Photo Gallery: Golf is a game for all ages

Published 2:47 pm Wednesday, July 2, 2025

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Mike Coleman hits a chip shot on the 12th hole during the Clear Creek Senior Scramble on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Jacob Bell carries his clubs at the Clear Creek Golf Course youth golf camp on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Willie Taylor putts on the 13th hole during the Clear Creek Senior Scramble on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Thomas Brown and Bowen Downey play a putting game at the Clear Creek Golf Course youth golf camp on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Hayden Sharp smiles as he watches a putt roll toward the hole during the Clear Creek Golf Course youth golf camp on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

George Walker hits a chip shot on the 12th hole during the Clear Creek Senior Scramble on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Billy Baker reacts after his his shot landed near the hole on No. 12 during the Clear Creek Senior Scramble on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Children and coaches pose for a group photo at the Clear Creek Golf Course youth golf camp on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Michael Ellis hits a shot on the 12th hole during the Clear Creek Senior Scramble on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Thomas Brown and Bowen Downey watch a ball roll toward the hole while playing a putting game at the Clear Creek Golf Course youth golf camp on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Carey Downey sets his ball down on the fairway on the 12th hole during the Clear Creek Senior Scramble on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Noah Brister, center, gives putting tips to Hayden Sharp and Paxton Downey at the Clear Creek Golf Course youth golf camp on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Davey Simmons and David Rogillio ride together in a cart during the Clear Creek Senior Scramble on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Billy Baker putts on the 12th hole during the Clear Creek Senior Scramble on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Warren County maintenance worker Heath McDuff chainsaws a large tree that fell near the driving range at Clear Creek Golf Course. The tree was toppled in a storm that blew through the area Tuesday evening. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A Warren County maintenance crew works Wednesday to clear a large tree that fell near the driving range at Clear Creek Golf Course. The tree was toppled in a storm that blew through the area Tuesday evening. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A large tree that was toppled in a storm Tuesday evening sits near the driving range and putting green at Clear Creek Golf Course.(Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A water balloon explodes across the back of Noah Brister at the Clear Creek Golf Course youth golf camp on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Children throw water balloons at coaches Noah Brister and Cole Baglione during the Clear Creek Golf Course youth golf camp on Wednesday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Golfers of all ages enjoyed the game on a hot, muggy morning at Clear Creek Golf Course on Wednesday.

A total of 56 golfers played in the course’s weekly Senior Scramble tournament. The event is held each Wednesday at 9 a.m.

The team of Chris Miller, Bud White, Glen Newell and John Booth won this week’s scramble with a score of 58. Billy Butts, Lamar Shelby, Mike Ellis and John Nelson finished second with a score of 60.

While the adults made their way around the course, nearly 20 children ages 5-14 participated in the first of two youth golf camps scheduled at Clear Creek this summer. They did putting and driving drills, learned the fundamentals of the game, and finished Wednesday’s activities with a fun water balloon fight.

The youth camp is scheduled to conclude Thursday, but another is scheduled for July 21-23. The camp will run from 8:30 to 11 a.m. each day and the cost is $150 per person, or $120 for those with multiple siblings. To register or for more information, call Joseph Dendy at 601-665-5308 or email him at josephmdendy@gmail.com.

Clear Creek will also host the Warren County Open July 26-27. The county’s championship tournament is open to all players ages 18 and up, with a championship division for players ages 59 and under and a senior division for those 60 and up.

The entry fee is $100 for Clear Creek pass holders and $150 for non-pass holders. The registration deadline is July 25 at noon. Play will begin at 8 a.m. on July 26, with tee times both days.

For more information or to register, call the Clear Creek clubhouse at 601-638-9395.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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