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Golf Prepares for A-10 Championship This Friday Through Sunday in Florida
April 21, 2009
PHILADELPHIA, PA - The George Washington Golf team will compete in the 31st annual Atlantic 10 Men's Golf Championship this weekend, Apr. 24-26, at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-In-The-Hills, FL, near Orlando.
The 54-hole Championship tees off on Friday, Apr. 24, with Charlotte vying to capture its fourth consecutive A-10 crown. Led by 2008 All-Conference selections Corey Nagy and Stefan Wiedergruen, who finished second and tied for fifth overall, respectively, Championship, the 49ers seek to become the first team to win four straight A-10 titles since Penn State won five consecutive crowns from 1986-91.
The Colonials are led by sophomore Brendan Barrack who is coming off a first-place tie last weekend at Caves Valley and sports a team-best 74.3 scoring average and four Top-5 finishes this season.
Coming off a program-best runner-up finish a year ago, Dayton is anchored by senior Rob Chappell, the 2008 individual champion, and sophomore Chris Woeste, who was tabbed the Most Outstanding Rookie last season. Chappell is vying to become just the fifth player in league history to win consecutive A-10 individual titles and the first since Xavier's Steve Dixon accomplished the feat in 1998 an 1999.
Joining the Colonials, Charlotte and Dayton in the quest for the 2009 A-10 title are Duquesne, Fordham, La Salle, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, Saint Joseph's and Temple. Tee times for all three rounds of the Championship begin at 8:00am.
Home of the 1998 & 2000 NCAA Men's Golf Championship, Mission Inn Resort has been ranked among the "top 10 of Florida's favorite golf courses" by Florida Golf News; received the "Four-Star Award" by Golf Digest; and was recognized as one of the nation's "top 100 golf courses" by Links Magazine. The A-10 Tournament will take place on the resort's El Campeón (The Champion) Course, a par-72, 7,003-yard layout.
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