Northern Kentucky amateur tees off this week at Lassing Pointe

Championship golf returns to the area this week with the three-day Northern Kentucky Amateur. The 85th playing of the annual event tees off Tuesday at Lassing Pointe Golf Course in Union. Tee times on the 6,729-yard, par-71 course begin at 7 a.m., weather permitting. “They are forecasting around an inch of rain Tuesday, but I’m hoping we dodge that storm like we did the storm forecasted this past Friday,” said Russ Gartner, Director of Golf Operations at Lassing Pointe. The Union weather forecast calls for cloudy skies, a 66-degree temperature and an 80% chance of precipitation accompanied by lightning for