Parks & Recreation News
Thursday, June 26, 2008EAGLE BEND TO HOST UPCOMING KANSAS GOLF ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS
LAWRENCE -Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department's Eagle Bend Golf Course and Learning Center, 1250 E. 902 Rd., will host two Kansas Golf Association tournaments.
This weekend, June 28-29, the Kansas Golf Association's 14th Public Links Championship will be decided for the second consecutive year at Eagle Bend. The Public Links Championship format is 36-holes of stroke play with an overall gross champion and features a field of Kansas Golf Association member amateur golfers who are public course players and not affiliated with a private club or course.
Scheduled to compete are 99 golfers from across the state, including from Lawrence: Erik Bredesen, David Heinz, Conrad Roberts, Spencer Wilson and Travis Walsh.
Last year at Eagle Bend, a new low score was set for the Public Links Championship by Jon Platz, Olathe, Kan., with a score of 132.
Then Monday, June 30, Eagle Bend hosts one of five Kansas Golf Association qualifiers for the 98th Kansas Amateur Match Play Championship. Sixty-eight golfers will compete in 18-holes of stroke play for 25 of the 96 spots available in the Kansas Amateur Match Play Championship being held in Wichita, Kan., July 14-20.
Of the 68 golfers competing, 10 are from Lawrence, including: Erik Bredesen, Kyle Capps, Chase Chamberlin, Camron Flanders, David Heinz, Jack Maier, Thomas Rainbolt, Spencer Scott, Travis Walsh and Spencer Wilson.
For more information, please contact John Morris, golf course operations supervisor, at (785) 748-0600 or the Kansas Golf Association at (785) 842-4833.
Prepared by Roger Steinbrock, 785-832-3458
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