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LONG GROVE, IL - The Royal Country Clubs and Dogwood Sports are proud to announce a 3 year partnership with the Canadian PGA Tour. Beginning in 2012, Dogwood Sports will be marketing, promoting and producing a Canadian Tour event at the Royal Country Club of Long Grove in Long Grove, IL. The event will bring the top 120 players on the Canadian Tour to Chicago to compete September 10th - 16th of 2012.



ABOUT THE EVENT


The event will be unique in that it will be a Pro-Am. Amateurs will have the chance to partner with a Canadian Tour professional and experience a week inside the ropes, rubbing elbows with Canadian Tour players and attending exclusive events. Each Canadian Tour professional will partner with an amateur contestant for three days of play, at which point the field will be cut to the low 60 professionals and 20 teams for play on Sunday. Entries are currently open and will fill very fast.

• Contestant Package - $3,500

The contestant package includes:

• Three days of tournament play with a Canadian Tour professional as your partner Thursday, September 13 - Saturday September 15
• The chance to advance to the final round on Sunday, September 16

• Lunch each day of competition in the Clubhouse Pavilion

• Two invitations to the Welcome Reception on Wednesday, September 12

• Two invitations to the Champions Dinner on Saturday, September 15

• Exclusive tournament gifts from official suppliers




PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES


In addition to contestant packages, there are many very unique and diverse partnership opportunities available for the event. All the information for these packages and more information about the event can be found in the attached PDF file. Any questions or inquires for sponsorship or contestant packages can be directed to Michael O'Neal of Dogwood Sports at (312) 560-5509 or Michael@DogwoodSports.com.




ABOUT THE CANADIAN TOUR


The Canadian Tour is a proud member of the International Federation of PGA Tours and has been operating professional golf championships for more than 35 years. Today, Canadian Tour membership represents the brightest young PGA Tour prospects in the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Mexico, Latin America and more than 20 different other countries around the world.
Canadian Tour alumni have won over $400 million in career earning and have over 100 PGA Tour wins. Canadian Tour graduates are among the top-ranked players in the world including Steve Stricker, Mike Weir, Paul Casey, Stuart Appleby, Tim Clark, Matt Kuchar, D.A. Points, Nick Watney and Stephen Ames. Over the past five years alone, the Canadian Tour has graduated an average of 14 players annually to the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour, more than any single golf circuit in the world.
Supporting charity and community causes is one of the cornerstones of the Canadian Tour. Since 2005 the Canadian Tour has been a platform to help raise an average of $850,000 annually for hospitals, medical research, at-risk children and community causes. “Birdies for Kids” and “Birdies for the Cure” are programs initiated by the Canadian Tour that are available for matching corporate dollars.


2010 by the numbers:


• Average of 11,700 spectators per week

• 3,500+ volunteers

• Average of 250 volunteers per week

• 390,000 unique web visitors to www.cantour.com

• $1.2 million dollars in economic impact at each event

• $850,000 in charitable contributions




TICKETS


All ticket proceeds will be donated to charity. More information about prices and availability will be available as the event nears.












Sincerely,



Michael O'Neal

President
Dogwood Sports
Michael@DogwoodSports.com
(312) 560 - 5509]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:26:51 GMT http://www.golfchicago.com/forum/topic3-stewart-cink-at-hawthorn-woods-cc-9132011.aspx Cink will be hosting an interactive clinic on September 13th at the Hawthorn Woods Country Club. During the event, golf fans have the opportunity to listen to his stories from the PGA TOUR, receive golf tips for your readers as well as ask questions in between shots as Cink plays through two holes with the attending golfers shadowing him. This event is part of a series of interactive golf clinics for cardmembers in cities across the U.S. through December, hosted by Chase Sapphire.
Stewart Cink is one of the most popular and well-respected players on the U.S. and global pro golf circuits. With a recent Majors championship to his credit – the 2009 British Open Championship – along with Top 3 finishes in each of the other Majors (Masters, U.S. Open, PGA Championship), and five PGA TOUR wins, Cink is both well-known and respected by golf fans.
Please let us know if you would like to join us on 9/13 from 9:30 – 11:45 a.m. to participate in the walking clinic.
Thanks,
Bryan Kirsch
Ketchum Sports & Entertainment
office: +1-646-935-4324]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:54:51 GMT http://www.golfchicago.com/forum/topic2-silver-lake-country-club.aspx Contact:
Libby Alberts
Silver Lake Country Club
Phone: 708.349.6940 ext.4
Email: lalberts@silverlakecc.com
Web: www.silverlakecc.com

Orland Park Mayor, Chamber of Commerce and Chick-fil-A
Celebrate Golf Opening Day 2011 with Ribbon Cutting and First Drive
at Silver Lake Country Club

Orland Park, IL. Saturday, April 2nd. -- Silver Lake Country Club hosted its first-ever Golf Opening Day this past Saturday. Orland Park Mayor Dan McLaughlin, Chamber of Commerce President Amy Coghill, and the Chick-fil-A Cow attended the Opening Day Ribbon Cutting and First Drive.
Silver Lake Director of Golf Bert Coghill led opening ceremonies and presented Mayor McLaughlin with the “Tee to the City.” Mayor McLaughlin administered the official ribbon cutting, followed by “First Drives” by the Chick-fil-A Cow, Chamber President Coghill, Mayor McLaughlin and Captain Bert Coghill. After the ceremony, Chick-fil-A handed out 100 free Chicken Biscuit breakfast sandwiches to fans and golfers in attendance.
This was the first ever official Golf Opening Day at Silver Lake Country Club. The goal of the event is to grow awareness for the game of golf and local businesses in the community.
“What an awesome day. We are honored to have the Mayor, the Chamber and Chick-fil-A join us for Opening Day. Not only are they great businesses in our community, but they are friends as well. And that’s what Silver Lake is all about. We plan on hosting Opening Day for many years to come, and hope to see it grow every year.” - Bert Coghill, Director of Golf, Silver Lake Country Club

About Silver Lake Country Club -- Silver Lake Country Club is a 45-hole golf and banquet facility in Orland Park, IL. Owned and operated by the Coghill family since 1937. Silver Lake Country Club is located at 14700 S. 82nd Ave (82nd and 147th) in Orland Park, IL.

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For more information about this topic or to cover this event, please contact Libby Alberts at lalberts@silverlakecc.com or 708-349-6940 ext.4.




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Libby Alberts
Marketing
Silver Lake Country Club
708.349.6940 ext.4
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