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University golf course to host Nationwide Tour tourney
Issue date: 6/3/09 Section: Sports
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All proceeds from the event will support need-based scholarships for UGA students through the Arch Foundation.
"The University of Georgia is proud to be the host of the Athens Classic at UGA, and especially glad that the tournament will stay in the Athens area," said UGA President Michael F. Adams. "This has been a great event for the community, and we look forward to teeing off next April and raising money for need-based scholarships."
Although the 2010 Nationwide Tour schedule will not be finalized until the fall, it is expected that the Athens Classic at UGA will continue to be played some time in April.
"Athens has been very supportive of the Nationwide Tour since we first came here in 2006," said Nationwide Tour president Bill Calfee. "We are confident the association with the University of Georgia and its wonderful UGA Golf Course will take the Classic to new levels of impact and interest among sponsors and Bulldog fans.
The UGA Golf Course opened in 1968 to fulfill the golfing needs of University students, faculty, alumni and guests. Designed by world-renowned architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr., the course underwent a major renovation in 2006 by Love Golf Design, headed by 20-time PGA TOUR winner Davis Love III.
In 2009, the course was named one of the top-10 public courses in Georgia by Golfweek and one of the 25 best university courses in the nation by Links Magazine. The 7,240-yard course previously played host to a PGA TOUR Qualifying School stage, the women's NCAA Golf Championship, the men's Southeastern Conference Golf Championship, and annually hosts one of the longest-running competitions in women's intercollegiate golf, the Liz Murphey Collegiate Golf Classic.
- PGA Tour
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