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WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT: Golf's
Mark Cole represents Wesleyan at CGA's College Night
 Pinehurst, NC
- Any golf coach at
the Division III level relishes an opportunity to represent
his or her program... especially if that opportunity
involves a speaking engagement at Pine Needles Golf Club in
Pinehurst. NC Wesleyan head coach Mark Cole recently took
advantage of such an opportunity when he brought his Bishops
into the spotlight at Carolinas College Golf Night, an event
hosted by the Carolinas Golf Association on January 10.
Serving on a panel alongside coaches from UNC-Chapel Hill,
UNC-Greensboro, East Carolina and Campbell, Cole was able to
speak about golf at the Division III level... and perhaps,
spark the interests of a few recruits in the process!
 CGA's College Golf Nights are educational
seminars designed for parents and their junior golfers to
learn about programs currently available to them and to
discuss the transition from a junior golfer to a collegiate
golfer. This most recent seminar featured approximately 50
male and female prospects.
Cole was able to highlight the positives
of playing golf at the Division III level, including the
attainability of academic scholarships. He also addressed
the competitiveness of outside competition and the ability
to still compete for National Championships, as well as the
importance of having time to enjoy the collegiate
experience.
 "A player that consistently shoots in the mid 70’s can
find a place to play collegiate golf on the DIII level," said Cole. "That same player will
most likely never make a DI program... and mid 70’s is pretty good!"
He continued, "Many DIII coaches
are teachers of the game, therefore players can expect to improve their game through
instruction and play."
The
CGA was organized on October 28, 1909 in Charleston,
SC. It was organized by golfers from Sans Souci (now
Greenville Country Club in SC), Ridgewood in Columbia,
SC (now Columbia Country Club), Cape Fear Country Club
in Wilmington, NC, the Country Club of Charleston and
Georgetown (a South Carolina club no longer in
existence). The four existing clubs are still members
of the CGA today.
The CGA helped to pioneer and preserve the game of golf
in the Carolinas and continues to provide service to the
game in South Carolina and North Carolina through
championships and tournaments, handicapping,
course/slope rating, agronomy, interclub play, the
Carolinas Golf Foundation and overseeing a variety of
programs and services to its membership with over
180,000 members in more than 720 member clubs.
To make plans for future College Golf
Nights and/or to find information on upcoming junior
tournaments, please visit
http://www.carolinasgolf.org/.
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