630 CHED Gary Draeger Memorial Golf Classic

The team at CHED radio were great hosts and run a
very well organized and fun tournament

As part of our marketing campaign for 2011, Golf Northern Alberta is running a promotional campaign on 630 CHED radio for the month of July. Listen for our spots and look for our links on their website http://www.630ched.com/ .

The package we bought included participation in the annual Gary Draeger Memorial Golf Classic in aid of Santa's Anonymous. The date for the tournament was Friday June 10th at the Links golf course in Spruce Grove and the event was completely sold out weeks in advance. With the amount of rain we've received this spring we were blessed that the day was bright and sunny. CHED radio is to be commended for their organizational skills as this is a very well run golf tournament. Breakfast was delicious and the shotgun start began promply at 8:30 am as noted on the program.

The links course in Spruce Grove was in great shape and our foursome got off to a great start in the texas scramble format as we were three under par after the first four holes. That start was somewhat misleading as we ended up at 6 under par upon completion of the 18 holes. The golfing was over by 3:30 and the day was of course followed by prizes and a delicious barbeque supper. Special thanks to the Lac La Biche Golf and Country Club, the Athabasca Golf & Country Club, BCMI Motor Inns in Lac La Biche and Tom's Pizza and Steak House in Lac La Biche for providing prizing for our hole for a golf play and stay weekend.

My buddy Pierre Frigon and the crew from the
Sawridge Hotel Chain served up great food and
beverages at their hole.