DCT / MWS Annual Golf Tournament Ardent Enthusiast Exclusive Material August 19, 2002, was the date for the annual dc Talk/Michael W. Smith golf tournament, to benefit PR Ministries. Michael Guido, the founder of PR Ministries, has been road pastor for dc talk and many other Christian musicians over the years. The tournament is a two-day event and is attended by a large cross-section of the industry. Our own Jessica Folkins was there for Monday's golfing, lunch, and awards show, roaming freely with her camera. Check out the results. (I took all these pictures and scanned them [click to enlarge], so please be nice and Christ-like and don't steal them for another website. Thank you! - Jessica Folkins) Registration begins in the wee hours of the morning: Chad with his new mohawk haircut chats with Pastor Guido while Mark Stuart signs up. Toby, Guido, and Smitty mug for an early morning photo. Randy Williams (Big Tent Revival, Tait) offers a bagel to onlookers as he guides his golf cart towards the course. Toby, solo in a golf cart, is armed and ready to conquer. Lonnie Chapin (Tait) and Barry Graul (Tait, dc talk) grin and wave for the cameras. Mark (Audio Adrenaline) and Kerri Stuart are prepared for a morning on the golf course. The Audio Adrenaline team are the first victims of my camera (l-r: Will McGinnis, AA manager Scott Brickell, Mark Stuart, Kerri (McKeehan) Stuart). Scott gets the idea that maybe they should do more of a "golf" pose. Next I catch up with the Chapin team, who graciously pause their game to pose for my camera (l-r: Chad, Rene, Lonnie, Barry). Barry gets a powerful swing in as Chad and Lonnie look on. It's Lonnie's turn to swing - check out that great form (I know next to nothing about golf, actually). Chad carefully putts to finish off the hole. Toby lines up a putt with practiced concentration. We all watch as Toby sinks a putt. Catching up with AA again ... Will and Scott chill in their cart between holes. Will watches to see if his ball gets anywhere near the hole. Jeff, one of Toby's team members, drives his ball way far away. So far, I can't even tell where it goes. Toby swings and misses. I'm kidding! His ball went real far too. Michael arrives just in time for the free Outback lunch and assists Toby during the awards ceremony. Toby and Michael coax the AA team up to accept their award, which was possibly for the highest score. Smitty and Toby share a laugh over some private joke. This was supposed to be a great picture of all the members of Tait. Unfortunately, Chad had already departed, and my flash malfunctioned so I got a huge shadow over Michael. The irony here was that Michael had just complemented my picture-taking ability, to which I responded with a sarcastic "How do you know, you haven't seen the shots yet." Serves me right. One more posed shot for good measure (l-r: Dave Mustaine, Michael W. Smith, Michael Guido, and Toby McKeehan). Just pretend Michael Tait is in the shot, and that he didn't sneak out minutes beforehand.

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