Three Special Olympics North Carolina golf athletes competed in the 2025 Special Olympics North America Golf Championship at Penn National Golf Club & Inn in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania. The event took place from August 25 to 28, 2025.

Over 300 athletes and Unified partners representing 22Special Olympics Programs from across the US and Canada competed in the 2025 SONA Golf Championship.

Clay County and Iredell County represented local Special Olympics North Carolina programs.

The results of the 2025 Special Olympics North America Golf Championship are as follows: 

Level 1:

• Delaney Hansen, Iredell County: Gold Medal
• John Riley, Clay County: Bronze Medal
• Cheryl Weiss, Iredell County: Fourth Place Ribbon

Others in the Special Olympics North Carolina delegation included  Kaitlyn Gribbon, Head of Delegation, and Joe Keenan, coach.

Photos from the 2025 SONA Golf Championship can be found here.

Since 1968, the organization has used the transformative power of sports to improve the lives of children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Nearly 53,000 athletes and Unified partners, or people without intellectual disabilities, in North Carolina inspire thousands of coaches, sports officials, local program committee members, and event organizers involved in Special Olympics statewide. SONC offers year-round training and competition in 20 Olympic-type sports on local and state levels, as well as health and wellness initiatives to improve the health status and increase access to community health resources for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Youth become agents of change through Unified Champion Schools, an education and sports-based program created by Special Olympics to build an inclusive environment among youth with and without intellectual disabilities, as well as empower them to become youth leaders and create change in their community.