Kansas City, MO - The Avila men's golf team will play in the Heart of America Athletic Conference Championship on Monday and Tuesday at Swope Memorial Golf Course in Kansas City, Mo., a tournament hosted by Avila for the first time in the program's history.
The Eagles will join ten other teams at the Heart Championship on Monday morning in hopes of earning the conference crown.
Unlike other tournaments this season, this week's Heart Championship will be a 54-hole tournament, with 36 holes scheduled to be played on Monday ahead of Tuesday's final round, which will cover 18 holes. Play begins at 8 a.m. on Monday morning.
Weather could be an issue on Monday, with chances of rain and thunderstorms throughout the morning and into the afternoon. Stay tuned to www.avilaathletics.com for up to the minute updates on any sort of weather delays on Monday.
Dates: May 9th and 10th
Format: Fifty-four holes of stroke play consisting of 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday.
Time: Play begins at 8:00 AM
Field: Avila, Baker, Central Methodist, Clarke, Culver-Stockton, Evangel, Graceland, Grand View, Missouri Valley, Mount Mercy, William Penn
Course: Swope Memorial Golf Course in Kansas City, Missouri is a par-72, 6,400 yard layout. Marked by a classic winding entrance befitting the course perched atop the highest point in Kansas City's Swope Park, this tree-lined shotmaker's delight was designed in 1934 by the famous golf architect A.W. Tillinghast. Tillinghast, known for his major works Winged Foot, Baltusrol, and Bethpage Black, created a course that tests every shot in the player's bag through a combination of uneven lies, strategically placed bunkers, blind shots, and numerous multi-tiered greens. Zoysia fairways, thick bluegrass rough, and bent grass greens allow for excellent playing conditions year-round. As the former home of a PGA Tour stop, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead once walked these fairways. Later, a local kid by the name of Tom Watson competed here. More recently, the 2005 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links was played at Swope Memorial.
