Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort to Host Sun Belt Golf Championships
10/30/2014 11:27:00 AM | Men's Golf
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. – In an agreement between Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort and the Sun Belt Conference, the prestigious Raven Golf Club will be the league's host site for the men's golf championships for the next four years, resort and conference officials announced today.
The four-year deal starts with the Sun Belt Conference men's golf championships April 18-21, 2015. The subsequent conference championships will be held each April through 2018.
"It was very important to us to get a championship caliber golf course to host the Sun Belt Championships," said Georgia Southern Director of Golf Larry Mays. "This neutral site should be a great test of golf for the conference and crown a deserving champion for the next four years. We are excited about our move to the Sun Belt and look for a great championship each and every year."
The Raven Golf Club is a Robert Trent Jones, Jr. designed layout carved through the marshes and tall pine trees of Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. The 6,900-yard, par 71 course is no stranger to hosting major golf events. The Raven has hosted the Boeing Championship, a stop on the PGA Champions Tour, in 2006 and 2007. It also played host to the 2013 NCAA Division III National Golf Championship.
Voted "Best new Course in Florida" in 2000, the Raven has garnered numerous golf awards over the years from major national golf publications like Golf Digest and Golf Magazine. It is currently listed as one of the "Best Courses You Can Play" by Golfweek.
"We are very excited to be playing in our inaugural Sun Belt Conference championship at the Raven Golf Club," said Georgia Southern men's golf coach Carter Collins. "The conference office worked hard to find a great course for all the teams, and it looks like they found us a good home for the next four years. It has hosted many great events, and we are looking forward to seeing the course and competing for a Sun Belt Conference championship in April of 2015."
The 2015 Sun Belt Conference Men's Golf Championship will feature 55 players from 11 men's teams who compete over three-days and 54 holes at the award-winning Raven Golf Club. The team champion will earn the conference's automatic selection into the NCAA Championship.
Georgia Southern caps the fall season at the Wendy's Kiawah Classic Nov. 2-4, at Turtle Point Golf Club in Kiawah, S.C.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Tickets to Georgia Southern athletics events can be purchased by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting GSEagles.com and clicking on the tickets link in the top menu.
The four-year deal starts with the Sun Belt Conference men's golf championships April 18-21, 2015. The subsequent conference championships will be held each April through 2018.
"It was very important to us to get a championship caliber golf course to host the Sun Belt Championships," said Georgia Southern Director of Golf Larry Mays. "This neutral site should be a great test of golf for the conference and crown a deserving champion for the next four years. We are excited about our move to the Sun Belt and look for a great championship each and every year."
The Raven Golf Club is a Robert Trent Jones, Jr. designed layout carved through the marshes and tall pine trees of Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. The 6,900-yard, par 71 course is no stranger to hosting major golf events. The Raven has hosted the Boeing Championship, a stop on the PGA Champions Tour, in 2006 and 2007. It also played host to the 2013 NCAA Division III National Golf Championship.
Voted "Best new Course in Florida" in 2000, the Raven has garnered numerous golf awards over the years from major national golf publications like Golf Digest and Golf Magazine. It is currently listed as one of the "Best Courses You Can Play" by Golfweek.
"We are very excited to be playing in our inaugural Sun Belt Conference championship at the Raven Golf Club," said Georgia Southern men's golf coach Carter Collins. "The conference office worked hard to find a great course for all the teams, and it looks like they found us a good home for the next four years. It has hosted many great events, and we are looking forward to seeing the course and competing for a Sun Belt Conference championship in April of 2015."
The 2015 Sun Belt Conference Men's Golf Championship will feature 55 players from 11 men's teams who compete over three-days and 54 holes at the award-winning Raven Golf Club. The team champion will earn the conference's automatic selection into the NCAA Championship.
Georgia Southern caps the fall season at the Wendy's Kiawah Classic Nov. 2-4, at Turtle Point Golf Club in Kiawah, S.C.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Tickets to Georgia Southern athletics events can be purchased by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting GSEagles.com and clicking on the tickets link in the top menu.
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