University of Tennessee Athletics
Golf announces 2008-09 schedule
August 04, 2008 | Men's Golf
Golf Schedule (PDF)
Tennessee head men's golf coach Jim Kelson announced the Volunteers' 2008-09 schedule this week. The Volunteers will participate in four events this fall followed by seven events in the spring leading up to the NCAA Championships.
The Vol golfers will open their season with the Carpet Capital Collegiate Sept. 12-14. The tournament will be held at The Farm in Dalton, Ga., for the 20th annual running of this event. Next up for UT will be highlight of the fall as the Volunteers have been invited to the 2008 PING/Golfweek Preview.
The 20th annual Preview will be played Sept. 28-30 at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. The 54-hole stroke play event will consist of 18 holes each day with a practice round Sept. 27. The Preview is held each fall at the site of the following spring's NCAA Division I Men's Championship. Charlotte won the 2007 tournament and finished tied for eighth at the NCAA Championship.
UT will then head to Reno, Nev., for the Wolf Pack Classic Oct. 6-7. This will be the Volunteers first appearance in the Wolf Pack Classic. The Vols wrap up their fall schedule with a trip to Jonesborough, Tenn., Oct. 24-26 for the Ridges Intercollegiate. The event will be held at the Ridges Golf and Country Club. Last season, the Vols finished tied for fifth with Coastal Carolina while junior Chris Paisley took medalist honors for his first collegiate victory.
The first stop for the Volunteers in the spring will be the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate Feb. 2-3 in Tucson, Ariz. Last year, the Volunteers took home the team championships at this event. The John Hayt Collegiate Invitational in Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 22-24, will mark the Vols only action in the state of Florida. The month of March kicks off with a trip out west for the 'Braveheart' Classic in Beaumont, Calif., the 2-3.
Tennessee will spend the final two weeks of the regular season in Georgia. The Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational is first up for the Vols, March 20-22 at Forest Heights C.C. The Volunteers will then head north to Augusta for the Adminstaff-ASU Invitational April 4-5.
The Vols will participate in the 2009 SEC Championships when they take place April 17-19 at the Frederica Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Ga.
The NCAA Regionals will take place May 14-16 with Columbia University, the University of Texas and the University of San Francisco hosting the East, Central and West regional respectively. The University of Toledo will host the 2009 NCAA Championship, scheduled to run May 27-30 at the Inverness Club in Toldeo, Ohio.
RENWICK TO COMPETE FOR ENGLAND AT BOYS HOME INTERNATIONALS
Incoming Tennessee freshman Darren Renwick of Worthing, England, has been named to the England team for the 2008 Boys Home Internationals announced Thursday. The event will take place at Royal Country Down Golf Club in Northern Ireland, Aug. 4-7.
Royal County Down is one of the oldest Golf Clubs in Ireland with traditions dating back for more than one hundred years. Situated in Newcastle, where in the immortal words of Percy French, "The Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea", Royal County Down is not only a fine test of golf but has accompanying scenery that is spellbinding.
Teams of 11 golfers from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England will play for the R&A Trophy, which England won in 2007.
Countries will compete against one another over three consecutive days in a round robin series. Each fixture comprises five morning foursomes, followed by ten afternoon singles. The R&A is golf's world rules and development body and organizer of The Open Championship.
| 2008-09 Tennessee Golf Schedule | ||
| Sept. 12-14 | Carpet Capital Collegiate | Dalton, Ga. |
| Sept. 28-30 | PING/Golfweek Preview Invitational | Toldeo, Ohio |
| Oct. 6-7 | Wolf Pack Classic | Reno, Nev. |
| Oct. 24-26 | The Ridges Intercollegiate | Jonesborough, Tenn. |
| Feb. 2-3 | Ping Arizona Intercollegiate | Tucson, Ariz. |
| Feb. 22-24 | John Hayt Collegiate Invitational | Jacksonville, Fla |
| March 2-3 | 'Braveheart' Classic | Beaumont, Calif. |
| March 20-22 | Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational | Statesboro, Ga. |
| April 4-5 | Administaff Augusta State Invitational | Augusta, Ga. |
| April 17-19 | SEC Championship | St. Simons Island, Ga. |
| May 14-16 | NCAA Regional | TBA |
| May 27-30 | NCAA Championships | Toledo, Ohio |
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