2026 Annual Whole in One Golf Tournament Officially a Success

The 2026 Whole in One Tournament Raised Over $30,000 for the FCA Golf Ministry

There's a moment on a golf course that every player knows. The group ahead has cleared the green, the wind settles, and it's just you, the ball, and a decision. What you do next is shaped by every hour of practice, every coach who corrected your grip, and every person who ever told you that character matters more than the scorecard.

On Monday, June 22, 2026, at the historic Columbus Country Club, that moment played out again and again — and this time, every swing was in service of something far bigger than the round.

We are humbled and grateful to announce that the 2026 Central Ohio FCA Whole in One Golf Tournament raised more than $30,000 for the FCA Golf Ministry.

What $30,000 Actually Does

It's easy for a fundraising number to become an abstraction. Let us make it concrete.

Every dollar raised at Central Ohio FCA goes directly toward putting coaches and athletes in front of a message that changes the trajectory of a life. It funds camp scholarships for student-athletes who could never afford to attend. It puts Bibles in locker rooms and training materials in the hands of volunteer coaches who are already giving their evenings and weekends. It sustains the huddles, the mentorship, and the quiet one-on-one conversations that happen long after the final whistle.

The Golf Ministry, specifically, meets athletes in a sport built on personal accountability — a game where no referee calls your penalty, where you police your own ball, and where integrity is enforced by nothing but your own conscience. There may be no better arena in all of sports for teaching young people that who you are when no one is watching is the only thing that has ever really counted.

That's what $30,000 buys. And our sponsors made it possible.

Celebrating the Partners Who Made It Possible

A tournament of this caliber does not happen because of a good idea. It happens because business leaders in this community decided to put their names, their brands, and their resources behind a mission.

To every organization listed below: thank you. You did not simply write a check. You invested in the character development of Central Ohio's next generation of leaders, and you declared publicly that faith, integrity, and service belong at the center of how business gets done in this city.

Thank you to our 2026 Whole in One sponsors:

- The Golf Room

- Harper & Co Certified Public Accountants

- Division 7 Roofing

- Modern Woodmen of America

- Lifewise Academy

- Mile's Mission

- Bishop Watterson HS Wrestling Program

We also want to thank every golfer who registered, every volunteer who arrived before sunrise, every Columbus Country Club staff member who made the day run seamlessly, and every donor who gave without ever picking up a club. This was a community effort in the truest sense of the phrase.

The Leadership Pipeline, One Round at a Time

Before the tournament, we wrote about the connection between the playing field and the boardroom — about how resilience, teamwork, discipline, and execution are forged in competition and then carried into careers.

Watching this year's field, that conviction only deepened.

The student-athlete being shaped by an FCA huddle today is the executive who will lead an enterprise, create jobs in this community, and mentor the generation behind them fifteen years from now. When purpose meets capital, communities change. Our sponsors understood that, and they acted on it.

That is a legacy that outlasts any fiscal year.

Save the Date: Monday, June 21, 2027

The clubhouse may be quiet, but the work isn't finished — and neither is the fun.

Whether you played this year and want to defend your standing, sponsored a hole and want to expand your presence, or watched from the sidelines and thought *next year, that's us* — this is your invitation. Foursomes, sponsorship packages, and specialty hole opportunities will open ahead of the event, and our returning partners will get first dibs on sponsorships and foursomes.

Thank you everyone for making 2026 such a successful year!