Anonymous donors recently came forward to supply the medals to the winners of the two coveted low medalist spots in the Gary Wells Cup intra-county golf match between Marshall County, Forrest, and Cornersville.

The Wells Cup match, which began in 2012, honors longtime Marshall County Tiger golf coach Gary Wells, who coached the team for a 30-year period from 1979-2009 and guided the Tigers to 19 district titles (16 consecutive), plus back-to-back TSSAA state championships in 1997 and 1998, and a runnerup finish in 1999, all at the Old Fort Golf Corse in Murfreesboro.

The first low medalist award started in the inaugural year of the tournament and is awarded to the boys low medalist in honor of longtime lover of golf and Lewisburg resident Jeff Jones, who passed away unexpectedly in 2011.

Jones was a good friend to many and was a member of the Marshall County Golf Club at the Ewell Butler Golf Course at the Lewisburg Recreation Center where he cherished his golf buddies and gave back by teaching and mentoring many of the youth.

Jones could play, capturing first place in numerous tournaments at the Rec Center and throughout Middle Tennessee and North Alabama, including multiple Marshall County Open Championships.

Forrest’s Blake Tansil was awarded the first Jeff Jones medal after he beat MCHS’s Wilson Limbaugh on the first playoff hole in 2012. Tansil and Limbaugh both shot a three-day combined total of 123.

Cornersville’s Joseph Mulliniks won the Jeff Jones low medalist award this year with a three-day total of 135.

Mullinicks, a senior at Cornersville High School, is planning to attend Auburn University next year to major in Pre-Veterinary Medicine.

Forrest senior Sara Browning, a two-time TSSAA state tournament qualifier, claimed low medalist honor in the Wells Cup matches for the second year in a row with a three-day total of 128 (46, 42, 40).

Browning won the inaugural Betty Ann Ogilvie award as low medalist, becoming the first lady to receive the actual medal as an award.

Browning is planning to attend Freed Hardeman College to study Nursing.

The award is named after longtime Lewisburg resident Betty Ann Ogilvie, an avid golfer well into her 80’s and a fitness conscious lady, who could be spotted almost daily on her power walks along Cornersville Road.

Ogilvie, who passed away in 2016, was best known for her work to create healthy, nurturing daycare opportunities in Marshall County and throughout Tennessee.

After running a private Kindergarten for years before it became mandatory within the school system, Ogilvie led the effort to build the Wee Care Daycare Center on Fox Lane in Lewisburg, the First United Methodist Daycare, and serve as an advisor on other daycare operations across the state.

Ogilvie loved sports (playing golf in particular) and loved working toward creating opportunities for young people to flourish.

In 2013, Forrest’s Dani Hoeft was the first girls’ low medalist when she also shot a 128 (46, 40, 42) total over the three-leg tournament that was originally played at the Saddle Creek Golf Club, the Buford Ellington Golf Course inside Henry Horton State Park, and at Ewell Butler.

The Marshall County boys won the Cup every year from the inception in 2012 to 2017 until the Cornersville Bulldogs won in 2018, and Forrest won this year.