The 24th Annual Denver Mills-Tablerock Golf Tournament on Monday, March 18, at Mill Creek Country Club will tee off a busy charity tournament season. The annual event has raised approximately $82,000 since 1996 for Tablerock Festival of Salado, Inc.

This year players will vie for a chance to win a one-year lease of a 2018 Ford EcoSport donated by Johnson Brothers Ford of Temple and $10,000 to be split with Tablerock, said tournament co-chair Letta Meinen. More than 10 teams are expected to play, she added.

Typically, more than 40 Central Texas businesses and individuals support the tournament, said Denver Mills, a Tablerock board member and volunteer as well as tournament namesake. A partial list of this year’s sponsors includes All-American Chevrolet of Killeen; Century 21 Bill Bartlett Realty, McCain’s Bakery & Café, Barrow Brewing Co., all of Salado; Kitchen & Bath REVAMP and Drywall Systems, Inc., both of Belton; Golf Ranch of Georgetown; and Monteith Title Company of Temple, Belton and Killeen.

Sponsorships are $450 for a team/hole combo, $400 for a team of four players, $150 for a company banner, and $100 per hole sponsorship or player entry.

For more information email [email protected] or phone (254) 913-3890.

Registration is from 11:30 a.m. until 12:50 p.m. on March 18, with a shotgun start at 1:00 pm. Prizes will be presented from 5:30 to 6:00 pm. They include $400 for the first place team, $200 for second place, and Salado Legends tickets for third place.

Proceeds of the tournament support Tablerock, which provides performing arts, such as Salado Legends and A Christmas Carol. Proceeds also helped provide $13,300 in college scholarships to 14 Central Texas students serving on the Legends cast or crew. Tablerock has given more than $184,000 in scholarships to date.

Legends, an outdoor musical drama about Salado’s history, features more than 100 community actors and has been presented for 26 consecutive summers at Tablerock’s Goodnight Amphitheater. Both Legends and its author, Jackie Mills, have received national recognition from the Library of Congress and the Institute of Outdoor Drama.