April 20, 2015 Louisville, KY. – Ladies start practicing your swing! Tomorrow (April 21) is Ladies’ Day at the Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company Kentucky Derby Festival $1 Million Dollar Hole-In-One Golf Contest. Preliminary rounds for the completion continue this week. All Ladies who attend preliminaries tomorrow get 2 shots for $1.
The preliminary competition is open 10 AM to 8:30 PM now – April 26, at the Seneca Golf Course Driving Range off Pee Wee Reese Road. Four female qualifiers from Ladies’ Day will advance to the Finals for a shot at $1 million. Preliminary competition lasts through Sunday, April 26. It’s $1 per shot daily. During the preliminary rounds the 10 best shots each day (including closest to the hole or hole-in-one, including ties) will advance.
There are a total of 56 positions in the Finals, which include all daily hole-in-one qualifiers and four female qualifiers from Ladies’ Day, plus two qualifiers under the age of 18 from Kids’ Day advance as well. The Finals will be held on Tuesday, April 28, at 6 PM at Seneca Golf Course Hole #8. The participant coming closest to the hole during the Finals (if no hole in one is awarded) will receive a $5,000 first prize.
Stock Yards Bank & Trust Company is title sponsor of the event. Contributing Sponsor is Metro Parks & Recreation, joining Media Sponsors: WLKY TV and 840 WHAS.
Since 1956, the Derby Festival has worked to bring the community together in celebration. The Festival is an independent community organization supported by 4,000 volunteers, 400 businesses and civic groups, Pegasus Pin sponsorships and event participation. This involvement has made the Festival the largest single attended event in Kentucky and one of the leading community celebrations in the world.