Oct. 19, 2012
OUTER BANKS, N.C. (September 2012) -- The ODU men's golf squad will host the 33rd annual ODU/Outer Banks Collegiate Golf Tournament will be played October 21-23 at the par-72, 6535-yard Kilmarlic Golf Club in Powells Point, N.C. This is the third year at Kilmarlic, and there will be three individual golfers ranked in the top 60.
Host squad Old Dominion is joined in the 18-team field by Hartford, Longwood, George Mason, George Washington, James Madison, Elon, Radford, Drexel, Delaware, Loyola, Georgia Southern, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth, Hofstra, Saint Bonaventure, Drake and Marshall.
Some players to watch will be sophomore Scott Wolfes of Georgia Southern who is currently ranked 30th nationally By Golfstat, followed by senior Weston Eklund of Radford, ranked 47th and senior Nathan Kerns of Marshall who Is ranked 60th. As a team, Georgia Southern who won last weekends AutoTrader.com tournament in Atlanta comes Into the event with a 56 national ranking.
The teams will begin action with a practice round at Kilmarlic on Saturday, Oct. 20. Tee times begin at 8:30 a.m., on both the 1st and 10th tees, and fans can follow the scoring action live on www.golfstat.com.
Kilmarlic is a popular Tom Steele design that played host to the prestigious North Carolina Open in 2004 and 2009, and began hosting the ODU/Outer Banks Tournament in 2010 -- the same year the tournament moved from a 36-hole to a 54-hole event, which has helped attract a stronger field of teams.
"Kilmarlic has been the perfect venue for the country's top collegiate players. It has tremendous par-5s and par-3s," Said ODU head coach Murray Rudisill. "That's the beauty of the course -- great risk-reward. They've had two North Carolina Opens [at Kilmarlic] so it is a challenge for the college guys. It's not a seaside, links-type of course. It's more of a traditional course in a nature environment. The facilities are beautiful and it's always in pristine condition."
Last year, SEC power Georgia won the 2011 invitational. Led by junior, first-time medalist T. J. Mitchell, the Bulldogs posted a final-round 12-under-par 276 at Kilmarlic to wind up at 30-under 834. Georgia pulled away on the back nine for a four-shot victory over Liberty. In addition, its 30-under tally was the seventh-best in school history.
The ODU Golfing Monarchs finished third at the Raines Development Intercollegiate led by sophomore Jamison Randall who shared the individual title with Daniel Kim and Matt Yelverton of Gardner-Webb. ODU also tied forNinth at the VCU Shootout as senior Thomas Wilde tied for 17th.