THE ESPER FIGUERAS MEMORIAL
GOLF OUTING
SUPPORT ST. JOHN'S BREADLINE
How to help
The St. John's Breadline of Springfield is an affiliate of Catholic Charities. It serves a hot, nutritious meal to the hungry men, women and children of Springfield in a clean and positive environment. Without these accessible meals, these men & women would spend too much time seeking food security rather than finding jobs, getting an education, or being an integral part of the community. The breadline serves over 200,000 meals per year
Your presence at the Esper Figueras Memorial Golf outing helps to support this worthy cause. We are approved as an official non-for-profit 501c3 organization by the IRS. Our last outing held on July 13th,2024 raised $8200 for the breadline!!
Please click the button below for more information about St. John's Breadline.
Esperanza R Figueras
June 29,1940 - December 12, 2009
July 12th, 2025
This year's outing was held on Saturday July 12th at Lincoln Greens Golf Course in Springfield, IL. Thank you to all who donated and joined us for a day of food, fun and golf! We all had an amazing time raising money for St. John's Breadline and remembering our dear Esper Figueras.
Everyone was praying that the rain would hold off and many were hoping it would not be a scorcher like the previous days…God answered our prayers! It was cool and cloudy in the morning but extremely refreshing and comfortable to play golf, then by the afternoon the sun came out to display a gorgeous day. About 90 golfers signed up for this year's outing. A delicious lunch of brats,hot dogs & chips was provided by St. John's Breadline. Thank you to Susan Moss, star of the Springfield Muni Opera who sang The Star Spangled Banner so beautifully!
Congratulations to the winners of the golf challenges who took home $50 gift cards from KM Hair Works, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Chick-Fil-A and GoPlayGolf.
Ladies Long Drive : Kiley Torres
Ladies Closest to the Pin : Brinley Torres
Men's Closest to the Pin: John Hosteny
Men's Long Drive : Brandon Hurt (sorry Brandon we had to raffle off your prize!)
Best overall score & winner of $200 cash
Team 17B : Bill McGrew, Dwayne Creek, Brett Morrison & Randy Morrison
The winner of our 50/50 drawing was Darlene Kratz
The dinner and appetizers were enjoyed by all. Thank you to St. John's Breadline and The Figueras Family for providing the food, including our outing's signature dishes of lumpia (Filipino egg rolls) and roast pig. Our dinner included lettuce salad, macaroni and potato salad, fried chicken, pasta and Italian beef sandwiches and a variety of desserts.
Congratulations to all the winners of the door prizes, of which were donated by Kevin Burke and the Illinois Asphalt Pavement Assn, St John's Breadline and Janet Rentschler. A special thank you to our Event Sponsors Joe & Julie Figueras, The Lawinger Family and Collins & Mary Ann Piper. Another special thank you to Andy Keefner for donating a Snoop Dog Corona Bobblehead Figurine which is currently on eBay for auction by the Matoon Catholic Charities location until Aug 1. It has a starting bid of $500. Eighty percent of the proceeds of this collector’s item will go towards our outing.
Our donation campaign runs until August 1st so if you haven’t had a chance to donate please donate from this site.
Thank you all again! Please check back next month for the final numbers.