Long Beach State University Athletics
Field for 2009 Del Walker Intercollegiate is finalized
1/12/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Jan. 12, 2009
Long Beach, Calif. - The dates and field for the 2009 Del Walker Intercollegiate Tournament has been made official, as announced by head men's golf coach Bill Poutre. The 54-hole tournament will be held on October 22-23 at Virginia Country Club.
Teams will participate in a practice round on Oct. 21 before continuing on to competition on Thursday, Oct. 22. The tournament will feature a 14-team field competing in a "six count five" format, in which each team will field six players with the five-best 18-hole scores from each round counting towards the team total.
The field will feature a much-improved Long Beach State team joined by defending Del Walker champions Colorado State, reigning Big West Champions UC Irvine and Oregon from the Pac-10. Four additional Big West teams will compete as UC Santa Barbara, CS Northridge, Pacific and Cal Poly will all make the trip to The Beach. San Francisco, Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara, St. Mary's, Wyoming and Weber State round out the field.
"I am very pleased with the field for this year," said Poutre. "According to the Golfweek rankings, the strength of the field is slightly stronger than last year and the new format, also used by the Pac-10 in their championship, will reward the deepest and most talented teams. Our team will be competing on our home course and we expect to be in the hunt to win this event."
The Del Walker Intercollegiate is named after former coach Del Walker, who retired in 1993 after 12 seasons. The event is held annually at Virginia Country Club where Walker was a member of 67 years.
