Join Us For Fun At #35
We have two fun days of golfing events, great food, special entertainment, and fellowship organized especially for you at GOMACO Invitational #35.
If you arrive early on Monday, September 19, you can enjoy lunch in the Ida Grove clubhouse, open golf in Ida Grove all day, and a welcome reception and dinner buffet, which are also in the Ida Grove clubhouse. We will have a welcome booklet for each of you, with the details and rules for the events, recognition for the Invitational sponsors, prizes available, a listing of the attendees and GOMACO personnel, and much more!
Tuesday, September 20
• 2-Person Putting Tournament
• 3-Person Contractors' Shoot-Out
• Brad Denton's Trick-Shot Show
• Pride Of Iowa Steak Fry
• Tuesday's Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, September 21
• Pancake Breakfast
• $5,000 Putt
• 4-Person Scramble Tournament
• "Grand" Champion Shoot-Out
• Wednesday's Awards Ceremony & Banquet Dinner
Tuesday, September 20
Everyone Can Putt In The 2-Person Putting Tournament
The first event at GOMACO Invitational #35 is the 2-Person Putting Tournament. The computer will pair you with another golfer, and the two of you will compete for a piece of the $18,000 prize purse.
To participate, you first need to register for this year's GOMACO Invitational, and click the Putting Tournament check-box when you select the events you plan to participate in.
On Tuesday, September 20, we will need you to check-in with us by 11:30 a.m. at the Ida Grove clubhouse. We will have a tent set up outside the clubhouse for you to confirm your participation in the Putting Tournament with our staff.
After check-in closes, the computer will assign you a putting partner, and place you on one of four putting greens on the Ida Grove course for the preliminary tournament. Your partner and green number will be posted at 1:15 p.m. near the clubhouse patio. From there, you will go to your green for the preliminary Putting Tournament. If you need assistance locating your green, please look for any GOMACO employee. We will be wearing white Invitational shirts on Tuesday, and have GOMACO on our name tags.
Every green is an individual putting tournament. It is match play, with participants alternating shots. The second through fourth place teams on each green will receive cash prizes, and the first place team will advance to the nine-hole Putting Championship on the #9 green by the Ida Grove clubhouse.
The Putting Championship is stroke play, and will begin at 3:30 p.m. The first place team wins a $3,000 cash team prize, and has their names engraved on the championship trophy. The second place team receives a $2,500 cash team prize, the third place team is awarded a $2,000 cash team prize, and fourth place earns a $1,700 cash team prize.
Click To See Last Year's Putting Tournament Photos!
Putting Tournament Champions
Brian Buchholtz of Anderson Contractors, Inc., and Bob Norris of L.G. Roloff Construction
Exclusively For GOMACO Customers - 3-Person Contractors' Shoot-Out
The 3-Person Contractors' Shoot-Out is a special event just for GOMACO customers. It will start at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 20, immediately after the conclusion of the Putting Tournament Championship.
The competition is a five-hole shoot-out, with the highest scoring team on each hole eliminated. The play continues until we have a champion on the final hole!
Each Contractors' Shoot-Out team has one A, B, and C golfer, so we need contractors of all skill levels. If you are a contractor and would like the chance to participate, be sure to click the Contractors' Shoot-Out check-box when you register for Invitational #35.
At 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Ida Grove patio, we will have a drawing to fill six, three-person teams, for a total of 18 contractors. You need to be present at the drawing to be eligible, and have checked the Contractors' Shoot-Out check-box when you registered.
If you are drawn to be on a team, you will need to be at the Ida Grove #1 tee box around 4:30 p.m. with your clubs and a cart immediately following the Putting Tournament Championship.
Every player hits the first shot, and shots are alternated between the three team members from that point forward.
If you aren't golfing in the shoot-out, be sure to grab a cart and follow the action around the course. The holes for the Contractors' Shoot-Out are #1 through #5.
The first place team wins a $2,100 team cash prize, and has their names engraved on the championship trophy. Second place receives a $1,500 cash team prize, and the third place team earns a $900 cash team prize.
Click To See Last Year's Contractors' Shoot-Out Photos!
Contractors' Shoot-Out Champions
Park Estes of APAC Central, Charlie Knudsen of Concrete Technologies, Inc., and Karl Loder of Bituminex Paving
Brad Denton Is Back For #35 - Trick-Shots 'With A Twist' Start At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
Brad Denton's trick-shot show will start at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on the Ida Grove #1 tee box. Brad has more than 20 years of experience as a professional player, teacher and entertainer, and was named Golfweek's 2013 Entertainer Of The Year.
His incredible trick shots demonstrate the fundamentals of the golf swing "with a twist," and he uses his fun-loving and clean sense of humor, and quick wit to keep the audience in stitches. Brad hits with a variety of "not-so-ordinary" clubs, such as a six foot driver and a 10 foot driver he hits with while standing on stilts. He also loves to bring members of the audience into his show for demonstrations, so be prepared!
Brad has managed and instructed for a top five nationally ranked golf school, and has taught independently in Nuremberg, Germany. He has also competed professionally throughout the United States, Canada, and Germany.
Brad has performed on Real TV, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, and You Gotta See This on the Fox Sports Network, and has also been on The Golf Channel. He has performed for the Guinness Book of World Records to establish a new world record for the Longest Golf Club In The World.
Click To See Last Year's Trick-Shot Show With Brad Denton!
Starting At 6:30 p.m. - Steaks Grilled To Your Personal Perfection!
The grills will be stoked and ready to go at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday outside the Ida Grove clubhouse for the Pride of Iowa Steak Fry. You can grill Iowa's best, aged rib-eye steaks to your personal perfection, and chicken breasts will also be available.
Don't forget to grill a slice or two of thickly-cut, buttered Texas toast. If you can't wait until you get into the clubhouse to enjoy your toast, don't worry, you won't be the only one! We will also have whole, sweet onions served hot off the grill, side dishes, and dessert.
Click To See Last Year's Pride of Iowa Steak Fry Photos!
Putting Tournament & Contractors' Shoot-Out Awards Ceremony At 8:30 p.m. Tuesday
There will be a special awards ceremony inside the Ida Grove clubhouse at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday recognizing the winners and handing out the prizes from the Putting Tournament and Contractors' Shoot-Out.
$5,000 Putt Drawing - During the program, we will also have a drawing for Wednesday morning's $5,000 Putt competition. Five names will be drawn for a chance to putt for $5,000 in cash. These individuals will need to be at the practice green right outside the Ida Grove clubhouse at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday.
Following the awards ceremony, Mr. G's, located upstairs at GOMACO University (click this map for directions), will be open until 11 p.m. for the Tuesday Tune-Up.
Click To See Last Year's Tuesday Awards Ceremony Photos!
Wednesday, September 21, Is The 18-Hole Scramble Tournament Day!
Check-In For Scramble Tournament Starts at 7 a.m.; High-Flying Pancake Breakfast In The Clubhouse
If you are playing in the 4-person, 18-hole Scramble Tournament, we will need you to check in for the event when you arrive at the Ida Grove Country Club first thing on Wednesday morning, September 21. This is when you will pay your $65 Scramble Tournament entry fee (100 percent payback in cash and prizes), and receive your Invitational #35 "goodies." Check-in closes at 8 a.m., and the computer will then select the tournament foursomes and the course you will be playing on. The Scramble Tournament courses are Ida Grove, Holstein, Mapleton, and Odebolt.
We have a great Wednesday morning breakfast lined up. Light, golden pancakes will be flipping in the clubhouse. You may even need to catch your breakfast just like the gentleman in the above photo! We will also have fruit toppings and syrups available, and side dishes.
Before the 18-hole tournament starts, there are more activities around the clubhouse. At 8:15 a.m., five GOMACO Invitational #35 attendees will putt it out for cold, hard cash in the $5,000 Putt!
Click To See Last Year's Wednesday Morning Photos!
The $5,000 Putt Starts At 8:15 a.m. Wednesday
Practice your long putts this summer! It could pay off! At 8:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, one lucky GOMACO Invitational guest will have the opportunity to attempt to sink a 50-foot putt worth $5,000 in cash!
During Tuesday evening's awards ceremony, the names of five attendees will be drawn to participate in the $5,000 Putt. Then on Wednesday morning, they will need to be at the Ida Grove practice green at 8:15 a.m. with their putters ready to go! This prize was won in 2006 by Dennis Garcia of WMC Contracting Company, and it would be great to have a winner again this year!
Rich Smith, GOMACO's Vice President of Administration and Finance, will host the event, and lead the participants through a short putt-off. The winner of the putt-off will have one chance to sink a 50-foot putt for the cash prize.
Last year's competitors were Ryan Grathwohl of ESS, Charlie Knudsen of Concrete Technologies, Inc., Kane Nordmeyer of Paulsen, Inc., Charlie Weaver of Weaver-Bailey Contracting, and Martin Rangel of RGG United Contractors Inc. After the putt-off, Charlie Knudsen (in above photo) earned the honor of attempting to sink a 50-foot putt worth $5,000. Charlie had an amazing putt, but the prize went unclaimed at #34.
After the $5,000 Putt, the Scramble Tournament foursomes and which course you will be playing on will be posted. Announcements will be made when it is time to load the bus for your course.
Click To See Last Year's $5,000 Putt Photos!
The Main Event - GOMACO Invitational #35's 18-Hole Scramble Tournament
The GOMACO Invitational's big 18-hole Scramble Tournament on four area courses will be on Wednesday, September 21.
To participate, please register for GOMACO Invitational #35 and click the Scramble Tournament check-box. You will also need to provide your average score for nine holes of golf. (Please do not exaggerate.)
The excitement of tournament day starts bright and early on Wednesday. Check-in will be from 7 to 8 a.m. in the Ida Grove clubhouse. At that time, you will pay your $65 entry fee (100 percent payback in cash and prizes), and receive your GOMACO Invitational "goodies."
At 8 a.m. after check-in closes, the computer will select the 4-person teams, and place you on one of four area golf courses, either in Ida Grove, Holstein, Mapleton, or Odebolt. This information will be posted outside the Ida Grove clubhouse after the Opening Ceremony and $5,000 Putt that morning. Each Scramble Tournament team will have one A, B, C, and D level golfer. Everyone hits every shot, which makes it a fun day for all levels of golfers.
Chartered buses will transport guests who are golfing out of town to their courses, and then back to Ida Grove at the end of the tournament. Announcements will be made when it is time to load the bus for each course. Be sure and take everything you will need with you that morning, as you will not return to Ida Grove until late in the afternoon.
A hot lunch grilled by GOMACO employees, along with snacks and refreshments, will be served on-the-go on every course. It will include hamburgers and the famous Tiefenthaler's skinless brats from Holstein, chips, nuts, candy, and more.
Every course is its own, separate tournament, with crystal trophies awarded to the members of each course's top team. There are three flights of winners from each course, so never give up on your game! The tournament is 100 percent payback in cash and prizes. Along with the cash prizes, we will have a prize table set up at the Wednesday awards ceremony featuring the newest in technology, leisure, and golfing innovations.
The winning team from each course's tournament will have their names engraved on their course champions' trophy, and advance to the three-hole "Grand" Champion Shoot-Out at 6 p.m. on the Ida Grove course.
Click To See Last Year's Scramble Tournament Photos!
The "Grand" Champion Shoot-Out Action Starts at 6 p.m.
After the winners from the 18-hole, 4-Person Scramble Tournament are announced, everyone comes back to Ida Grove for the "Grand" Champion Shoot-Out.
The top team from each course will compete in a three-hole shoot-out, with the highest scoring team being eliminated on each hole until one team is this year's "Grand" Champions. The shoot-out is played on Ida Grove holes #5, #6, and #9.
Along with their course champion awards, the "Grand" Champion team members will each receive a Waterford crystal golfer, a cool "grand" in cash, and have their names engraved on the "Grand" Champions' trophy.
It's fun to watch, and even more fun to play in! If your team isn't in the shoot-out, be sure to grab a cart, follow the action, and root on your favorites!
Click To See Last Year's "Grand" Champion Shoot-Out Photos!
"Grand" & Holstein Champions
Brad Johnson of Road Machinery & Supplies Co., Travis Mann of Luxa Construction Co., Dustin Keith of Hi-Way Paving, Inc., and Arden Jones of Concept Sales, Inc.
Ida Grove Champions
Tom Schmitt of Concrete Foundations, Inc., Kent Godbersen of GOMACO, Sam Clark of Texas Sterling, and Kelly Steeves of Leica Geosystems, Inc.
Mapleton Champions
Craig Endahl of PACE Manufacturing, Inc., Chris Brown of Asphalt Concrete Equipment & Supplies, Randy Held of Road Builders Machinery & Supply Company, and Brian Manatt of Manatt’s, Inc.
Odebolt Champions
Randy Bach of GOMACO, Owen Bolte of United Bank of Iowa, Dan Murfey of Associated Construction Publications, and Blake Driskell of Gerdan Slipforming, Inc.
Banquet Dinner And Awards Ceremony Starts At 7:30 p.m.
After the "Grand" Champion Shoot-Out, we have a special banquet dinner and awards ceremony at the Skate Palace in Ida Grove. Click this map for directions. The meal will be served starting at 7:30 p.m., and the awards ceremony will begin at 8 p.m.
We'll hand out the crystal to the champions, give away cash and prizes to the flight winners, and recognize those who won the special team challenge holes. We always have the newest golf, technology and leisure items available for the winners on our prize table. Be sure to take a look before the ceremony in case you're lucky enough to be a flight winner on your course! The full listing of prizes will also be available in the tournament informational booklet you will receive when you arrive in Ida Grove.
There is nothing we enjoy more than having you as our guest in our hometown of Ida Grove, Iowa. Start making your plans to join us for Invitational #35 today!
Click To See Last Year's Banquet & Awards Photos!
The GOMACO Invitational is our annual gathering of customers, suppliers, distributors, association members, media representatives, and friends. We meet for two great days of fun, friendship, and golf.