Waubesa Surf'n Turf Challenge

media release: Thursday, July 10, 2025, 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m., The Legend at Bergamont & Christy’s Landing

Join the 2025 Waubesa Surf ‘n Turf Challenge in its 16th year on Lake Waubesa, benefiting Clean Lakes Alliance!

This exciting event combines golf at The Legend at Bergamont Golf Club and fishing on Lake Waubesa for a day of friendly competition to support work to improve and protect our lakes.

Register your team today!

Register as a team of three to join this fun lakeside tradition. Registration includes green fees, lunch, dinner, swag bag, and LIVE virtual scoring for golf and fishing competitions. You must sign up online to be on our event roster. Registration $550 per team of three.

As always, your registration supports important lake improvement projects, educational programs, and water quality monitoring.

Schedule

6:30 a.m. Check-in at Bergamont

7:15 a.m. Rules and announcements

7:30 a.m. Shotgun start

11:00 a.m. Lunch at The Legend at Bergamont Bar

12:00 p.m. Fishing on lakes Waubesa, Upper Mud, and Monona

4:00 p.m. Time cut-off for fish registration

4:30 p.m. Steaks and prizes at Christy’s Landing

Golf & Fishing Competition: The competition includes 18 holes of golf played as a 3-person Texas scramble. All players hit all shots. A team’s fishing score will be based on total inches of legal size gamefish caught. Click here for complete golf and fishing rules.

The team’s fishing score will be deducted from their golf score. Prizes are awarded to the low gross and low net teams, with the low gross winner identified first.

Optional Big Fish Contest: Think you can reel in the biggest catch? Enter the Big Fish Contest for $20 at the beginning of the event! Cash pot awarded to EACH of the largest legal bass, walleye, pike, and muskie of the day.

If you would like to learn more about sponsorship opportunities, email our Executive Director, James Tye, at james@cleanlakesalliance.org.