| SWU
News:
September 3, 2004
Southern Wesleyan golf tournament at Pickens
Country Club
Geoff
Hart |
Golf
teams will tee off Monday, Oct. 18, at 9 a.m. at the Pickens
Country Club for Southern Wesleyan University’s
annual Paul B. Wood Golf Tournament, sponsored by First
Citizens Bank.
“We’re
looking forward to an enthusiastic turn-out and some fun
competition at this year’s tournament,” said
Heidi Cushman, Southern Wesleyan University development
associate. “We have wonderful prizes for the winners
this year.”
Each
player on the first-place team will receive TaylorMade
RAC OS series irons with graphite shafts. Players on the
second-place team will win TaylorMade 500 series drivers
with graphite shafts. Third-place team members will receive
Rossa sport putters. Other prizes include $40,000 hole-in-ones,
closest to pin, longest drive and door prizes, as well
as a golf getaway weekend gift certificate.
This
year’s celebrity golfer will be Geoff Hart, WYFF
News 4 Sports Director. Hart will greet the players of
this year’s P.B. Wood Golf Tournament and play in
the tournament.
Hart’s
work at the anchor desk has earned him five Southern Regional
Emmy awards. He has also won Best Sportscast in the South
Carolina Associated Press Awards and Best Sportscaster
from the Electronic News Association of the Carolinas.
“The
tournament day begins at 8 a.m. with a continental breakfast.
The shotgun start is at 9 a.m. Lunch, awards and prizes
will be at 2 p.m.,” Cushman said.
Registration
fees are $400 for a four-person team or $100 for an individual
player. Sponsorship opportunities are available.
Proceeds
from the Paul B. Wood Golf Tournament benefit The Promise
Fund – the Annual Fund for SWU.
“The
money we raise from the golf tournament will directly
benefit students at Southern Wesleyan University by providing
scholarships and academic and program support,”
Cushman said.
The
tournament is named for Dr. Paul Wood, a psychologist
and professor emeritus at Southern Wesleyan University.
“During
Dr. Wood’s years of service to the university, he
has served as a professor, dean of students and academic
dean. He is also a golf enthusiast,” Cushman said.
For
details, contact Southern Wesleyan’s Office of Development
at (864) 644-5006 or 1-800-282-8798, ext. 5006.
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