The Southwest Amputee Golf Association returns this weekend to The Hideout Golf Club and Resort on Lake Brownwood.  The tournament is expected to attract more than 40 golfers.

Among the participants this year will be recent May High School graduate and Tarleton State freshman Dilan Johnston, who lost a portion of his leg in a car accident last August.

“I thought it was pretty cool what they’re doing,” Johnston said in a recent interview with KOXE. “For me to be to be able to participate in it just made my day.” 

The two-day tournament will begin at noon Saturday and continues on Sunday. This year, the tournament is open to anyone who would like to compete, not just amputees. The cost to enter the tournament is $50 for both days and includes free range balls on tournament days and two rounds of golf, including carts. There also will be an awards ceremony after golf on Sunday, with a banquet lunch included.

Those who wish to follow along can do so for the price of a cart, or they can walk the course or stay at one hole and observe the action.

Practice rounds will be held at The Hideout on Friday. For more information, call The Hideout at (325) 784-4653 or Roy McCoy, SWAGA Executive Director, at 512-431-2861 or email roy.mccoy43@yahoo.com.

You may also contact Denise Hudson at the City of Early Visitors and Events Center at 325-649-9300.