While the Masters golf tournament was in its opening round Thursday, another golf tournament with a Masters theme was taking place in north Phoenix at the Sagewood senior living community.
The Sagewood Residents Foundation held its second annual Putt Fore Scholarships fundraising tournament on an 18-hole putting course at the facility, the greens in pristine condition and dozens of men and women who call Sagewood home taking part.
Proceeds from the tournament, which was residents-only in the morning and expanded to include guests after a lunch, go to Sagewood staff members and children of staff members to help pay for the costs of furthering their own of their sons’ or daughters’ education.
Organizer Barbra O’Brien, a former professional golfer, tied in the Masters to her event. Lunch on Thursday included foods found at Augusta National Golf Club, such as the famous pimento cheese sandwich.