THUNDER BAY – Over the past five years, the Golf Balls from Heaven Drop has raised more than $300,000 to help support families struggling with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

The pot grew on Friday, when more than 4,000 golf balls fell from the sky – more precisely a large container suspended by a Wisk Air helicopter – and bounced onto the 18th fairway at Whitewater Golf Club.

When all was said and done and the balls had settled into the grass, Jenna Fatkin’s was closest to the pin, nestled up against it for what would have been a surefire hole-in-one. She took home the top prize of $5,000.

Elizabeth McLennan won the $3,000 second prize and Karen Sanghera was third, winning $2,000.

The event, inspired by the late Dustin Barr, who heroically battled cancer for a third of hi

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