The tournament is open to four-member teams or individual participants may be paired with a team; handicaps will not be used. The cost is $75 per player and includes greens fees, cart rental, food, and beverages. Hamburgers, brats, munchies, and on-course beverages will be available all day. Registration begins at 11 a.m. The scramble begins with a shotgun start at noon. Morning golf will be available to accommodate an excess of 25 teams. Hole sponsorships are $100/sponsor.

The tournament is named after Austin Luckett, who died in 1999 after courageously fighting colon cancer for five years. He dedicated his life to improving the lives of many people in the Effingham community. This event carries on his spirit of helping others. The money raised from the tournament is used to help those who come to Catholic Charities for assistance with basic needs. During the past 11 years over $110,000 has been raised to serve people in need.

Those interested may contact Catholic Charities office at (217) 857-1458.

Effingham Catholic Charities, part of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, provides professional, community-based services to residents in Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, and Shelby Counties. The Effingham area office operates nationally accredited programs to every segment of the population without regard to age, race, income, gender or religion. Annually, the office serves thousands of individuals in need through adoption, counseling, crisis assistance, crisis pregnancy services, food pantry, foster care, prescription assistance (MedAssist), referral services, Second Hand Rose Resale Shoppe and Ramblin’ Rose II Bus. It is a member of Catholic Charities USA, the largest independent network of social service providers in America. Visit Catholic Charities’ website www.cc.dio.org.