Columbia
County Chamber of Commerce 16 th Annual Golf Tournament
Hudson,
NY – The Columbia County Chamber of Commerce held its 16 th
Annual Golf Tournament on Monday, May 23, 2005 at Columbia
Golf and Country Club located on Route 217 in Claverack.
The
sold out event started at noon with registration and a complimentary
lunch provided by Cornucopia Catering and play began at 1:00
pm with a shotgun start.
Two local companies donated fabulous hole-in-one prizes for
this year's tournament.
Stan Martin Ford, Inc. sponsored a hole-in-one contest
for a 2005 Ford Freestyle. Metz Wood Harder Insurance
provided a one-week vacation at Hilton Head Island for any
golfer scoring a hole-in-one on another par 3 hole.
In addition this year's tournament featured a $50,000 Combo
Putt Off. Twelve lucky golfers were chosen by raffle for a
chance to putt for the cash.
After
a superb day of golf, participants were able to enjoy dinner
and open bar cocktail hour. Following the cocktail hour, the
twelve contestants for the Combo Putt Off were drawn and took
their chance at putting for the cash. Two contestants
made the 10 ft. putt. Awards were given out to the 1st – 5
th place teams and there was a raffle for a number of great
prizes, including 4 tee times at Leatherstocking Golf Course,
golf drivers, a golf bag donated by Cable Ad Net New York
and other great prizes.
Thank
you to our sponsors, raffle prize and goodie bag donors and
all of the volunteers. National
Union Bank of Kinderhook, First
Niagara Bank and Midhudsonmedia
were Major Sponsors of the tournament. Blass
Communications was a Platinum Sponsor. Germantown
Telephone and Pro-Printers
were Silver Sponsors. Sperry,
Cuono, Holgate & Churchill, CPA's, PC, Connor, Curran
& Schram, PC, Dunn Builders Supply and Berkshire
Bank were Brass Sponsors. The
Independent Newspaper, Berkshire
Telephone Corp. and Catamount
Ski Area were Copper Sponsors. Stan Martin Ford
and Metz Wood Harder Insurance were hole-in-one sponsors.
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