KALISPELL, Mont. \u2014 For more than three decades, the Governor\u2019s Cup Golf Tournament has brought together hundreds of golfers, along with business leaders and state officials.<\/p>\n
More than 400 golfers hit the links this week as the Governor\u2019s Cup returns to the Flathead Valley.<\/p>\n
Hosted by the Montana Chamber of Commerce, the two-day tournament is for both competition and networking.<\/p>\n
Montana Chamber of Commerce CEO and President Todd O\u2019Hair says they are seeing the Governor\u2019s Cup grow year after year, and that it is a good indicator of the excitement and optimism for Montana.<\/p>\n
The event began in 1989 and has grown into one of Montana\u2019s longest-running traditions.<\/p>\n
Each year, participants travel from across the state and the country to golf and enjoy the Flathead Valley.<\/p>\n
\u201cGovernor Stephens was an avid golfer and he recognized the value of bringing folks and business leaders together in the Flathead Valley,\u201d said O\u2019Hair.<\/p>\n
Whether they\u2019re competing for the lowest score or just enjoying rounds with colleagues, organizers say the Governor\u2019s Cup continues to help celebrate Montana\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have about 20% of folks that are very competitive and that are very serious golfers, and everybody else that is here is for the experience and relationship building,\u201d said O\u2019Hair.<\/p>\n
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte says, \u201cSome of the teams allow me to take a surrogate shot, which I will do if they need the help.\u201d<\/p>\n
For those who don\u2019t golf, the weekend also offers a trap shooting tournament and watersports on Flathead Lake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KALISPELL, Mont. \u2014 For more than three decades, the Governor\u2019s Cup Golf Tournament has brought together hundreds of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-800966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}