Photo by Sydney Cromwell.
Shelby Golf Scramble
Inverness Country Club’s assistant golf professional Marshal Robinson practices his swing on the golf course.
The Greater Shelby County Chamber of Commerce’s 26th Annual Golf “FORE!” Education Tournament will be held on Sept. 17 at Inverness Country Club.
This year’s scramble is sponsored by HealthSouth Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital.
“HealthSouth is proud to sponsor the Greater Shelby Chamber’s Golf “FORE!” Education Tournament again this year. We believe this is a positive opportunity for our organization to assist with the Chamber’s workforce development programs and market our organization to a captive audience of 200+ participants at the tournament,” said Jinnie Lacey, Rehabilitation Liaison-Inpatient & Outpatient Services with HealthSouth Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital.
The tournament will once again help fund the Chamber’s education and workforce development programs in the coming year. These programs include “Keeping it Real,” a student career awareness fair and “student and educator of the year” awards.
Keeping it Real is a financial literacy program for more than 2,000 9th grade students throughout Shelby County schools that shares “real world” situations on the cost of living and the importance of balancing budgets. The student career awareness fair is a two-day event in which more than 100 volunteers from a variety of careers take time to meet with 10th grade students from 12 high schools and share information about career opportunities available to them. The “Student and Educator of the Year” recognizes those students and teachers who have demonstrated excellence in the classroom.
In addition to building on these programs, the Chamber is launching a new program for 11th grade students during the 2015-16 school year.
“We believe that meeting with these students throughout Shelby County schools once a year, at different stages of their high school careers, will help ensure that Shelby County businesses have the qualified workforce they’ll need in the future,” said Keyla Handley, the Chamber’s director of community and workforce development.
Registration for the golf tournament will begin at 8:15 a.m., with a light breakfast at 8:30.
The “scramble” tees off at 9 a.m. and there will be prizes for the longest drive, closest to the pin and a putting contest.
The entry fee is $600 for a four-person team or $150 for each individual. This fee covers a light breakfast, lunch at the completion of the tournament, greens fees, cart and two drink tickets per person. Organizations can also choose to sponsor a green and display their signs at the scramble for an additional $100, or sponsor a tee and have two representatives on site for an additional $200
Contact the Chamber at 663-4542 for specific sponsorship requests or visit shelbychamber.org for more details.
Golf FORE! Education Scramble
- Sept. 17, 8:15 a.m. registration,
- 9 a.m. start
- Inverness Country Club #1 Country Club Drive, Birmingham
- Fee: $150 per person or $600 per four-person team
- shelbychamber.org
