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DATE: Aug. 26, 2002
CONTACT: Paul Krome, pkrome@lacrosse.org
US Lacrosse Foundation Set For Second Annual
Fall Ball Putting Tournament
Baltimore - The US Lacrosse Foundation will welcome some
200 lacrosse enthusiasts and University of Maryland head men’s
basketball coach Gary Williams to its second annual Fall
Ball Putting Tournament September 17 at Caves Valley Golf Club in
Owings Mills, Md. The US Lacrosse Foundation event, sponsored by
Legg Mason and STX Golf, will begin with the first of three shotgun
starts at 5 p.m. and conclude with a dinner and awards ceremony.
The tournament, to be held at prestigious golf courses around the
country each year, raised over $80,000 for US Lacrosse development
efforts at the Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., last year.
Entry fees are $2,500 per foursome or $750 per individual. Hole
sponsorships are $1,000 each. All proceeds from the event go to
US Lacrosse’s drive to fuel the growth of the sport.
"Caves Valley is Baltimore’s showcase golf course. It
has become very well renowned and we’re happy to host the event
there," said Gary Gill, chair of the US Lacrosse Foundation
Fall Ball Putting Tournament planning committee. "Our goal
is to move this event around geographically to encourage the local
lacrosse communities to get together and celebrate lacrosse, and
help the sport grow across the nation."
Caves Valley hosted the 2002 U.S. Senior Open. Designed by Tom
Fazio and dedicated in 1991, the club covers 962 acres of rolling
hills and lush valleys in Baltimore County. Caves Valley hosted
the 1995 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship and will cohost, along with
Loyola College, the 2005 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship.
Williams, a Maryland alum entering his 14th year as head coach,
guided the Terrapins to the 2002 NCAA championship. He was named
the Atlantic Coast Conference coach of the year and is now the sixth-winningest
coach in ACC history. He will speak as part of the post-tournament
reception.
The US Lacrosse Foundation is an independent non-profit corporation
that operates in support of US Lacrosse. The principal aims and
objectives of the Foundation are to encourage, foster and promote
the sport of lacrosse, as played by both men and women, in the U.S.
and, in particular, to benefit and support the programs and activities
of US Lacrosse.
For more information,
visit Foundation Events Page
or contact US Lacrosse director of development Sally Ratcliffe
at 410-235-6882, ext. 104, or sratcliffe@lacrosse.org.
US Lacrosse, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, is the national
governing body of men's and women's lacrosse.
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