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Monday, October 8
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Falcons Set to Compete at Firestone
October 04, 2012 | Men's Golf
The Bowling Green State University men's golf team will compete in the Firestone Invitational this weekend, hosted by the University of Akron. The 54-hole event will be played at Firestone Country Club and feature a field of 17 teams.
Akron, Ball State, Davidson, Eastern Michigan, Illinois State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Louisville, Maryland, Miami, Nebraska, Ohio, Samford, St. Mary's, USC-Aiken and Wisconsin will join the Falcons in the field.
The event will begin on Monday, Oct. 8, beginning at 8:30 a.m., with a shotgun start format. The second round will begin immediately after the opening 18 holes. The tournament will conclude on Tuesday morning, also starting at 8:30 a.m.
BGSU is coming off its best tournament of the season, finishing second of 15 teams at the Cardinal Intercollegiate. The Falcons opened with an even par 288 in round one, and destroyed that score, going eight-under in round two (280). BGSU closed with a 299 to finish the tournament with a season-low 867, trailing only the host school, Louisville.
Individually the Falcons will once again be led by senior Wes Gates, who will be looking for his third win in as many tournaments. On the year, Gates has finished third at the Marshall Intercollegiate and won both the John Piper and Cardinal Intercollegiate. He is averaging 69.1 through nine rounds of action, one of the lowest scoring averages in all college golf.
About Firestone
Firestone Country Club, opened for play in 1929, was created by Harvey S. Firestone to serve as a recreational park for employees of the Akron-based Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, which he founded. The original links of the South Course were designed by the late Bert Way.
Professional golf first visited the Akron area in 1953, when the Rubber City Open was played at Breathnach Country Club in Cuyahoga Falls. The event moved to Firestone in 1954 as a fully-sanctioned tournament and continued through 1959.
The PGA Championship was awarded to Akron in 1960, and to provide a worthy test, architect Robert Trent Jones was hired to bring the course, which was then a 6,585-yard par-72, up to true championship standards. When Jones was finished adding 50 bunkers and two new ponds, the new card listed 7,189 yards and a par 70.
The success of the PGA Championship in Akron led to a new event, the American Golf Classic, which began in 1961 and was played annually through 1976. The PGA Championship returned to the South Course in 1966 and again in 1975, making Firestone the first club to host this championship three times.
Since 1962, Firestone's South Course has been the site for the annual World Series of Golf, a major event on the PGA Tour. For 14 years, the event brought together the winner of the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and the PGA Championship for a two-round, 36-hole television competition. In succeeding years, Firestone played host to many other competitions, including the CBS Golf Classic and Big Three Golf.
The World Series of Golf was expanded in 1976 and offered the world of professional golf an international championship in which all the participants had won at least one tournament in the past year. In 1984, NEC Corporation became the event's title sponsor. The PGA's World Golf Championships NEC Invitational debuted at Firestone Country Club in August 1999, replacing the World Series of Golf. This tournament is part of a World Golf Championship series, and features the game's foremost players. Tiger Woods won the 2001 event for the third time in as many years. The course also played host to the 2002 Senior PGA Championship.
In 2001, the West Course was renovated by renowned golf course architect Tom Fazio, making Firestone Country Club the finest 54-hole golf facility in the world.
Akron, Ball State, Davidson, Eastern Michigan, Illinois State, Iowa State, Kansas State, Louisville, Maryland, Miami, Nebraska, Ohio, Samford, St. Mary's, USC-Aiken and Wisconsin will join the Falcons in the field.
The event will begin on Monday, Oct. 8, beginning at 8:30 a.m., with a shotgun start format. The second round will begin immediately after the opening 18 holes. The tournament will conclude on Tuesday morning, also starting at 8:30 a.m.
BGSU is coming off its best tournament of the season, finishing second of 15 teams at the Cardinal Intercollegiate. The Falcons opened with an even par 288 in round one, and destroyed that score, going eight-under in round two (280). BGSU closed with a 299 to finish the tournament with a season-low 867, trailing only the host school, Louisville.
Individually the Falcons will once again be led by senior Wes Gates, who will be looking for his third win in as many tournaments. On the year, Gates has finished third at the Marshall Intercollegiate and won both the John Piper and Cardinal Intercollegiate. He is averaging 69.1 through nine rounds of action, one of the lowest scoring averages in all college golf.
About Firestone
Firestone Country Club, opened for play in 1929, was created by Harvey S. Firestone to serve as a recreational park for employees of the Akron-based Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, which he founded. The original links of the South Course were designed by the late Bert Way.
Professional golf first visited the Akron area in 1953, when the Rubber City Open was played at Breathnach Country Club in Cuyahoga Falls. The event moved to Firestone in 1954 as a fully-sanctioned tournament and continued through 1959.
The PGA Championship was awarded to Akron in 1960, and to provide a worthy test, architect Robert Trent Jones was hired to bring the course, which was then a 6,585-yard par-72, up to true championship standards. When Jones was finished adding 50 bunkers and two new ponds, the new card listed 7,189 yards and a par 70.
The success of the PGA Championship in Akron led to a new event, the American Golf Classic, which began in 1961 and was played annually through 1976. The PGA Championship returned to the South Course in 1966 and again in 1975, making Firestone the first club to host this championship three times.
Since 1962, Firestone's South Course has been the site for the annual World Series of Golf, a major event on the PGA Tour. For 14 years, the event brought together the winner of the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and the PGA Championship for a two-round, 36-hole television competition. In succeeding years, Firestone played host to many other competitions, including the CBS Golf Classic and Big Three Golf.
The World Series of Golf was expanded in 1976 and offered the world of professional golf an international championship in which all the participants had won at least one tournament in the past year. In 1984, NEC Corporation became the event's title sponsor. The PGA's World Golf Championships NEC Invitational debuted at Firestone Country Club in August 1999, replacing the World Series of Golf. This tournament is part of a World Golf Championship series, and features the game's foremost players. Tiger Woods won the 2001 event for the third time in as many years. The course also played host to the 2002 Senior PGA Championship.
In 2001, the West Course was renovated by renowned golf course architect Tom Fazio, making Firestone Country Club the finest 54-hole golf facility in the world.
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