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10th ANNUAL WINGATE MEMORIAL OPEN TO BE HELD IN CORTLAND SEPT. 24
CORTLAND, NY (Sept. 6, 2005) — The sport management program at the State University of New York College at Cortland will hold its annual Suzanne Wingate Memorial Golf Tournament Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Willowbrook Golf Course, 3267 Route 215, Cortland. The tournament, in its 10th year, is named after former SUNY Cortland professor Dr. Suzanne Wingate. Wingate, who was an avid golfer, is credited with founding the college’s sport management program and worked there from 1985 until her death from cancer in 1995. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the Suzanne Wingate Memorial Scholarship Fund for sport management majors. The scholarship, given each spring, became endowed in 2001. Previous recipients of the award are: Miranda Quinn (2005), Douglas Forster (2004), Thomas Haslett (2003), Karin Pindle (2002), Chad Homer (2001), Brian Duprey (1999), Joseph Barbarito (1998) and Brian Marion (1997). The event at the 18-hole, par-70 course starts at 9 a.m. A barbeque chicken dinner and Chinese auction will be held at 3:30 p.m. The cost is $50 per person or $200 per team. If you are interested in playing in the tournament, sponsoring a hole or donating to the Chinese auction, contact Professor Lisa Scherer at 607-753-5426 or SchererL@cortland.edu. Cortland 's sport management program is based on a theory-to-practice model which proactively prepares students for careers in the extremely competitive sport business industry. Cortland currently has the only sport management major in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. All of its faculty have worked in the sport industry, and students in the program gain valuable insight into the field through hands-on experience and unique sport information technology certifications. |
