Cow Pie Open golf tourney Saturday

Wyoming farm life and the sport of golf unite together in the 18th annual Cow Pie Open Golf Classic at 9 a.m. Saturday in Encampment.

This unique golf tournament takes place in a cow pasture and includes buckets set in the ground for holes. There are already more than 100 golfers signed up, and community members are welcome to come watch the players.

The tournament tees off at 10 a.m. Saturday, and all duffers should gather at the Hole 19 clubhouse, the big log house with a green roof, located eight blocks west of the highway on Fourth Street. Personnel will be on site by 9 a.m. to sign in golfers and hand out custom shirts. The course is a 10-hole par 3 course with two groups of five golfers playing off each tee box.

The tournament has its shotgun start at 10 a.m., and it will be a blind draw, two-person team score format. There is a $30 entry fee that includes a custom shirt, beverages on every tee box, barbecue at Encampment Town Park and a chance to win cash.

There is a pre-pie sign up and fundraiser dinner from 6:30-8 p.m. Friday at the Encampment Opera House. It is all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner with spaghetti, salad, garlic toast and a drink for $7 a plate, and one does not have to be in the tournament to come to the dinner. One can also pay their fees and get their special Cow Pie shirt while at the dinner.

All proceeds from the dinner and golf tournament this year go to the Saratoga/Encampment USA wrestling program based out of Saratoga. For more information contact Jim McKinney at 307-327-5928, 307-710-5928 or 307-329-8582.