26TH ANNUAL: Mott Golf Classic

Victories on the Golf Course Celebrate Victories for Children’s Health and Raise $250,000 for Mott Children’s Hospital

The 26th Annual Mott Golf Classic, played every year on the University’s Radrick Farms golf course and the private Barton Hills Country Club course near Ann Arbor, annually attracts more than 250 golfers who vie for hole-in-one prizes and a chance to raise money for Mott Children’s Hospital.

Each year the event also celebrates the health of a former Mott patient, who is honored at the Golf Classic’s Monday evening banquet. This year’s event, held on June 7, celebrated the good health of 11-year-old Zachary Barnett of Dallas, Texas, who was brought to the University of Michigan Health System’s Mott Children’s Hospital by his parents shortly after his birth in Texas so that he could be treated for his congenital heart problem by Edward L. Bove, M.D., professor of surgery and head of the Section of Cardiac Surgery. Zachary was accompanied by his parents, Kim and Dale Barnett, a broadcaster with the cable sports network, ESPN, in Dallas, on his celebratory visit to Ann Arbor.