Coming out swinging: Golf fundraiser to benefit New Mexico Brewers Guild
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Enjoy a day of beer and golf with the New Mexico Brewers Guild.
Take your best swing and help the guild鈥檚 lobbying efforts that support its local brewery members and promotes craft beer events in New Mexico.
The New Mexico Brewers Guild fundraiser golf outing will take place on Monday, May 20, at the Tanoan Country Club鈥檚 golf course, 10801 Academy Road NE. Registration will take place at 7:30 a.m. with the event beginning at 8 a.m.
Coming out swinging: Golf fundraiser to benefit New Mexico Brewers Guild
Interested golfers can register as a four-person team for $750 or as an individual golfer for $200. Golfers can view and pay for their registration package at .
Participants will receive breakfast, snacks and beverages, and a goodie bag. They also will receive access to the practice facility, entry to the lunch banquet, and will get to play 18 holes of golf with a golf cart.
鈥淚t is kind of a scramble,鈥� said Ebbie Edmonston, executive director of the New Mexico Brewers Guild. 鈥淪o all the teams start on a different hole, just so we can make sure everybody gets through play within the few hours.鈥�
Several teams from local breweries will be part of the event including Bosque Brewing Company, Rio Bravo Brewing Co. and Canteen Brewhouse.
鈥淲e鈥檙e not going to have anything on draft,鈥� Edmonston said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 all going to be canned beers because the idea of taking kegs and a draft box and gas and all that onto the green is a little bit complicated. But all of those beers are included in the (golf registration) price. And along with that, you also get breakfast and lunch. So it鈥檚 a good two-thirds of your day we鈥檒l be hanging out.鈥�
Fun games and contests, including a hole-in-one competition, will be part of the golf event. Prizes will be awarded to the winners.
Golfers do not have to be great at the game. It is a casual event where participants can have a good time and drink great local craft beers.
鈥淚f you鈥檙e worried that you鈥檙e not a good golfer, don鈥檛 worry, because we have bogeys, mulligans (and other perks) for purchase,鈥� Edmonston said. 鈥淪o if you鈥檙e worried about not being good, (remember) this is just a fundraiser. It鈥檚 supposed to be fun, for you to have a good time, and for us to raise a little bit of money. And don鈥檛 take yourself too seriously because everybody鈥檚 gonna get a goodie bag, everybody鈥檚 gonna get some beer, and there鈥檚 prizes and stuff at the end of it. We just want people to have a good time.鈥�
Monies raised from the golf event benefit the New Mexico Brewers Guild.
鈥淎ll of the events that the New Mexico Brewers Guild puts on are going to be fundraisers for the guild,鈥� Edmonston said. 鈥淭his is one of our biggest events, so all the proceeds from this go towards our lobbying efforts on behalf of our guild members. Every year we鈥檙e fighting excise tax increases. So that鈥檚 a big one. (It) seems like every year we鈥檝e got to fight that. It helps our lobbying efforts.鈥�
