For many attendees, Sunday’s annual Darrel D. Byerley & Phil Calvo Memorial Golf Tournament served as their unofficial kickoff to the 2023 AMPP Annual Conference + Expo!
Despite chilly temperatures, players were able to enjoy a relaxing day of golf in the sun, all while networking with other conference attendees and taking in the panorama of the downtown Denver skyline. The event took place at Denver’s City Park Golf Course, which offers an urban parkland style course complete with intricate water features, elevation changes, and a variety of challenging green complexes.
Results were as follows:
Women's Longest Drive: Meghan Hodge
Women's Closest to the Pin: Meghan Hodge
Men's Longest Drive: Kevin Czajka
Men's Closest to the Pin: Murray Heywood
First-place team: ChampionX
Second-place team: Tinker & Rasor #1
Third-place team: Highridge Corrosion
Sponsors for the tournament were as follows:
Signature Sponsor: Tinker & Rasor
Gold Sponsor: Eagle Industries
Beverage Cart Sponsors: General Corrosion Corp., Integrity Solutions Field Services
Door Prize Sponsor: Accurate Corrosion Control, Inc.
Station Sponsors: Farwest Corrosion Control Co., Titan Corrosion Services, Inc.
Longest Drive Sponsors: Alpine Painting & Sandblasting Contractors, Polyguard
Closest to the Pin Sponsors: Alpine Painting & Sandblasting Contractors, Trenton Anticorrosion Materials
Pin Flag Sponsors: B&N Inspection and Supply, Dairyland Electrical Industries, Electrical & Instrumentation Unlimited (EIU), B&W Distributors, Carboline, ChampionX, Highridge Corrosion Services, International Protective Coatings, MATCOR by BrandSafway, MESA, National Pipeline Services, LLC, Sensometer, RockGuard HD by Industrial Fabrics, Inc., Tom Taylor Corrosion Consulting
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