Golf, glitz, glamour and giving will be combined at the first annual Festival of Golf Sept. 16 at Willow Ridge Golf and Country Club in Blenheim.
The event is being organized by the Children’s Treatment Centre Foundation of Chatham-Kent, the same group that has raised more than $2.5 million for the treatment centre and other charities.
“It’s a Festival of Giving approach with a Las Vegas theme,” said Foundation executive director Mike Genge. “From the time you get to the course to the end of the night, you won’t touch your wallet.”
Although the registration fee is $750, Genge said nearly half of the 144 spots in the tournament have already been filled.
“The entry fee gets you golf, lunch, dinner, drinks, entertainment, and one golfer will win a brand new Ford Mustang,” he said. “You also get a $400 tax receipt and a chance to help the Children’s Treatment Centre.”
Hole in one prizes include a $50,000 vehicle and a trip for four people to all four of the major golf tournaments (The British Open, the U.S. Open, the Masters and the PGA Championship) and a trip to Las Vegas.
“We’re paying the taxes on all prizes,” he said. “This is a premier event.”
Genge said the tournament is attracting players from areas as far away as Toronto but the strength of the event will be community sponsorship.
“We have had tremendous support from the community over the years with the Festival of Giving,” he said. “We’ve reached out to the community for the Festival of Golf and we’re getting good response.”
He said hole sponsorships start as low as $250.
The event will also have an impressive array of door prizes and giveaways, including a western Caribbean Cruise, a Neil Young autographed guitar, trips to Chicago, Toronto, New York, Orlando, Windsor Spitfires box seats, a table at next year’s Festival of Giving and a show and night’s stay at Caesar’s Windsor.
The event will conclude with a performance by Face 4 Radio and transportation home.
More information can be found at ctc-ck.com.
To register, go to www.BiddingForGood.com/FOG2016.
