Aug. 6, 2007
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ORLANDO, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - UCF men's golf head coach Nick Clinard announced the Knights' 2007-08 schedule on Monday and the slate features stops at some of the nation's top tournaments. The Knights, who participated in the NCAA East Regional this past spring, open the schedule on Sept. 23, competing at the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate in Birmingham, Ala.
The squad's fall slate includes some of the country's top events in October: the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, the Prestige at PGA West, the Bridgestone Intercollegiate and the UCF-Isleworth Collegiate Invitational, which the Knights will host in nearby Windermere.
The Olympia Fields event will be played at the start of the month at the Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois, the site of the 2003 U.S. Open. The tournament includes top teams like Arizona State, Duke, Oklahoma State and defending national champion Stanford.
Hosted by Stanford and UC-Davis in Palm Springs, Calif., the Prestige at PGA West (Oct. 15-16) features 16 teams, including Charlotte, TCU, Pepperdine and UC-Irvine, squads that all finished the 2006-07 campaign in the top-50 nationally.
The three-day UCF-Isleworth Collegiate Invitational begins on Oct. 21 and 16 of the 18 teams in the tournament participated in the NCAA Championship this past year, including Stanford and Texas. The Bridgestone Intercollegiate (Oct. 29-30) is played at the Forest Oaks Country Club in North Carolina, the site of a PGA TOUR event each year.
"We play one of the best schedules in the country. The golf courses we play are extremely difficult and put a premium on mental toughness and short game ability," said Clinard. "Our strong schedule will help us prepare for the NCAA Regionals and NCAA Championship next spring, which are the two most important events of the season"
The Knights will compete in five events in the fall, before opening the spring schedule on Feb. 17 at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. In the spring, the Knights will play in six events. The team will host a tournament at the Rio Pinar Country Club in Orlando, starting Feb. 25.
In addition to participating in the Hootie at Bulls Bay in South Carolina, UCF will play in tournaments hosted by Texas and Kentucky in the spring. Starting April 20, UCF will compete at the Conference USA Championship in Texarkana, Ark.
Clinard's squad returns 10 players from a year ago. UCF finished the 2006-07 campaign ranked 39th in the country.
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