This year at the annual Jim Griffin Invitational, held at the Pendleton Country Club, the players arrived at the 11th hole and found a memorial garden for Stephen. Several of the players placed a golf ball around the boulder in honor of Stephen. The memorial was donated by a beloved family--Brian, Beth, Macy, Tanner, and Riley Griffin. It was appropriate that it was planted and established for this annual event. Stephen spent the last weekend of his life playing in the Jim Griffin Memorial Tournament. He posted his facebook status on Friday morning, July 17, 2009 at 2:20 am as "Stephen Elrod is awake...hoping to have a great weekend...it's the griffin memorial tournament...best weekend of the summer in pc". A few hours later, he went to Brian and Beth Griffin's home to help them set up for their Jon Boat Classic, an annual party they hosted to begin the tournament in honor of Brian's father, Jim Griffin.
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