WHO: Tradition National Golf Course, a Tommy Fazio design, hosts the first College Golf Combines in association with the International Junior Golf Tour and Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy, sponsored by UNDER ARMOUR and Callaway Golf.
WHAT: Junior golfers from across the country and around the world will be given an exciting, new opportunity to be evaluated by college coaches.
WHEN:
July 28, Monday, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. check-in at Tradition National Golf Course; 7:30 - 9:45 Girls & Boys Tee Times #1 and #10; 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Boys skills assessment at driving range, short game and putting green; 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. lunch; noon - 2:15 p.m. Boys Tee Times #1 and #10; 1 - 5 p.m. Girls & Boys skills assessment at driving range, short game and putting green; 6:30 - 8 p.m. barbecue dinner; 7:30 p.m. guest speaker.
July 29, Tuesday, 7 - 9:15 a.m. Boys Tee Times #1 and #10; 8 a.m. - noon Girls & Boys skills assessment at driving range, short game and putting green; 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. lunch; 11:30 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.; Girls & Boys Tee Times #1 and #10; noon - 4 p.m. Boys skills assessment at driving range, short game and putting green; 3 - 7:30 p.m. individual meetings with coaches.
WHERE: Tradition National Golf Course, Tradition Hilton Head, Hardeeville, S.C., U.S. 278 25 miles west of Hilton Head Island and one mile east of Interstate 95's Exit 8.
WHY: In an effort to provide college golf opportunities for all junior golfers, the first-ever College Golf Combines will bring exposure to junior golfers seeking to continue their golf careers at the collegiate level and earn a degree.
TRADITION HILTON HEAD, Hardeeville, S.C. -- In an effort to provide college golf opportunities for all junior golfers, UNDER ARMOUR, in association with the International Junior Golf Tour and Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy on Hilton Head Island, is sponsoring the first-ever College Golf Combines that will bring exposure to junior golfers seeking to continue their golf careers at the collegiate level and earn a degree.
Two combines will unite junior golfers and college golf coaches from Division I, II, III, NAIA and junior colleges. An East Combine is scheduled for July 28-29 at Tradition Hilton Head’s Tradition National Golf Club in Hardeeville.
The following week, a West Combine is slated for Aug. 4-5 at East Valley Golf Club in Beaumont, Calif.
“With more than 100 recruits already registered from throughout the United States and around the world, the East Combine has been very well received as a new opportunity for junior golfers to be evaluated by college coaches,” said Tournament Director Stephanie Gelleni.
University of South Florida women's golf coach Marci Kornegay said the golf combine will benefit young people as well as colleges’ golf programs.
“What a great service for college golf coaches to be able to observe future players hitting an assortment of skills shots in a pressure situation,” she said. “This golf combine idea is long overdue and could be one of the biggest tools for collegiate recruiting.”
Event: 2008 UNDER ARMOUR College Golf Combines
Date: July 28 & 29, 2008
Time: All Day
Location: Tradition National Golf Club in Hardeeville, S.C.
Participants: Recruits from 2008 through 2013 classes – 78 boys & 23 girls as of July 10
Organization: College Golf Combines in association with the International Junior Golf Tour
Title Sponsor: UNDER ARMOUR
Golf Ball Sponsor: Callaway Golf
Web site: www.collegegolfcombine.com
Purpose: These first college golf combines – one on the East Coast, a second on the West Coast - will bring exposure to junior golfers seeking to continue their golf careers at the collegiate level and earn a degree - junior golfers will be evaluated by college golf coaches from the Division I, II, III, NAIA and junior college levels - the combines will give all juniors an opportunity to be evaluated by more than 40 college coaches already registered, at a fraction of the summer tour cost.
Format: Awards will be given in two divisions for both boys and girls – 2008-2009 and 2010-2014. The combine will have skills assessment both days that will include: 10 and 20 yard bunker shots, chip and pitch shots, putting from 5-10-20-40 feet and 100-125-150 yard shots. The first day on the course will include: two driving holes, 60 yard bunker shot, par 5 lay-up to 110-85 yards, greenside chip/pitch shots, multiple tee shots on par 3s and a challenging 19th hole. The second day will be an 18-hole tournament.
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