Herald photo Jason Nehmer organizer of Veterans for Vets tournament
By JASON NEHMER/For The Herald — The Oakridge Disc Golf Club is at it again! The second annual “Veteran for Vets” tournament is this Saturday, January 15th, at the Old Mill Disc Golf Course from 9 AM to 4 PM. We are back and better than ever. Our new amateur friendly layout is sure to provide plenty of excitement for not only the players, but for spectators as well. Following in the footsteps of the Dynamic Trilogy Challenge, Veterans for Vets is a disc golf event designed to meet three goals. First, it gives disc golfers a chance to play in an organized event during the winter months. Second, it provides an awesome environment for a disc golfer without any tournament experience to play in an organized event. Finally, it provides an opportunity for a local disc golf community to raise money that gets returned to that same community to organizations tasked with serving veterans. So, come on out and cheer on the participants and be a part of the excitement for this worthwhile, charitable cause.
The Old Mill Disc Golf Course is a regulation championship course located on the Northern portion of the Oakridge Industrial Park, East of Oakridge on Salmon Creek Road off Highway 58.
George Custer lives in Oakridge with his wife Sayre. George is a former smokejumper from his hometown of Cave Junction, a former captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. and ran a construction company in Southern California. George assumed the volunteer duties as the Editor of the Highway 58 Herald in 2022. He loves riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, building all things wood, and playing drums on the weekends in his office.
