24th annual Chamber Golf Scramble to take place May 9 at Clover Meadows

The 24th annual Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce Golf Scramble and 19th Hole Business After Hours is scheduled for Friday, May 9 at Clover Meadows Golf Course in Cloverdale.

Registration and lunch (sponsored by Comcast Business Class) will begin at 10:30 a.m. with the scramble teeing off at noon.

Each team must include four players with registration at $55 per player or $220 per team.

Persons can also purchase golf balls for the annual Golf Ball Drop, which once again will feature hundreds of purchased balls being dropped from a helicopter. Cost is two for $5 or five for $10. Golfball drop participants need not play in the scramble or be in attendance at the ball drop to purchase balls.

The Golf Ball Drop is sponsored by At Home Realty, Bret Hurley Construction and PNC Bank. Cash prizes and trophies (sponsored by Taylor Made Awards and Promotions) will be awarded to first-, second- and third-place teams and both men's and women's longest drives, and closest to the pin will receive trophies and Buy Local gift certificates.

Other sponsors of the annual event are $10,000 hole-in-one sponsors North Salem State Bank and HMSB Insurance, beverage sponsors Dever Distributing, Bittles and Hurt/Hopkins-Rector Funeral Homes and Starbucks, snack sponsor Ivy Tech Community College, gift bag sponsor Therese Cunningham State Farm Insurance and the 19th Hole Business After Hours sponsors First National Bank and York Automotive.

Even those who don't golf can still support the event with a hole sponsorship ($50 if there is already have a sign for your business or $100 if a sign needs to be made), scoreboard sponsorship ($100), or a skilled hole sponsorship ($35 each). The Chamber will invoice individuals and businesses for these sponsorships.

Team registrations will be taken until 32 teams are reached or until May 2, whichever comes first. Those who need a registration form or have any questions can e-mail (gchamber@gogreenca-stle.com) or call Tammy Johnson (653-4517).