sports / yet:540nd q?,,vt.exich Tam-O-Shanter Wins Golf Tourney Steve Stein Contributing Writer E "The beautiful decor contributes to a homey and cheerful atmosphere. The staff is very friendly, attentive and eager to meet your needs." Diane Levin, daughter of Hannah above ...........-----11111111111111111111110111111.1111111111111111101111011111, An American House Senior Living .ommunity t ies regentstree Avestbio( f dd.co Call today to schedule a FREE lunch and tour: (248) 6831 01 bout o 72 October 25 * 2012 Memory Car 'nit ach year, the best male golfers from the four predominantly Jewish country clubs in the Detroit area battle it out in a Ryder Cup-style tournament. So who gained bragging rights in 2012? Tam-O-Shanter overcame Franklin Hills' home course advantage last month in the 21st annual Inter-Club Challenge Cup and won the tourna- ment. "I'd say it was a mild upset for us to win it," said Tam-O-Shanter golf pro- fessional Dennis Spaulding. "Franklin Hills was the favorite. They're histori- cally very good, and the tournament was played on their home course' Brent Bortman, Richard Dalimonte, Kyle Fenton, Darrin Levin, Rob Levy, Aaron Shepherd and Alex Simmons were on Tam-O-Shanter's winning team. Tam-O-Shanter now has won the tournament seven times. Franklin Hills has won it eight times, giving the clubs a combined 15 championships in 21 years. Knollwood and Wabeek round out the quartet of clubs in the tournament. Here's how the two-day competition works. Each club has six golfers, who play as three two-man teams. On the first day, the golfers play a scramble format. Teammates each play the team's best shot. The second day is better-ball. Each golfer plays his own shot, with the team counting the best score on each hole. The tournament site rotates each year among the clubs (Tam-O-Shanter will be the 2013 host), and each club has its own method for selecting team members. At Tam-O-Shanter, the reigning club champion and low qualifiers for match play in the club championship earn berths. If someone can't play in the Challenge Cup, Spaulding will select a golfer, similar to a captain's pick in the Ryder Cup. Tam-O-Shanter needed seven play- ers this year for the Challenge Cup because Fenton and Shepherd each could play only one day. Spaulding gave credit to Knollwood golf professional Tom Fortuna for coming up with the idea for the tour- nament. Back then, Fortuna worked at Wabeek. Rachel Sydney Glanz Bergman Best Preps Congratulations to Rachel Bergman from Detroit Country Day and Sydney Glanz from Walled Lake Central, the Jewish News Female High Max Kollin School Athletes of the Year, and Max Kollin from North Farmington, the Male Athlete of the Year. They were honored Oct. 22 at the annual Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. He's A Life Saver Seth Goldstein is a senior cross-country runner at Cooper Yeshiva High School, a small Orthodox Jewish school in East Memphis, Tenn. He's also a hero. According to a story written by reporter Geoff Calkins in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Goldstein stopped running during a race to help a com- petitor from another high school who had suffered a seizure because of the heat and fallen. A lifeguard, Goldstein used his train- ing to aid the stricken runner and yelled for a spectator to call 911. After an ambulance arrived and emergency medical personnel took control of the situation, Goldstein resumed running. Every other competitor had finished by then. Once his teammates found out what happened, they ran with Goldstein for the final part of the race. Spectators and runners cheered loudly as he crossed the finish line. Gil Perl, dean of Cooper Yeshiva School, had this to say about Goldstein's heroic actions: "It was an example of the values we're trying to instill in our kids," he said. "We have the concept, from the Talmud, that if you want God to have mercy on you, you have to have mercy on others." ❑ Please send sports news to sports@ thejewishnews.com.