GOLF TOURNAMENT
Get Your Green On
By Hayli Zuccola
Second Annual Suwannee Chamber Gold Tournament
On March 16 , 2023 , the second annual “ Get Your Green On ” Chamber Golf Tournament , which takes place the Thursday closest to St . Patrick ’ s Day , commenced with 98 golfers ready to putt for a good cause .
Originally championed by President of the Suwannee County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors , Marshall Beck , who had prior experience hosting annual golf tournaments through Busy Bee , the Chamber ’ s “ Get Your Green On ” golf tournament has quickly become a sought after event to attend complete with food , giveaways and of course , a memorable day of golf .
This year ’ s premier event , the profits of which go toward the Chamber ’ s scholarship fund , took place at the Country Club at Lake City at 10 a . m . with a scheduled tee time at noon . This gave the golfers enough time to check in , enjoy a light meal , purchase their mulligans and enter various raffles before the friendly competition began . Once the game started , snacks and refreshments were served at every third hole with two refreshment carts following the golfers throughout the game to ensure everyone stayed hydrated under the hot spring sun . At hole one , ice cream was served while hole three provided peanuts , hot dogs and sausages and hole five took golfers to the tropics with frozen strawberry daiquiris and margaritas . Other third-hole features included a monetary prize for getting a hole-in-one at a specified stop , dressing in costume for another swing and assorted snacks throughout .
At the end of the game , the golfers were treated to a prime rib dinner and award ceremony where trophies were given to the first , second and third place teams as well as individual awards for the longest drive and the closest to land . The raffle winners were then announced with hundreds of prizes given away .
With the excitement surrounding the event , it ’ s important to note that while the annual tournament is a Chamber-hosted event , anyone including non-chamber members can purchase a ticket to attend with different sponsorship levels and team sizes available every year . “ I just think it ’ s one of the funnest events that we
put on and we just want to thank , we want to thank all of our members and everybody that ’ s involved with this that that supports the chamber on this ,” Marshall Beck said . “ Especially all the members of the Chamber who put their hard work into it .”
With a second year now on the books , the “ Get Your Green On ” Chamber Golf Tournament is not one to miss .
“ We ’ re going on our third one coming up and it ’ s been good for us and it ’ s amazing and it ’ s a good time and we just thank everybody out there and then and it takes everybody ’ s hard work ,” Beck said .
To stay up to date on the details of 2024 ’ s tournament , follow the Suwannee County Chamber of Commerce on Facebook and remember to grab your tickets while they last .
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