{"id":801562,"date":"2026-08-03T17:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/801562\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:44:21","slug":"local-golf-tournament-raises-funds-for-mental-health-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/801562\/","title":{"rendered":"Local golf tournament raises funds for mental health challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Webster, N.Y. \u2014 A group of golfers is teeing off for a cause in Webster on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day Hermano Cup Championships wrapped up Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>It was the fourth installment of the tournament, raising funds for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compeerrochester.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Compeer Rochester<\/a>, a group that battles mental health challenges through companionship.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/the-links-at-greystone-hosts-east-house-golf-fundraiser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Links at Greystone hosts East House golf fundraiser<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/gallery-villa-of-hope-tees-off-for-mental-health-at-44th-annual-tournament-of-hope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GALLERY: Villa of Hope tees off for mental health at 44th annual Tournament of Hope<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s held in honor of Jason Drago, a late Rochester resident who was a mentor for Compeer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody just coming together to rally behind Jason,\u201d said Sarah Passamonte, the president and CEO of Compeer Rochester. \u201cJason died by suicide a few years ago, and we\u2019re here to kind of bring attention to mental health challenges and what it means to have a friend in the community when it comes to prevention and just remind people that they have friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event was held in Tampa, Florida, for the last three years before coming to the Rochester area for the first time this year.<\/p>\n<p>_______<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Webster, N.Y. \u2014 A group of golfers is teeing off for a cause in Webster on Sunday. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-801562","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\/801562","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=801562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}