September 16, 2003

Contact: Bob McComas (724) 738-2777 e-mail: robert.mccomas@sru.edu

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Second Annual Docs’ Pro-Am golf tournament will be held Sunday, Oct. 5, at Armco Golf Club.

The event, which benefits the Slippery Rock University Golf Scholarship Fund, starts at 11 a.m. with a golf clinic on the range by golf professionals Jim Cichra and Gordon Vietmeier, both of whom are SRU graduates.

The tournament will be played using a Team Better Ball score for each hole (one gross, one net); the low gross ball may not be used for low net.

Tee time is set for noon, with a steak and spaghetti buffet supper to follow at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Trophies sponsored by Bayne and Associates will be presented for Low Gross, Low Net, Low Professional, and Team.

Entry fee is $100 for amateurs, $50 for professionals and returning former SRU varsity players. Checks should be made payable to “SRU Golf Scholarship” and sent to Docs’ Pro-Am, c/o Armco Golf Club, 160 Ralston Road, Slippery Rock, Pa. 16057 or to Al Schmittlein, 486 New Castle St., Slippery Rock, Pa., 16057

Professionals and former Rock players attending the event will be introduced during the post-dinner portion of the event, at which time current SRU golf coach David Crunkleton will also give his projection for the 2003-04 season.

Players are encouraged to walk the course, but cart rental is available for anyone whose health or needs require a cart.

Multiple door prizes will be presented following the dinner, and prize sponsors will be recognized at that time.

The tournament title recognizes the contributions of three former coaches -- Dr. Robert Raymond (1970s), Dr. Albert Schmittlein (1980s) and Dr. William Kirk (1990s) -- and the members of the teams that won championships.

#ROCK PRIDE#

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