Naval Air Station North Island To Host Memorial Golf Tournament

CORONADO, CA — U.S. Naval Air Station North Island will host the 29th annual Rear Adm. James G. Prout III Memorial Golf Tournament Friday at the base's Sea 'N' Air Golf Course.

Prout, a former commander of the USS Carl Vinson Strike Group, died in an F/A-18 Hornet accident in northern New Mexico in 1995. Prout and Cmdr. Joseph Kleefisch, the pilot of the two-seat training version of the aircraft, crashed while flying through inclement weather over the northern New Mexico mountains.

After Prout's death, his wife Kathy Prout and friends launched a scholarship fund in his honor.

The scholarship is awarded each year during the tournament. The San Diego chapter of the Surface Navy Association funds the annual scholarship and the Anchor Scholarship Foundation awards it to a child or spouse of a Naval sailor in San Diego County.

After the tournament, Kathy Prout, members of the Anchor Scholarship Foundation and the San Diego chapter of the SNA, local business officials, military veterans and active duty military members will honor the first, second and third-place finishers and award the 2019/2020 scholarship to Calvin Cox, a freshman student at UC Berkeley.

The tournament is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m., according to the SNA. The awards ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit future Prout Scholarships and other scholarships awarded by the Anchor Scholarship Foundation.

– City News Service