2022 Annual Golf Classic Recap
Sold Out for 8th Consecutive Year!
For the 8th consecutive year, the IIA Chicago Chapter Annual Golf Classic was a sellout. The weather was perfect all day on Monday, August 22, as the 148 golfers and 30 volunteers and sponsors from over 50 companies started their day at our new venue, Cog Hill Golf & Country Club. Since opening in 1929, Course No. 2 has been a favorite of Cog Hill's regular golfers. The sporty, championship layout is routed through wooded, rolling terrain and challenges golfers with ravines on nearly half of the holes, hence its nickname the "RAVINES."
At registration, every golfer received a goody bag that included donated company logo items, such as ball markers & tees. Some started the day with a hot breakfast burrito and others warmed up hitting golf balls at the driving range that included Top Tracer technology at each hitting bay
During the golf round, enjoyed beverages sponsored by Brilliant providing soft drinks, water, and beer. At 11 golf hole tee boxes, representatives from our sponsors greeted golfers and provided additional gifts for the golfer’s goodie bag including sunscreen, koozies and other fun items.
Lunch at the turn included a RSM sponsored lunch with Cog Hill jumbo hot dogs, grilled chicken, and hamburgers. In addition to our six contest holes, on Hole #7, a Beat-the-Pro contest contributed to the overall excitement at the event for all.
Following golf, everyone was then treated with two-hour open bar, dinner, and an awards ceremony. Our golf event winners were presented with trophies and prizes including golf balls, wine, Apple airpods, and $100 gift cards from Amazon, American Express and Gibson’s Steak House. Finally, our Raffle ticket winners received cash, Apple airpods, BlueTees Rangefinder, foursome round of golf at Cog Hill, $100 Amazon and Lettuce Entertain You gift cards, golf wear, golf balls, gift baskets from Vonya Global and Brilliant, The IIA’s CIA Learning System Online Full Kit Parts 1-3, and other great prizes. All our sponsors received an Annual Golf Classic pin flag as a thank you gift for their sponsorships and donations.
The IIA Chicago Chapter would like to thank the Annual Golf Classic Committee members including Rick Kokoszka, Rachel Means, Suzanne Clune (CBOE) Jim Knoeck (Hightower Advisors), Ed Gozdecki, Randy Anderson (IFG), and Tom Peth (Accelentertainment). Thanks also to our day of event volunteers including Anthony Chan (Vonya Global), Gloria Martinez (Will County Illinois), Paulo Oliveira, Linda Regner (CME Group), Sabrina Seminetta (CIBC) and Jill Sterling (CIBC). Finally, thanks again to all of our sponsors who enabled this event to be affordable for all.
Hope to see you at the next IIA Chicago Chapter Annual Golf Classic!
If you are interested in volunteering to chair or co-chair the Annual Golf Classic in 2023, then please contact Sabrina Seminetta, VP Operations, at sabrina.seminetta@cibc.com.
