Temple Receives Recommendation to Host Men's 2000 NCAA East Regional

PHILADELPHIA (July 12, 1999) -- The Temple University Department of Intercollegiate

Athletics has been informed by NCAA Men's Division I Golf Committee that

it will receive the committee's recommendation to host the 2000 East

Regional Tournament at Glenmaura National Golf Club in Moosic, PA. The

competition is scheduled for May 18-20, 2000, with final approval of the

site to be announced when the NCAA Division I Championship/Competition

Cabinet meets on Sept. 14.

"We are thrilled with the decision of the committee," said Temple

Director of Athletics Dave O'Brien. "The administration at Glenmaura

National has done a tremendous job in expressing its wish to host this

prestigious competition and the course is top rate. We believe the NCAA,

the University, the Atlantic 10 Conference and the Glenmaura National

Golf Club will all benefit from this effort."

professional Larry Mize, the championship course at Glenmaura National

Golf Club is rated at 74.8 from the back tees, has a slope rating of 144

and a par score of 71. It has served as the host site for the

Pennsylvania State Mid-Amateur, Senior Amateur and Girls' Junior

Amateur, in addition to NCAA Division III Tournaments and the local high

school district finals. After just six years of operation, its is

already ranked among the top 10 courses in the state of Pennsylvania. It

was also ranked among the national top 10 of Golf Digest Magazine's

best new courses in 1995.

The largest of three regional qualifying tournaments to the NCAA

Championships, the 2000 East Regional will include 120 participants (23

teams, five individuals) vying for 57 positions (11 teams, two

individuals) of advancement to the national finals. The overall regional

field includes 137 Division I schools, located in 19 eastern states:

Maine, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,

Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,

Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia

and Florida.

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