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CHAUTAUQUA – The Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy will hold its 2013 Pro-Am Golf Tournament on June 24 at Chautauqua Golf Club, 4731 West Lake Road, with an 11 a.m. shotgun start.
The tournament welcomes both male and female amateur golfers. Women will play the Hill Course and men will play the Lake Course. Each foursome will include a visiting PGA professional from the Western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania areas. Early registration is suggested since the tournament will accept only 90 male and 21 female players. Lunch will be served on the course, and the event will conclude with an awards dinner at Chautauqua Golf Club. There are also opportunities for sponsorship and program advertising, and contributions may be tax-deductible.
A major fundraising event for the conservancy, proceeds benefit watershed pollution prevention, stream and lakeshore restoration and watershed conservation programs to help stop soil erosion and nutrient pollution, both of which are root causes of lake sedimentation and excessive algae and aquatic plant growth. Proceeds from the 2012 tournament were spent on conserving lakeshore wetlands at Whitney Bay and Wells Bay, conserving and enhancing Chautauqua Lake tributary lands at Big Inlet, Goose Creek and Prendergast Creeks, and lakeshore buffer planting and education programs.
For more information on playing in or sponsoring the tournament, call Linda Barber, event co-chair, at 789-9292, the Chautauqua Golf Club at 357-6211 or the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy office at 664-2166.
Event registration and sponsorship forms are available at the conservancy, Chautauqua Golf Club or online at chautauquawatershed.org.