Syracuse.com - Lake Como Inn holding 'ice golf' tournament on the lake

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The 18-hole tournament on this tiny Cayuga County Lake is set for Feb. 23. The registration will close after 20, four-person teams are entered.

If you haven't signed up yet for the Lake Como Inn Ice Golf Tournament, you'd better get your application in quick.

This year's 18-hole tournament, weather permitting, is set for Feb. 23. Lake Como is a small lake in southeastern Cayuga County. As of today, there's more than five inches of ice on the lake, according to Joan Puttle, owner of the Inn.

Puddle said she's only signing up 20, four-person teams. Afterward, she's closing the registration.

Puttle said the tournament was held last year, despite the relatively warm winter. A total of 20 teams competed. The lake, because of its altitude and small size, keeps its ice longer than many other Central New York bodies of water.

"Yep. We didn't have as many holes, but we held it," she said.

Puttle said the golfers will be required to be at the Inn at 9 a.m. Feb. 23 for a final sign-in, and the first team will tee off at 10 a.m. It's a captain and crew format. Prize money will be awarded to the first, second, third and last place teams, she said.

"We use an auger to dig the holes in the ice and put up flags," Puttle said. "The golfers use colored golf balls.

"If you used a plain white ball, you'd have trouble finding it out there," she said.

For further information, call the Inn at 315-496-2149.

Outdoors editor David Figura can be reached at [email protected] or by calling 470-6066.

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