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New Milford Resident Wins $50,000 in Golf Game
New Milford resident Scot Killen won $50,000 at a 'Chopper Dropper' fundraising event.
NEW MILFORD, CT-- A New Milford man has won a nice chunk of change at a Florida gold tournament, according to Space Coast Daily.
Scot Killen, a 1988 graduate of Florida Tech and rower at the school won the prize at Florida's Suntree Country Club, the news site states.
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The 'Chopper Dropper' is the university’s biggest fundraiser for athletic scholarships. Thee contest involves dropping 2,000 numbered golf balls from a helicopter onto a putting green,. The person closest to the pin of that number wins a $50,000 grand prize.
Killen said he will donate a portion of his winnings to the university’s Boat House fund.
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