Founders Council Golf & Tennis Tournaments
Supporting the Loyalty Campaign for Student Scholarships
Annual Founders Council Tennis Social & Golf Pro-Am Tournament
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Presenting Sponsors: Debbie Best of Edward Jones & Brown Advisory Group
All proceeds benefit the MU Loyalty Fund for student scholarships and the PGA Golf Management and Professional Tennis Management programs.
Participants in both events are matched with competitive MU student-athletes for a chance to win prizes.
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The Gene Clayton Tennis Center is home to the USPTA accredited Professional Tennis Management (PTM) program at Methodist University. The facility, which features a field house and eight lighted hard courts, is located on the east-end of our beautiful, 600-acre campus, adjacent to the Richard L. Player Golf Center, Price Field and Armstrong-Shelley Field. The fieldhouse contains coaches’ offices, locker rooms, elevated spectator seating and a racquet stringing/repair shop. Monarch tennis boasts a long history of success. The women’s team has accumulated 24 conference championships and made 10 NCAA national tournament appearances while the men’s team has garnered 13 conference championships and made five NCAA national tournament appearances.
“Downback” is the University’s 6,370-yard, 18-hole golf course reserved for MU’s PGA Golf Management students and includes a practice facility with short game area, putting green, bunkers, and 30 hitting stations. The Methodist University Golf Course has been named a GRAA Top 50 Private Range for 2012 and 2014-2019. The University’s NCAA Division III Golf teams have won a total of 40 National Championships (26 women’s, 14 men’s).
Contact
Jalisha Pone, M.P.A.
