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Get your clubs ready – Five Points’ 9th annual Long’s Bar Stool Classic is this Friday, Sept. 8, 5-6:30 p.m. Here’s everything you need to know about the bar-golf charity event, by the numbers:

9th | year Five Points Association + Babcock Center Foundation have partnered for the event to raise awareness + money for people with lifelong disabilities (proceeds benefit the Babcock Center Foundation)

8 | number of putt-putt holes in Five Points bars + restaurants on the golf crawl (Bar None, Bird Dog, Delaney’s, CJ’s, Jake’s, Delaney’s Speakeasy, Village Idiot + Yesterdays)

728 Harden St. | where to meet to start the crawl – a.k.a. the address of the Five Points fountain – to pick up your t-shirt, koozie + score card

$5 | money you save by pre-registering online ($15, deadline today) vs. registering in-person the day of the event ($20)

9 p.m. | time you must be done with all holes + be at Jake’s to be eligible to win – also when the afterparty starts

2nd | players may be eligible to play a “Second Chance Hole” at Jake’s to make up for a bad score if dressed in golf attire (a.k.a. ALL of the madras)

$500 | first prize (in cash) for winning prizes – runners-up + best-dressed get gift cards

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