Adams Family Golf Tournament benefits Morris Adams

Every year the Adams family gets together for a day of golfing to see each other and visit. This year the tournament was expanded to benefit Morris Adams who is battling cancer. The rules of the tournament were simple, each team had to have a member of the Adams family in it.

The tournament was organized by Veronica Adams and her daughters Wendy, Sheila and Sabrina Adams. Helping them were Margaret Thomas, Gloria Herne, Shelly Rourke, Michelle Laffin and many others. It seemed completely chaotic as everyone showed up at once and all those ladies kept their cool and got the tournament started on the right foot. A total of 144 golfers showed up (so many there weren’t enough carts) to offer their support for Morris, who seems to know everyone.

The weather was phenomenal as everyone was expecting thunderstorms predicted by all the local weather guessers. The day was a bit on the hot and humid side and to cope with that a refreshment cart manned by Morris’ brothers Angus and Jake, made its way around the course. They made sure no one went thirsty. To take care of the hunger side of the tournament a refreshment hole was set up between holes 9 and 10. For a donation the ladies would serve you a hot dog, hamburger, chips and soda.

After the golfing was done Cedar View served a great meal featuring the famous Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department (HAVFD)’s barbequed chicken. The chicken was cooked and donated by HAVFD Station Three. When Morris was a member of the HAVFD he belonged to Station Three, which he helped build. Three of Morris’ sons (Joe, Chris and Mike), a son-in-law Mike Laffin and grandson Issac are members of the HAVFD.

After dinner the winners were chosen by random draw of the scorecards. This system gave even the biggest duffers a chance at a big prize and kept the tournament from getting too competitive. Emmy Mitchell and Bea Johnson were drawn first and set the standard for the tournament by donating their winnings back to benefit Morris. Everyone that won a monetary prize donated it back to help Morris and his family.

A Mohawk Auction was set up in the clubhouse and for five dollars you had a chance at a table full of prizes. The other side of the clubhouse had prizes for the golfers who got to choose them when their scorecards were called. Along with the tournament sales, registrations and donations the golf tournament raised over five thousand dollars for Morris and his family. This will go a long way in helping him fight this terrible disease.

Morris and his family would like to thank everyone for coming out and supporting the tournament. The generosity shown is absolutely amazing and cannot be expressed in words alone.