University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Men's Golf to Host Sam H. Hall Intercollegiate
10/26/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Oct. 26, 2008
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Southern Miss closes its 2008-09 men's golf fall season when they host the Sam H. Hall Intercollegiate Monday and Tuesday at Hattiesburg Country Club.
The event is named for former Southern Miss golfer and coach, Sam Hall, who lettered from 1955 to 1958, and later coached the program on two separate occasions. His last stint as coach was a ten-year stint from 1990-2000. Hall has distinguished himself on the golf course as a player by winning more than 300 tournaments as an amateur.
Along with Southern Miss, the teams participating in the event include Arkansas State, Austin Peay State, Illinois State, Jacksonville, Jacksonville State, Longwood, Middle Tennessee State, Murray State, New Orleans, Rhode Island, St. John's, Texas-Pan American, Troy, and Winthrop.
The Golden Eagles are coming off a seventh-place finish at the Louisiana Tech/Squire Creek Classic in Ruston, La. October 13-14. Redshirt junior Paul Apyan and redshirt freshman Freddie Janneck tied for 11th-place. Apyan and Janneck each finished three-under par.
The Hattiesburg Country Club has one of the best Championship Golf Courses in the south, made even better by a recent renovation. Since its establishment in 1959, the course has hosted many prominent and nationally recognized golf events. The tree lined par 72 course measures 6902 from the Tour Tees with a slope rating of 131.
Southern Miss is still looking for its first individual tournament title of the fall. Senior Rocky Cleland came the closest, shooting a three-over 219 for sixth-place at the Adams Cup of Newport in Newport, R.I.
The tournament begins Monday with a shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. The teams will play 36 holes on Monday, followed by the final 18 on Tuesday.