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	Okay . . . here we go . . . just in case you didn't get it the other twenty-one times . . . WHAT? The 22nd Tom Skipper Memorial Terlingua World Championship Golf Shoot-Out WHEN? Friday - November 2nd 2007 10:00 AM (best to arrive by 9:00 AM) WHERE? The Big Bend Golf Club in Terlingua (Study Butte) Texas at the intersection of Hwy 118 and Ranch Road 170. Club house is maybe a pitching wedge south of the Big Bend Motor Inn, about the furthest one can go to get nowhere. WHY? To determine for the twenty-second time the World Champions at having fun on a golf course. If you think you are so good as to use this event to showcase your golfing skills and winning ways at the expense of others' fun, please apply here. Pencil whippers apply here. FORMAT: Six-man team, non-handicapped, Florida Scramble, with Ranger Bob rule invoked: Par is given! If you didn't make birdie or better, write down par and go to the next tee . . . we ain't got all day. AND: The entry fee is $75.00 US ($450.00 Team) and must paid in advance to facilitate the planning process. This event has a history of filling up so one should act quickly if they have serious intentions of taking part in this not-so-serious affair. Entry Fee includes: Cart and green fee One free practice round prior to tournament (green fees only - cart fees not included) Tee favor package: embroidered caps, T-shirts, and many other items courtesy of the sponsors. Food and beverages. Prizes (remember, the focus is on fun, not bounty to be won, so this is intentionally almost nothing if anything) All the fun you can make for yourself at no extra charge. If you don't wanna come out, we ain't gonna stop you.

Entry Fee	$75.00 per golfer / $450.00 per six-person team (54-66 golfers)***
Payable To	Terlingua Golf Championship
Mail To:	Terlingua Golf Championship PO Box 181131 Dallas TX 75218-8131
Note:	All entries must be cleared through the PO Box as postmarks will determine who plays if the number of entries exceeds available spots. Preference will be given to previous years' participants if their entry is postmarked on or before September 30, 2007 - first paid, first played thereafter. Payments received after tournament is full will be returned or deposited for "standby" status to replace cancellations or no-shows as requested by the payee. Refunds not paid at the tournament will be made by mail.
*******	If you don't have a team, not to worry, we will team you up. Local participants bringing private carts will allow for more entries!!!

If you are new to this Terlingua thing . . .

Most folks are here this first weekend in November on account of chili. The first World Chili Championship was settled at the State Fair of Texas in October of 1952 . . . the second Chili World Championship took place at Terlingua in October of 1967 and the tradition has continued here with there now being two Terlingua chili cookoffs, neither of which is a "World" Championship.

This chunk of the world is a little remote for a one day commute so camping out, motor homes, and motels are the choices available to visitors. General rule is that area motels tend to book completely up far in advance of this weekend, but if the reserved rooms have not been paid for by October 1, they become available to those on the waiting lists. Calls may be made to placed on a waiting list and then it all gets shaken out in early October.

The weather is mostly predictable in that it will be dry or not, cold or hot, or somewhere in between. It's just about like anywhere else in Texas . . . only more so. Best be ready for all the extremes all in the same day.

Terlingua ain't nearly so ragged or rugged as when she hosted her first chili function nearly forty years ago. Quite a few choices in the way of room and board where there were none at the inaugural Great Chili Confrontation in October of 1967.