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SPONSOR FAQs
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What does my sponsorship include? |
Hole sponsors - Your company logo will appear on a 18”x24” sign at your sponsored hole's tee box. Two chairs and a 6' table will be placed at tee box for your volunteers to greet golfers. Two complimentary guests at reception/dinner and awards banquet following golf. Golf contest sponsors - A 18”x24” sign on your particular hole tee box acknowledging your sponsorship. Two chairs and a 6' table will be placed at tee box for your volunteers to greet golfers. Your company volunteers will be cheering on the male and female golfer events to win prizes that you will present to them during the reception following golf. Two complimentary guests at reception/dinner and awards banquet following golf. Beverage Tubs – Your company logo will be proudly placed on an 18”x24” sign next to the beverage tub acknowledging your company sponsorship of the beverage tub. Two 2 chairs and a 6' table will be placed next to the beverage tub at either Hole 9 or Hole 17. Four complimentary guests at reception/dinner and awards banquet following golf. Event sponsors - A 24”x36” poster near the event location will acknowledge your sponsorship. (Driving range, breakfast, lunch & beverages, and reception). Two to four complimentary guests at reception/dinner and awards banquet following golf. All Sponsors:
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What is the agenda for the day? |
Please visit our website under “Day of Event Agenda” that has all the details for the day or refer to the “Day of Event” program that you will be emailed shortly around August 16, 2024. 7:30 AM Registration, continental breakfast, and driving range 9:00 AM Scramble golf event starts with shot-gun 2:30 PM Reception, dinner, awards, and prizes 4:30 PM See you next year Cog Hill will begin shuttling sponsors at 7:00 AM to 8:45 AM |
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Can we have people from our company at the hole that we sponsor? |
Yes. Sponsors will set up next to their tee box and can have up to three people at their sponsorship hole. To see all of the golfers, expect at least a 5 ½ hour round of golf for everyone to pass through your hole. Tee time is 9:00 AM, so the last group should be passing through at or around 2:30 PM. Reception starts immediately after golf at approximately 2:30 PM at the Main Clubhouse. We will provide a 6' table and 2 chairs at your sponsored hole tee box. You can bring your table covering, tent, umbrella and other materials. A Chapter volunteer, Ed Gozdecki, will help coordinate bringing your team and other materials to your hole. Cog Hill will begin shuttling sponsors at 7:00 AM to 8:45 AM. PLEASE ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 7:30 AM to provide you with adequate time for us to transport you to your golf hole and for you to set up at the tee box of your sponsored hole. To assist us in our planning efforts, please contact Ed Gozdecki at edwgozdecki@sbcglobal.net (847) 732-7474 regarding your set-up at the golf course. Please provide names of your team to us no later than August 16, 2024. |
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Can we hand out business cards, brochures and some kind of product with your company logo? |
Yes, you can do all of this at the tee box of your sponsored hole. If products are small (tee’s, golf ball, sunscreen, etc.), we can also stuff your product in the golfer’s goodie bag that is provided to each golfer (approx. 144 golfers) at registration. We start stuffing golfer goodie bags at 6:00 AM on Monday, August 26, 2024. Registration, breakfast and golf range open at 7:30 AM. Please contact Ed Gozdecki whether or not you intend to bring something for the golfer’s goody bag at edwgozdecki@sbcglobal.net (847) 732-7474. If you are unable to bring your handouts or goodies to the golf course on Monday, August 26, then you can ship your goodies to arrive by Friday, August 16 to: Sabrina Seminetta (DO NOT SHIP ANY BOXES TO GOLF COURSE) |
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Is there any other commitment outside of manning the hole when players go through? |
Yes, but only for “Closest to the Pin Contest Holes” Companies who sponsor the closest to the pin holes are asked to sell raffle tickets for split the pot and subsidize cost of the event. Raffle tickets will be sold on Holes 7 and 14 along with the Closest to the Pin Contests. The cost for raffle tickets is $5 per ticket, 3 tickets for $10 or 7 tickets for $20. If the golfer buys the raffle tickets prior to taking the shot and the ball stays on the putting green, we double the number of raffle tickets purchased. Raffle ticket winners will "Split the Pot" (cash) or win other great prizes to be awarded after dinner.
Sponsors of these events will need to bring a prize (min. $100) to the winners of this event for both the male and female winners. Please communicate to Ed Gozdecki whether you intend to bring a prize at edwgozdecki@sbcglobal.net (847) 732-7474. We will ask that you present the prize to the winners of your contest hole at the reception. Sponsorship of:
We do not require sponsors to perform any special duties at the longest drive or longest putt holes. However, in past events:
Sponsors of these events will need to bring a prize (min. $100) to the winners of this event for both the male and female winners. Please communicate to Sabrina Seminetta or your Sponsorship Committee contact whether or not you intend to bring a prize at sabrina.seminetta@cibc.com or (708) 533-0709. We will ask that you present the prize to the winners of your contest hole at the reception. |
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How many participants are registered to golf? Can I get a list of names/companies being represented? |
Participation varies year to year. From 2014 to 2022, inclusive, we sold out the event with 144 golfers and another 20 to 30 volunteers and sponsors. In 2023, we were just one foursome short of selling out. The maximum number of golfers on our shot gun scramble golf event at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club is 144 (8/hole x 18 holes). Upon request and if participants have provided, we will send sponsors the participants' names, company, and email address. We encourage sponsors to request contact information during the event whether it is on or off the course. NOTE: Many of the golfer’s names are not known until the week prior to the event as many people purchase foursomes with names to be added later. NOTE: On the day of the event, golf hole sponsors will be provided a list of golfers in foursome order.
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Can sponsors or others bring prizes for other than contest holes. |
Goody Bag Gifts If you would like to include a company logo gift in each golfer’s goody bag, then please ship no less than 148 items to Sabrina Seminetta to arrive no later than Friday, August 16, 2024 at: Sabrina Seminetta If you bring the goody on the day of the event, then please arrive no later than 7:00 AM to enable our volunteers to stuff the goody in the golfer’s goody bag. Registration and distribution of the goody bags start at 7:30 AM. Prize for the raffle at the reception If you would like to donate a prize, then please bring to the golf event or mail to Sabrina Seminetta to arrive no later than Friday, August 16, 2024. Please communicate type of prize to Sabrina Seminetta (see address above) so that we can plan accordingly at the reception raffle. If you do bring a prize, then we would like you to present it to the raffle ticket winner. |
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Do sponsors need to be at the reception? |
We would like you to attend the reception so that we can recognize you and present you with a "thank you" Pin Flag for your sponsorship.
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If I sponsor the driving range, lunch, beverage carts & tubs, photographer or a golf hole, then do I need to donate a prize? |
No, you are not required to donate a prize for these sponsorships. However, if you do bring a prize(s), then we will raffle the prize off and ask that you present the prize to the winner at the reception/awards banquet following golf. Golfers, sponsors, and volunteers love prizes! If you choose to bring a prize for our raffle, please communicate type of prize to Sabrina Seminetta (sabrina.seminetta@cibc.com) so that we can plan accordingly at the reception raffle. Minimum dollar prizes ($100 each for male and female) are required only on the following sponsored contest golf holes:
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What do people typically donate as a raffle prize? |
If you would like to donate a raffle prize, then we would be happy to accept it. There is no minimum value requirement. In the past, we have had prizes donated such as a pair of Cubs or White Sox tickets, airline tickets, gift cards, golf balls, umbrellas, golf towels, golf hat, golf club(s), etc. |
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Do sponsors hand out the prizes to the winners and at what point during the event does this take place? |
We prefer the sponsors to hand out their own prize to a raffle ticket winner. If the reception starts at 2:30 PM, then at approximately 3:15 PM, we start giving out the golf contest prizes and then at or around 4:00 PM, the raffle should start and end no later than 4:30 PM |
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How is the raffle run? |
Generally, the sponsors of holes 7 & 14 will have people at the holes selling the raffle tickets. If we do not have sponsors for the holes, we will have volunteers at these holes working. At the reception, around 4:00 PM, we pull the ticket numbers from a bowl and raffle off all prizes until we have no more prizes. Subsequently, the last five raffle tickets pulled are for cash prizes totaling ½ the money collected from the sale of the raffle tickets (split the pot). The remaining cash is used to subsidize the cost of our golf event which is a breakeven event. |
Once again thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you on August 26, 2024.
Annual Golf Classic Committee and Volunteers
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Sabrina Seminetta, Co-Chair David Panicko, Co-Chair Rick Kokoszka, Consult Ed Gozdecki Rachel Means |
Tom Peth Jim Knoeck Scott Doering Melanie Mui
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Day of Event Volunteers: TBD |
