LEA 2025 Golf Tournament Sept. 26 - Eufaula Indian Journal

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August 20, 2025

LEA 2025 Golf Tournament Sept. 26

The 2025 Lake Eufaula Association Golf Tournament will be held Friday Sept. 26 at Arrowhead Golf Course, 3657 Main Park Rd. , Canadian.

Registration is at 8 a.m., shotgun start is at 9 a.m. and lunch and awards will be held at about 1:30 p.m.

Registration fees are $55 for course members and $75 for non-members.

This will be a two-man scramble with lots of 1st and 2nd place prizes including:

• closest to the pin

• longest drive

• door prizes

• 50/50 raffle

• mulligans

• Hole-in-One Sam Wampler’s Freedom Ford will sponsor a hole-inone challenge.

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