August Golf Outing 2025

What a perfect day for the August golf outing!

With sunny skies and high spirits, the BIA Golf Tournament at Hawley Golf and Country Club was a fantastic success. We had 145 golfers on the course, all competing for a chance to take home the BIA of the RRV Golf Tournament Champs trophy and a cooler full of goodies. The August 2025 tournament champions were Brock Lingen, Zach Suda, John Sweeney and Seth Farkas from Choice Bank.

Pictured above: The tournament champions picking up their prize and trophy.

A huge thank you to Forest Products Direct, our tournament sponsor, for their generous support. We're also grateful to our eagle sponsor, Cass County Electric Cooperative, birdie sponsors, First International Bank & Trust and Pope Design Group, and all of our major sponsors and hole sponsors. This event wouldn’t have been possible without you all! 

Pictured above: Cass County Electric getting ready to golf.

We also want to recognize the incredible volunteers who contributed their time and effort to the July golf outing. From setup to cleanup and everything in between, your commitment played a vital role in making the day run smoothly. Special thanks to Emily Gunderson, Joyce Balstad, Irena Johnson, Cecelia Jorud, Matt Helander, Tyler Guhlke and Heather Breckheimer for all you do!

Pictured above: A few of our volunteers during check-in.

The Great Ball Drop brought another exciting turnout and big win! Irena Johnson and Beck Erholtz each had a ball go into the hole, both taking home $625 in winnings. Terry Van Watermulen also walked away with $100 for the ball that traveled farthest from the hole.

Pictured above: The winners of our Great Ball Drop, Beck Erholtz, Irena Johnson and Terry Van Watermulen.

Along with the Great Ball Drop, we wrapped up the day with a variety of prize giveaways and plenty of lucky winners. Monica Hart of Monica Hart Interior Design won the Red Dot game, receiving a portable speaker. Wood Specialist's cornhole set was won by Matt Sharp of Precision Plumbing, Heating, Cooling and Dirtworks. Bob Murray of Dustin Murray Construction won the Home Builders Care cooler full of goodies.

Pictured above: Monica Hart (left) and Bob Murray (right)

Tim Simmsons took home the Professional Women in Building Council's prize, a summer sunshine themed cooler, and Alicia Anderson won OECS's cooler bundle. Marcus Haley with Fargo Roofing and Siding took home ABC Supply's prize of Vikings Swag. Katie Fast of Kilbourne Group won the Midco prize, a Bogg bag filled with goodies. Taylor Engelhart, Loock Kouba and Jack Joubert all won prizes from Nexcore Workforce Solutions.

To top it all off, we challenged golfers to wear their wackiest t-shirt—and they delivered! The winner of the contest was Jack Joubert of Lakes Country Roofing, who took home golf themed goodies. Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to all our winners!

Pictured above: Our wacky shirt winner, Jack Joubert!

We also had a great day of fundraising! Home Builders Care raised a total of $2,700 from the Ball Drop Raffle, with a total of 135 tickets sold in advance and day of. They also raised $1,760 on their yard dice game at their sponsored hole. NDAB-PAC raised $1,600 to support housing and business-friendly candidates in North Dakota. The Professional Women in Building Council also raised money to go toward scholarships for young women pursuing careers in the building industry.

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped make the day such a success! We're already looking forward to seeing you all next year! 

To see more photos from the July Golf Outing, click here!