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Men’s Golf Travels to Courtyard by Marriott Intercollegiate 4/8/2004
Men’s Golf Travels to Courtyard by Marriott Intercollegiate CARY, NC — Vanderbilt’s men’s golf team is in North Carolina for the COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT INTERCOLLEGIATE this weekend, April 9-10. The event, hosted by North Carolina State and played over MacGregor Downs Country Club’s 6,867-yard, par-72 layout, includes a College-Am tournament on Thursday, April 8 and a 54-hole 15-team intercollegiate tournament Friday, April 9 and Saturday, April 10. MacGregor Downs Country Club has been the site of previous intercollegiate tournaments. The course was also the site of two PGA Tour events in the early 1970s. Fellow SEC member Tennessee is also in the field which showcases 11 of the top-50 teams nationally according to Golfweek magazine. THE FIELD The tournament will feature All-America caliber individuals, including top-ranked Bill Haas from Wake Forest, 24th-ranked Ryan Blaum from Duke, Georgia Southern’s Aron Price, who is ranked 25th, No. 28 Justin Smith from Minnesota and Luke List of Vanderbilt, ranked No. 30. Overall, the tournament will spotlight 10 of the top-50 ranked players. A rich history of talent-laden competition at the Intercollegiate includes the likes of Chris DiMarco, Dudley Hart, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Moore, Warren Schutte, Tim Herron, Brian Gay, Stewart Cink, Edward Fryatt, Chris Riley, Trip Kuehne, Ted Purdy, Brad Elder, Tim Clark, Chad Campbell, Paul Casey, J.J. Henry, Matt Kuchar, James McLean, Rory Sabbatini, Kyle Thmpson, Steve Scott, Charles Howell, Jonathan Byrd, Will Collins, Ricky Barnes, Martin Maritz, Jeremy Anderson, Lucas Glover, Carl Pettersson, Jamie Elson and many others over the 14 years of the tournament. SMU is the defending champion of the Intercollegiate, winning by four strokes last year with a nine-under-par score of 843. Chris Noel from Tulsa was the individual medalist, firing a six-under 207 to beat David Skinns from Tennessee by one stroke. Both are back this year and will be playing MacGregor Downs. The College-Am tournament offers amateur golfers the opportunity to compete along side many of the top college golf players. Teams of four amateurs will join one college golfer in a modified captain’s choice best ball event the afternoon of Thursday, April 8. While the college golfer plays his own ball the entire round, the four amateurs will all hit tee shots and then select the best of the five and play individual balls into the hole. Using handicaps, the two best scores of the five will be used as the team score. On Friday, the 15 teams will play two 18-hole rounds, utilizing shotgun starts in the morning and afternoon. Saturday morning’s 18-hole final will be conducted with tee times from the 1st and 10th holes. There is no admission to attend and watch the tournament. SCHEDULE Friday, April 9: Saturday, April 10: For more information on the MacGregor Downs Country Club, including directions and course design, visit www.macgregordowns.org. |
