Golf: Catamounts to Host Hummingbird Intercollegiate

The Catamount men's golf team ends the fall part of the 2010-11 golf schedule today (Sunday) through Tuesday (Oct. 31 through Nov. 2), as they host the Hummingbird Intercollegiate at the Country Club of Sapphire Valley.

The 18-team field matches the largest in tournament history (which was established a season ago). Fourteen of the 18 teams in this year's event are returnees from last year's year. Three teams are ranked in the GolfStat top 100 and eight are ranked among the top 150 in the rankings. Kennesaw State is the highest ranked team at 62nd with Vanderbilt 73rd and Akron 97th this week.

The field includes Southern Conference members Appalachian State, Elon, Furman, Samford and Wofford, and the Catamounts. Other participating are Francis Marion, Gardner-Webb, High Point, Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne (IPFW), Jacksonville, Kentucky, UAB, Radford, Kennesaw State, Vanderbilt, Akron, and Winthrop.

The schedule:
Sunday, Oct. 31
Practice Round by assigned tee times

Monday, Nov. 1
8:00 am - Range Opens
9:00 am - 1st round tee times (subject to frost delay)

Tuesday, Nov. 2
8:00 am - Range Opens
9:00 am - 2nd round tee times (subject to frost delay)