John Carpenter (left) gives the trophy to Bennett Smith winner of the Butler Eagle Amateur golf tournament at Hiland Golf course in Butler on Sunday August 14, 2011.

SLIPPERY ROCK — The 24th annual Butler Eagle County Amateur golf tournament takes place Sunday at Oakview.

The 18-hole stroke play event had 115 golfers registered through Sunday.

“That's lower than we had anticipated at this point,” tournament committee member Rob Voltz said. “But golf tournament participation is down a bit pretty much everywhere right now.

“The good news is that we usually get 25 or 30 more golfers signing up in that final week. I'm assuming that will happen again ... I just always get a little nervous entering that last week of signups.”

Voltz will accept registrations through Saturday. Scheduled tee times for golfers registered through Thursday will be published in Friday's edition of the Butler Eagle.

Registration is available at butlereagleamateur.com or by calling Voltz at 724-822-4189. Tee times are at 7:45 a.m. or 1:15 p.m.

Read the full story in the Butler Eagle.