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Golden Bulls Prepare for PGA Works Collegiate Championship

SHOAL CREEK, Ala. – The Johnson C. Smith University men's golf finishes up the 2022-23 season this week when the Golden Bulls participate in the 2023 PGA WORKS Collegiate Championships presented by Sapphire at Shoal Creek Club & Brent Brook Golf Course.
 
The PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship, the most culturally significant championship in collegiate golf, annually hosts student-athletes enrolled in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and other Minority-Serving Educational Institutions.
 
The PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship (PWCC) was created in 1986 to highlight competitive golf programs at the most underserved and underrepresented Minority-Serving Institutions in the country and educate and inspire student-athletes to pursue career opportunities in the business of golf and beyond. PWCC is considered the most culturally significant championship in collegiate golf.
 
The Championship is a 54-hole, stroke-play event contested across five divisions from HBCUs, HSIs, and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
 
The individual competition is open to all minority men and women student-athletes playing collegiate golf at the Division I, Division II, Division III, NAIA, and NJCAA level, or participants who are enrolled in one of the PGA of America's PGA Golf Management University Programs.
 
ABOUT THE COURSE
Regarded as a challenging shot-makers course which makes good use of creeks and ponds, Shoal Creek is always in excellent condition.
 
Bob Cupp designed Shoal Creek and the course opened in 1977, hosting several top-flight competitions since then. Buddy Alexander won the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1986, while Lee Trevino and Wayne Grady won two majors at Shoal Creek – picking up the coveted PGA Wanamaker Trophy in 1984 and 1990. The Shoal Creek Club hosted the 2008 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, won by Cameron Peck, then the first of five editions of the Tradition Tournament on the Champions Tour (one of the senior tour's five major championships) was held at Shoal Creek in 2011.
 
It's a fabulous course serving a private golf club whose members luxuriate in a Williamsburg-styles clubhouse surrounded by a residential golfing community which sees each exist in perfect harmony. Shoal Creek is routed through a natural and secluded environment which is just a short distance from the city center of Birmingham, Alabama. With the magnificent backdrop of Double Oak Mountain to the east, Shoal Creek is one of the most peaceful golfing environments imaginable.
 
For the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championships presented by Sapphire, Shoal Creek plays as a par 72, with a yardage of 6,970 altogether.
 
Each day's round will begin at 8 a.m., with daily results posted to GolfStat.com. Round 1 will be shown on the golf channel on Monday and Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
 
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