golf Course.
And it was an Estevan man who took the top prize.
The first prize of $5,000 went to Ryan Olson on a ticket sold in Estevan; second prize of $3,000 is to Cyrus Slater of Weyburn, and third prize for $1,000 went to Tammy Forcier, also on a ticket sold in Weyburn.
Both clubs sold tickets for the drop, with three cash prizes awarded to the winning numbers that dropped in the hole.
Members of both clubs helped to sort the balls. The balls for the tickets sold went into a big bucket, lifted by a crane from Jerry Mainil Ltd. over a specially-cut golf hole. The first three in counted as the winners.
Of the more than 4,200 tickets sold, approximately 2,400 tickets were sold by the Estevan club and 1,800 were by the Weyburn club. The location for the ball drop alternates each year between the two cities.
The proceeds after the winnings will go to support the STARS Air Ambulance and Estevan Minor Baseball.
