SARATOGA SPRINGS — The 3rd Annual Bob Best Memorial Golf Tournament is fast-approaching, but there is still time left to register.
In 2018, after Bob Best’s sudden passing, his family and friends created the Bob Best Memorial Scholarship to benefit the Saratoga Regional YMCA, along with the Bob Best Memorial Golf Tournament.
This year’s tournament will take place on Friday, Sept. 24 at McGregor Links Country Club (359 Northern Pines Road, Wilton) with a shotgun start at 12:00 p.m.; a dinner and silent auction will follow. The cost to enter in the tournament is $125 per person/$500 per foursome; dinner only is $40 per person. Registration and payments must be received by Friday, Sept. 10.
Proceeds from the golf tournament fund the scholarship. Partnering with Saratoga Builders Association, $1,000 from the scholarship is awarded to a high school senior who is pursuing a career in the building trades. The remaining amount benefits the SRYMCA.
Bob and his wife, Lisa, and family were long-time members of the YMCA. Through their experience, they saw firsthand the great benefits that Y membership and programs provides a family. Lisa found through her role as a teacher that at-risk-students who were given financial assistance to the Y benefited from the positive influence the Y had on them through their programs. To date, the fund has raised close to $30,000.
Steve Butler, Saratoga Springs Branch Executive Director, listed the after-school care, the nine-week summer camp, and the daycare/childcare as examples of what the funds assists families with.
“The funds offset the cost for caregivers, whether it’s 100%, 50%, etc.,” said Butler. “We won’t turn anyone away just because they can’t afford it.”
To register for the tournament, visit srymca.org/bob-best-golf-tournament. If you are interested in supporting scholarship fund through a monetary donation or are interested in the scholarship opportunities, please contact Steve Butler at 518-583-9622 ext. 118 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
