Wake Forest Athletics
Deacons to Host Inaugural Collegiate Women's Golf Tournament
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Final preparations are being completed for the inaugural Bryan National Collegiate women's golf tournament to be played March 27-29 at the Bryan Park Champions Course located north of Greensboro in Browns Summit, NC.
The 15-team event, part of the Rolex Collegiate Golf Tour, will be co-hosted by Wake Forest and UNC Greensboro. Eight schools ranked among the nation's top-25 teams, according to the March 11th MasterCard Collegiate Rankings, will be among the field.
Eight individual players are among the 20 best collegiate women's players in the country according to MasterCard. Included in that list is Duke's Jenny Chuasiriporn, ranked sixth, who recently won two individual tournament titles. Rounding out the players ranked among the top-20 are A.J. Eathorne of New Mexico State (No. 3), Alexandra Armas of Wake Forest (No. 8), Riko Higashio of Florida (No. 9), Jennifer Hanna of Furman (No. 12), Shauna Estes and Reilley Rankin of Georgia (Nos. 13 & 14), and Robin Cook of Auburn (No. 17).
The tournament committee is looking to separate this event from the rest of the regular season golf tournaments that teams will participate in during the 1998 season. The Bryan National Collegiate is well on its way to achieving that goal.
Tournament participants will receive gifts from Antigua, Burlington Industries, Izod, Nike, and Wrangler Jeans in addition to attending the Carolina Hurricanes-New York Rangers hockey game scheduled the night before the tournament tees off. Players and coaches will also be treated to several dinners during their stay in the Greensboro area.
Local support for the tournament has been very positive as several organizations are donating materials and volunteers to the tournament. That list includes: the Bryan Park Complex, Bryan Park Ladies Golf Association, Chrysler Corporation, Greater Greensboro Convention & Visitors Bureau, Greensboro Country Club Ladies Association, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro Jaycees, Greensboro Sports Commission, Hilton of Greensboro, Jefferson-Pilot Financial, and Titleist.
Tournament play will begin at 8:30 a.m. all three days. The final round on Sunday will be a shotgun start. Admission to the tournament is free to the public.
