Help Safe Harbor and YMCA by playing Golf

A professional athlete is giving back to her hometown. LPGA golfer and Seneca High School graduate Austin Ernst has invited her friends on the LPGA to play against the Upstate’s best amateurs on Sept. 23 in the first Safe Harbor Invitational Golf Tournament. The tournament will be held at Cross Creek Plantation in Seneca. All proceeds will benefit Safe Harbor and Foothills Family YMCA in Oconee County. LPGA golfers playing in the tournament include Marina Alex, Amy Anderson, Dori Carter, Kathleen Ekey, Austin Ernst, Jaye Marie Green, Kim Kaufman, Brittany Lang, Lisa McCloskey, Lexi Thompson and Alison White. Grounds Pass Tickets are on sale for $50 per ticket at www.safeharborsc.org. Tickets can also be purchased at South State Bank and Turner Jewelers in Seneca. A Grounds Pass Ticket includes entry onto the course and shuttle service to and from Seneca Baptist Church (event parking) to Cross Creek Plantation. Shuttle service will run from 7:30am-3pm on Sept. 23. To enter a team in the tournament, call Mark Ernst at Cross Creek Plantation at 864-882-8337.