SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Members of the Wittenberg University and greater Springfield communities will get together on Aug. 4 for the fourth annual Rosy’s Golf Outing to honor the legacy of former Tiger student-athlete, coach and athletics department administrator Bob Rosencrans, class of 1958.

Proceeds from the 2006 event, scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at Windy Knoll Golf Club in Springfield, will be split evenly between the Western Ohio Chapter of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, and Wittenberg, which will use the money to continue to make improvements in and around the Bob Rosencrans Fitness Center.

Proceeds from the inaugural event in 2003, held two months before Rosencrans’ passing, and 2004 went exclusively to the Western Ohio Chapter of ALS to fund ongoing research of the illness that claimed the 2000 Wittenberg Athletics Hall of Honor inductee. In 2005, all proceeds from the event went to finance construction of the Bob Rosencrans Fitness Center, which opened the same week in Wittenberg’s Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center.

The popular fitness center serves as the centerpiece of a $2 million athletic facilities improvement project completed in 2005. The project also included new strength training and cardiovascular exercise equipment for both the fitness center and the Heinzen Strength Center, re-surfacing of the Earl F. Morris Track, a new synthetic grass surface for Edwards-Maurer Field, and improvements to the lobby of the HPER Center.

The fitness center added 4,622 square feet of space to the front of the HPER Center. It is filled with state-of-the-art fitness equipment available for use by anyone in the Wittenberg community.

Rosencrans was a three-year letterwinner on the football team, and he later spent 25 years at Wittenberg as an assistant football coach, head golf, men’s swimming and diving and wrestling coach, and athletics director from 1970-95. Late in his life, Rosencrans became an advocate for ALS research, and his friends and family helped him organize Rosy’s Golf Outing.

The 2006 event starts with a buffet lunch provided by Mike and Rosy’s, the local restaurant that Rosencrans co-founded and owned across the street from the university’s athletics complex. Golfers will hit the course at 12:30 p.m. for a shotgun start. Several golf skill contests and a silent auction will bring the event to a close.

The entry fee is $125 per player. The field for the four-man scramble event is limited to the first 120 players, with each team starting out with a cumulative handicap of at least 40. Each team will be assigned a golf professional, who will play his or her own ball.

In addition, tee box sponsorships are available for purchase at a minimum cost of $100. Checks can be sent to John Hecht, 460 E. Madison Ave. Springfield, OH 45503, made payable to 2006 Rosy’s Invitational. The deadline is July 27.

The chairman of the 2006 event is Dick Brougher, Wittenberg class of 1957. Dan D’Arrigo, Wittenberg class of 1978, is the host of the event as owner of Windy Knoll, a links-style course that opened in 2002. The par-71, 18-hole course plays 6,800 yards from the professional tees.

To participate in Rosy’s Golf Outing, call Jim Neff, Windy Knoll golf professional, at (937) 390-8898.

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