July 2, 2025

Good Grief Golf Outing 2025 is a Booming Success

PLEASANT HILL, IOWA  --  It was a beautiful day for golf thanks to a fantastic group of golfers and a wonderful cause bringing them all together on June 27th at Terrace Hill Golf Course in Pleasant Hill.

The 2025 Good Grief Golf Outing resulted in more than $60,000 raised to fund grief and loss support programs for EveryStep.  144 golfers comprising 36 teams joined EveryStep staff and volunteers under beautiful blue skies for a full day of golf and fun.

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The biggest attraction was the cannon launcher on hole 11.  For $10, golfers could forgo their driver and instead fire the ball out of a compressed air cannon at the green.  More than two-thirds of the golfers opted for the high-power option.

Golfers could also spin to win mulligans and automatic birdies or challenge for an instant birdie with the ‘Hit the Target’ challenge on hole 13.  The day wrapped up with a raffle that included Tito’s Vodka and Dewar’s scotch golf gift baskets.

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The prize winners on the golf course included:

• Closest to the Pin: Sean Dornbier
• Longest Putt: Kyle Schrader
• Longest Drive: Taylor Stegal
• Putting Contest: Paul Brown
• Cannon Launcher Closest to Pin: Lance Halder
• 1st Flight: Luke Rienstra, JD McDaniel, Drew Niebuhr, Alex Moorman
• 2nd Flight: Arthur Roeding, Jay Slight, Chad Eltjes, Jason Herrig 
• Top Women’s Team: CoraLynn Trewet, Lauren Backer, Heidi Hasselbach, Sarah Haugen

Thank you to our sponsors, including: 

• NCMIC
• Homesteaders Life Company
• Jen Stanbrough Real Estate
• American Equity
• Sammons Financial
• Farm Bureau Financial Services
• Shazam
• Holmes Murphy
• The Waldinger Corporation
• Merchants Bonding Company