Dressed as Glenda the Good Witch, Karen Dougherty, with team Wizard of Oz, putts a hole in one at the Oceanview Inn and Sports Pub during the 2019 Conch Scramble Saturday, September 28, 2019. At left is Dawn Michelini dressed as the Scarecrow and at right is Kip Dougherty dressed as Oz. Photo by Doug Finger
Ronnie Freeman, with team R. Hendrick Construction, shoots for the hole at Jim Mooney’s house during the 2019 Conch Scramble Saturday, September 28, 2019. Photo by Doug Finger
Sherry Waites, from left, Maria Baker and Sue Gardner, with team Baker Act Butterflies, pose together at Jim Mooney’s house during the 2019 Conch Scramble Saturday, September 28, 2019. Photo by Doug Finger
Raymond Turner, with team Gus’ Toy Box, shoots for the hole at Jim Mooney’s house during the 2019 Conch Scramble Saturday, September 28, 2019. Photo by Doug Finger
Laura Gasser and Steve Franco, with team All Tropical Construction, pose while docked at the Oceanview Inn and Sports Pub during the 2019 Conch Scramble Saturday, September 28, 2019. Photo by Doug Finger
Pariticipants travel from hole to hole via boats during the 2019 Conch Scramble Saturday, September 28, 2019. Photo by Doug Finger
It was a “par-tee” of all sorts during the annual golfing-on-the-water tournament, the Conch Scramble, on Sept. 28. Participants decked out in costumes made several stops along the bayside in Islamorada as they hit biodegradable golf balls on a floating green. Those who shanked it left or pulled it right were feeding the fish, as balls turned into food. The Conch Scramble is a nonprofit organization, and money raised from the event will go to the Key Largo School Parent Teacher Association, Coral Shores High School Culinary Program and Islamorada Firefighters Explorer Program.
- Weekly staff report
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