Hoover chamber holds spring 2021 golf tournament for scholarships

About 40 people on Tuesday took part in the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce’s first golf tournament to be held at TopGolf in Birmingham.

The Links Fore Scholars tournament was held to raise money for college scholarships for employees of chamber members or employees of the city of Hoover, or their children.

“It wasn’t as big as we wanted it to be, but we expect our October tournament to be much bigger,” chamber President and CEO Toni Herrera-Bast said. “I think people will be much more comfortable after September.”

The October tournament will be a more traditional tournament at the Riverchase Country Club.

All money raised at this week’s tournament and the October tournament will go toward scholarships. Last year, the chamber gave out four scholarships totaling $11,000 to high school students in the Class of 2020. The winners each year are chosen based on academic achievement, financial need and contributions to the community.