Madison Putting Championship Open to All Tuesday

The Madison Borough Putting Championship will be held right after the conclusion of play at the Dodger Classic Golf Tournament Sept. 6 at . 

Open to all, the inaugural event has been established to identify the borough’s top putters, the club said in a release.

“The putting event will be part of the entertainment following the Dodger Classic,” said Kevin Casey, the event chairman. “We will also be holding a barbeque and an awards presentation after the tournament.”

Entry fee to the barbeque will be $40, which will include admission into the Championship. All proceeds will wrap into the Dodger Classic, which exists to provide funding to interscholastic athletics.

The format for the Championship will be two-person team, alternate shot. Starting at around 5:30 p.m, the teams will turn in nine-hole scores. The top two scores and ties will move onto the finals, which will be a nine-hole playoff. If needed, a sudden death playoff will determine the champions.

The inaugural 2011 Dodger Classic Golf Tournament is bringing together various parts of the Madison community to raise funds for the over 500 freshman, junior varsity and varsity athletes at MHS.

Aon Risk Solutions is the event’s primary corporate sponsor, and is joined by a broad base of Madison “mom and pop” small-business participants, and more-than-expected individual players hitting the links.   

Madison Mayor Mary-Anna Holden has agreed to make the Championship award presentation. “During this period of government fiscal restraint, we need to do what we can to support our children, both academically and athletically,” said Holden, “especially if we can have some fun doing it!”

For more information on the Dodger Classic Golf Tournament or the Madison Borough Putting Championship, contact Kevin Casey at kcasey@LDS.com or 973-886-5705.