18th Annual Tee IT Up for TechBridge Golf Tournament
This highly anticipated event offers sponsors an opportunity to connect with a wide audience of technology leaders as well as the chance to make a positive impact on TechBridge and our community partners.
The Atlanta Chapter of the Society for Information Management (www.simatlanta.org) and the Georgia CIO Leadership Association (www.georgiacio.org) invite you to join us at the only occasion during the year that affords you the opportunity to network with senior IT decision-makers affiliated with SIM Atlanta, GeorgiaCIO, and TechBridge.
All proceeds benefit TechBridge, a nonprofit that drives community impact by bringing affordable technology and business expertise to other nonprofits. We look forward to your participation and support.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship opportunities are open from to .
Executive Golfer Registration
Are you an executive interested in playing in the tournament with other tech leaders? Executive golfer registration is open from to .
Thank You to Our 2024 Sponsors
Frequently Asked Questions
Definitions
Golfers representing sponsoring companies in the tournament.
These golfers do not have to be employees of the sponsoring company. However, all sponsor golfers must be registered to play via the sponsor portal. A representative of the sponsoring organization may register their golfers.
Representatives from sponsoring organization assigned to sponsor areas on the courses, allowing sponsors to connect with golfers during play.
Executive leadership from various organizations assigned to each sponsor golf team as a fourth player. These executives make themselves available to connect with sponsors while donating their time for this worthy cause.
IT Executives
We assign foursomes within a week of the tournament. We prioritize executive requests in this order:
- Sponsor’s history with the tournament
- Sponsor level
- Invoice date
If your selected executive has to cancel last-minute, we will do our best to pair you with an alternate executive from your previously submitted list.
Yes.
If you choose to host an executive, the executive would take up one of your four spots. You can choose to fill the remaining three spots as you please, either with company representatives or your own invited clients or executives.
You will select your executives through the sponsor portal, which will be open for you to edit your player and sponsor representative information.
Keep in mind that our A-list Executive Golfers (CIOs) are popular. While we recruit over 100 Executive Golfers from Atlanta’s most sought-after corporations to accommodate our sponsors, there may not be enough to meet the demand. You always have the option of completing your foursome with your own invitees.
A typical foursome may look like this:
- Golfer 1: IT executive golfer
- Golfer 2: sponsor golfer
- Golfer 3: sponsor golfer
- Golfer 4: sponsor golfer or client
Silent Auction/Raffle
Yes; please contact TechBridge to donate raffle items.
Note that we will not host a silent auction at this year’s Tee IT Up for TechBridge golf tournament.
You are welcome to host a raffle at your sponsor representative booth. You may collect contact info or business cards throughout the day and select a winner, to be announced at the reception.
Each sponsor is responsible for disclosing their raffle instructions and entry rules. The tournament, its representatives, and TechBridge, Inc. and its representatives are not responsible for sponsor raffles. The tournament reserves the right to cancel sponsor raffles.
- Buy your helicopter golf ball drop tickets at our online shop
- A single ticket costs $25
- Bundles of 5 tickets are discounted at $100 (5 for the price of 4)
- Ticket purchases will remain open through midday of the tournament subject to available quantities
We recommend 200 – 250 total giveaways, splitting them between the two courses.
Sponsors
The tournament is in “scramble” format.
The course has limited golf club rental available. Please be sure to let us know that you need clubs when you complete your tournament registration. Our team will reach out to confirm that your request has been received and whether clubs are available.
Snacks, Drinks, & Promotional Material
You may bring individually wrapped snacks (e.g. protein bars, snacks, sodas*, bottled water*). You may bring branded swag, flyers, and company information.
*Please note that due to the club’s contract, only Coca-Cola products may be served.
Alcohol
Château Elan will provide all products for the Beverage Station, Margarita, Martini, and Bloody Mary sponsors. Other items are available for purchase in the clubhouse and from the beverage carts.
Alcohol (Prohibited)
Liquor to pour (regardless of bottle size) is strictly prohibited, as this jeopardizes the club’s liquor license. Sponsors bringing in alcohol will be fined and/or banned from the tournament.
Cleanup
Please help us keep this incredible property beautiful while supporting this good cause.
We will enforce the $200 cleanup fee. To avoid this fee, please remove all items (including trash and boxes) and break down tables, chairs, and canopy tents.
We will provide two (2) meals for representatives assigned to the course. This covers the one (1) permitted sponsor rep per course.
We encourage reps to bring personal lunches and beverages in a small cooler to their assigned hole. See What may sponsors reps bring to our holes/stations?
for information about restrictions on food and drink.
No.
Sponsor reps will not be assigned a golf cart. However, the Château Elan has given approval for sponsor reps to drive one (1) personal vehicle (per sponsor) out to the hole between – Once there, your vehicle must remain parked at the hole until the end of the tournament.
ATTENTION: For the safety of staff and participants, no personal vehicles may be driven on the cart path between –
Yes, mulligans will be for sale online before the tournament and on the event day. We sell two mulligans, ten raffle tickets, and a forward tee shot* for $100 per player or $400 per team.
*Allowing the player to move up to the front tees once per person.
Yes.
Through the gracious support of our hosts, we will provide (1) 6′ folding table, (1) folding chair, and (1) pop-up canopy tent to each sponsor rep per hole per course.
If you plan to have more than one rep per hole, you should bring additional chairs.
We will try to split your team if requested, but this is not always possible.
Sponsor golfers will provide their information via the sponsor portal (opening in
- The sponsoring organization’s logo as a vector file (SVG, EPS, or Adobe Illustrator) or an uncompressed bitmap file (PNG or TIFF)
- Vector file preferred
- Bitmap files must be a minimum of 300 dpi and at least 1500 px on the shortest side
- JPEG files will not be accepted
- Name and contact of the marketing representatives who will be at the assigned hole(s)
All sponsors with reps on the course agree to pay the $200 cleanup fee if they leave trash or boxes behind or fail to collapse their tables and/or tents.
We list executives and their companies on the TechBridge golf landing page. We do not distribute contact information.
We encourage you to conduct a “fishbowl” giveaway or raffle to collect contact information.
You may have sponsor reps on both courses throughout the duration of the tournament. Since this event covers 36 holes, the best way to maximize visibility for your company is to take advantage of this opportunity.
We encourage you to conduct a “fishbowl” giveaway or raffle to collect contact information.*
*The tournament will not provide any of these items.
Yes; if you fund two sponsorships, you may pick a minimum of two IT executives to play with.
We will try to finalize the master list no later than . When it is complete, we will upload it to the tournament site and share it via email.
You will need to bring tape measures, a whiteboard, and markers. You will need to measure the distance from hole to putt and write the lowest team number on the whiteboard.
Due to the fundraising nature of the event, we ask that any sponsor who withdraws within one month of the tournament cover any costs incurred on their behalf.
You may send two golfers from your organization to be paired up with another sponsoring twosome, or send one golfer and be paired with an IT executive golfer of your choice.*
*Executive pairings are not guaranteed.
Please do not ship items to Château Elan.
Feel free to reach out to us for additional information. Please include the following subject line for a speedy response: “TIU2023: Sponsored Promo Items.”