CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Clarksvillenow.com It’s time once again for the annual Big Fish Mickey Fisher Memorial Golf Tournament, set for Friday & Saturday, July 8 & 9 at Fort Campbell’s Cole Park Golf Course. The shotgun start for the four person teams is at 8 a.m. both days.
The tournament creates awareness for fallen soldiers and allows local military families to receive scholarships for their children to attend Austin Peay State University.
Mickey Fisher was a family man, and organizers like to keep his memory alive through the tournament. His wife Mary and three sons, Bret, Ryne and Hunter are all involved by helping make this tournament possible and by also playing in memory of Fisher.
Mary Fisher said that it’s really special for us that we’re able to help other kids through people loving Mickey. That’s why they play, because they cared about him. It’s not to win it’s just because they cared about him.
Most of Fisher’s life revolved around sports. He played basketball and golf as a student at Clarksville High School and also played basketball at APSU from 1972-76. Fisher then taught and coached in the Fort Campbell School System for 33 years.
“He was just a good guy, he loved golf and he loved junior golf. That was one reason we went with this type of tournament.’ He worked with military kids and that’s what he did all of his teaching career,” Fisher said.
Each year a new recipient is selected to receive $5,000 annually for four years while attending APSU. The scholarship is renewable annually as long as the student maintains a 3.0 GPA and full-time enrollment status.
Along with the tournament a dinner, silent auction, live auction, and the presentation of the scholarship will take place at 6 p.m., Friday, July 8 at the Bud Barn, 1803 Ross Road, Cedar Hill, TN., off Exit 19 on I-24.
For more information about the Mickey Fisher Memorial Golf Tournament call Kayla Lawrence at 931-905-0050, email kayla.lawrence@raymondjames.com, or visit www.bigfishmemorial.com.