Chamber Corner: August 29, 2011
By Scott Formo
Join the Glenwood Lakes 28/29 West Golf Course Road , Glenwood.
The Chamber offers several opportunities for organizations, businesses, and the community to get involved throughout the year at events such as the Pope County Community Expo (which is scheduled for Saturday, March 31, 2012), Downtown Crazy Days & City Park Boardwalk Sales during Waterama, and other randomly sponsored events. Outside of raising money for specific projects in the community, the Chamber Cup Golf Tournament is the Chamber’s primary fundraising effort each year!
This annual event not only provides “bragging” rights to the team that takes home the traveling trophy (Tom’s Food Pride/Cenex 2007 & 2008 and Ridgewood Villa 2009 & 2010), but also proves to be a great day of golf, food, and great prizes for everyone!
While the golf season might be winding down (along with summer vacation), this year’s golf tournament will feature a variety of new twists, which make it even more exciting than in year’s past and one event you won’t want to miss!
For those that have attended in the past, you may remember our “Barrel ‘O Booze” raffle, where we literally raffle off a wheel barrow of liquor (must be 21 years or older to participate) at the event. This year, we have decided that not only will we be selling the raffle tickets at the event, but we will also designate at least one hole as the “Barrel ‘O Booze Putting Challenge” where golfers will have the opportunity to challenge their “Putt” for a chance to win additional tickets (again, participants must be 21 years or older to participate). More details will be available at the event!
The Shotgun 4-person scramble time is 12:00 (registration), 12:45 rules, and 1:00 shotgun start. A meal (catered by Tom’s Food Pride) will follow to end the day, where we will also award prizes and recognize all of the participants!
The participation prices have remained unchanged at $200 per team (or $50 each for individuals that wish to be put on a team)! The registration fees include two golf cars per team and a meal for all four participants, which will include baked chicken (2 pc.), baked potato, a salad or vegetable, roll, and a cookie for dessert.
Fun competitions during the scramble will again include some of the competitions from the previous four years such as: Closest to the Pin, Longest Putt, and Longest Drive for both Women and Men. In addition, the top team will take home the traveling trophy for a year as bragging rights, second place will be awarded from a random drawing from all the teams in the top half of final scores, and third place will be awarded from a random drawing from all the teams in the lower half of final scores.
No matter where your team places in the final scores, there’s still a chance that you could walk away with second or third place, which makes this scramble a potential winner for all, no matter what your golf experience level is! This scramble is fun even for the beginner golfer as the “best ball” is used in scoring, so don’t worry about how well or poorly you golf, it’s all about the fun you can have while supporting what we feel is a good cause!
Not interested in golfing, hole sponsors and businesses willing to donate prizes are also needed. Tee signs (hole sponsorships) are available for $100 each and will prove to help promote your business as a “Proud Supporter” of the Glenwood Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce. A representative of the Chamber will be contacting Chamber members and local area businesses to ask if you would consider sponsoring a hole and offering a door prize for those that are in attendance at the dinner/social hour!
Registration is now open on the Chamber website at http://www.glenwoodlakesarea.org/. Please register your team (or yourself as an individual looking to be placed on a team), hole sponsorship, door prize donations, or just simply dinner/social hour tickets to join us after hours for some fun! We appreciate registration forms be submitted by Friday, September 9, so we have time to organize the best event possible for everyone! Please contact myself, Scott Formo, at the Chamber office for more information by calling (320) 624-3636. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to talking to you very soon! Have a great week everyone!
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