In the world of sports, it is not always about winning or losing.

In the case of the Pahrump Junior Golf Founders Club, there are no losers and nothing but winners.

Those winners are the kids.

The 12th Annual Inferno Open Golf Tournament brought out 88 players on the Fourth of July at the Lakeview Executive Golf Course to once again help raise money for the organization.

"The money raised for this charity helps junior golfers go to our clinics for starters" said Elaine Goins, who helps run the Pahrump Valley Junior Golf Association and its tournaments.

"There is a $5,000 scholarship that we give out every year (in 2007, that scholarship went to Nick Owens), that usually goes to a deserving senior who is going to college and has been involved in the program," said Elaine Goins, "but when we have no seniors, then it will go to a junior or even someone of a younger age," said Goins, as she awaited the end of the Inferno Wednesday.

"Over the course of a year, the Inferno Open is just one of many charity events that raise money for the Founders Club." she said. "This event is just a fun thing that we do and it doesn't raise a whole lot of money but we have fun out here," Goins said.

"We have one event called the Quarter Auction and we usually raise about $10,000 in that event alone every year. From all the monies raised throughout the year we are able to buy golf equipment and help pay for a golf coach."

The proceeds help kid golfers, from seven through 18 years of age. A junior golfer benefits one way or another by his or her connection with Founders Club events.

"This is all about kids who play golf and we do this to help them out along the way," Goins said. "We help fund programs at the middle schools as well as the high school and we help kids go to tournaments. So it's a great cause that helps the kids and the kids are what it's all about. The biggest thing that this group does is gives out that $5,000 scholarship, That is huge for the kids."

With 88 players taking part in the Fourth of July action, tournament director Larry Goins may be looking at other options in the future on the size of the entries.

"I don't think we would do this on two different courses," said Goins, the athletics director at Sierra Vista High School in Las Vegas who is a resident of Pahrump. "That would be a little too much.

"What we may do in the future if this tournament continues to grow is have a early morining tee time and a mid morning tee time," said Goins. "That would stretch things out a little but that would be an option to look at in the future. We might just have to start cutting the entries off at a certain number."

With the heat (more than 110 degrees), Goins was pleased with the way things went Wednesday.

"I thought things progressed really well with the heat we had to deal with today," said Goins. "We had some fivesomes out there today and we got this played in just about three hours. I am pleased with that. We had a huge number out today but it's all good. We had 110 kids in our clinic this year and the community really gets behind this. We have several sponsors and that really helps the cause. For us, it's all about the kids. They are the ones that benefit from what we do."

Goins went on to say that if it weren't for the volunteers and the local courses, the tournament would never get off the ground. When one course is not available, another will jump in.

"It's just great community support and it couldn't be done without them" Goins concluded.