WSU Athletics Department to host Owl Club Golf Tournament |
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June 13, 2012
WESTFIELD — Join the Westfield State University (WSU) Athletics Department for the Sixth Annual Owl Club Golf Tournament at The Ranch Golf Club in Southwick on July 30.
Reunite with friends, teammates, and alumni, with all proceeds benefiting the Owl Club, which supports WSU's athletic programs.
The tournament will be a scramble format, which allows golfers of all abilities to play in a fun and competitive setting.The tournament will include a variety of contests.Tee time is noon. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m., with lunch from 11 a.m. to noon.
The entry fee includes 18 holes of golf with a cart, lunch served on the course, and a buffet dinner and awards ceremony after the tournament. A cocktail hour will precede the dinner. Cost for a single player is $165; or attend dinner only for $35.
Participants can also enjoy a special deal while helping out WSU athletics for $200, you receive a single player entry into the tournament and a membership to the Owl Club a $100 value.
In celebration of his 30 years at the helm of the women's swimming and diving team at Westfield State, coach Dave Laing is this year's guest of honor at the Owl Club Golf Tournament.
Coach Laing has been building the women's swim team at Westfield State into a winner since its inception in 1982. His 30-year record is 173-100-1 and the team has been .500 or better 25 of the past 26 seasons, including an all-time best of 9-1 in 2007.
He was selected the New England Division III diving coach of the year in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 1991, and also served a two-year term as president of the New England Women's Swimming and Diving Association.
At WSU, Laing has coached two All-America divers, Kim Schmidt, who earned honors this year, and three-time honoree Lori Vincent Hadley '91.
Laing has been at WSU for 35 years as a professor in the movement science department. He also coached the women's tennis team for nine seasons before it was suspended as varsity sport in 1989.
An avid golfer himself, Dave has been a member at the Country Club of Wilbraham for many years and has participated in the Owl Club Tournament every year since its inception in 2007.
Laing is a 1968 graduate of South Hadley High School and attended Springfield College, where he was an All-America diver and received his degree in physical education in 1972.
By sponsoring a foursome for the tournament individuals can enjoy a round of golf with three friends while benefiting the Owl Club. A tee sponsorship sign is also included for corporate teams, as is the opportunity to contribute merchandise or information to the player goodie bags.
For $150 a company can be a tee sponsor. Tee sponsors receive a sponsorship sign and the opportunity to contribute merchandise or information to the player goodie bags.
The Ranch has consistently been named among the best courses in the state since opening in 2002, and was hailed by Golf Digest as one of the "Best New Courses in America." This golf course was created on a wonderful historic piece of land. It's a mixture of open meadows and woodland, interspersed with beautiful creeks and a dash of wetlands tossed in to make each hole exciting and memorable.
The tournament will be played rain or shine; in the event that rain forces course cancellation, dinner will still be served.
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