Miami Hawk Talk News

Miami Golf Outing Fundraiser

2008-04-01T03:11:00-05:00

Many of you know that Miami’s Golf team is unique among Miami’s sports in that it is required to be self-supporting. The program is completely funded by gifts, donations, and fundraisers. One of those fundraisers is coming up, and you can participate! The Friends of Miami Golf Fundraiser will be held on May 12, 2008 at Brown’s Run Country Club in Middletown.

Entry fee for the event is $250 per person and includes greens fee, cart, range balls, lunch, beverages, dinner and a player gift. The format is a four-person scramble with Gross and Net Divisions.

According to Coach John Wiler, “We rely on private gifts and fund raising events to operate the golf program, so your support is vital for our success. The proceeds from this event offset scholarship costs and provide educational opportunities for our student-athletes. Your participation will directly impact a very deserving group of student-athletes who represent Miami in a first class manner.”

You can download a brochure (6.1 MB) and an entry form (393K) here.

Miami Golf Fundraiser Needs You

2007-05-05T18:02:00-05:00

The Miami Golf program is holding its annual Friends of Miami Golf Fundraiser at Brown’s Run Country Club in Middletown. All friends of Miami athletics are invited to join the golf team in a lunch and golf outing on Monday, May 14. The event begins at 11 with registration and lunch, the golf commences at 1pm with a shotgun start, and dinner, awards, and meet the team begins at 7.

As many of you know, Miami Golf competes based on its ability to raise enough funds to operate the program. The proceeds from this outing fund expenses such as team travel, equipment, recruiting, and facility rental. Fees for the outing include lunch, range balls, greens fee, cart, beverages, dinner, gift certificates and a player gift.

For more information, you can vist miamialum.org’s description of the event: http://www.miamialum.org/cgi-any/reg_event.dll/genfill?bid=&id=432&t=event_detail.htm

Fall 2005 Golf schedule released

2005-07-29T08:00:29-05:00

The golf team’s schedule for the fall season of 2005-06 has been finalized and released on muredhawks.com. The RedHawks will plaly in five tournaments during the fall season, which covers September and October:

Sept. 12-13: NCAA Central Regional Preview, Chardon, OH (hosted by Cleveland State)
Sept. 24-25: Wolverine Intercollegiate, Ann Arbor, MI (hosted by Michigan)
Sept. 30-Oct. 2: Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate, Nashville, TN (hosted by Vanderbilt)
Oct. 10-11: Missouri Bluffs Classic, St. Louis, MO (hosted by Missouri)
Oct. 31-Nov. 1: Herb Wimperley Intercollegiate, Las Cruces, NM (hosted by New Mexico)

Miami Ends Fall Season With Runner-Up Finish

2004-10-12T23:11:01-05:00

Miami finished one-under as a team, but Memphis rode a strong final day to take the championship at the thirteen-team Missouri Bluffs Challenge in St. Charles, Mo. Matt Thomas led the RedHawks with an eight-under par 205 but lost a playoff to Memphis’s Andy Shiels to finish second overall. Other RedHawks with strong finishes included Ryan Swelin (212, 6th), Connor Doherty (216, 13th), Rob Davidge (220 t-29th), and Mike Calkin (223, t-39th). The RedHawks resume play in early March with a tough road trip to the St. Croix Collegiate Classic.

Miami Finishes Fourth in Madison

2004-09-20T19:05:40-05:00

Let by Ryan Swelin’s 15th place finish, the RedHawk golfers took fourth place in the thirteen-team Northern Intercollegiate, hosted by the University of Wisconsin. The RedHawks will next tee it up on September 27th and 28th at Louisville’s Cardinal Intercollegiate.

Swelin Fifth, RedHawks Ninth in Season-Opening Invitational

2004-09-14T13:38:00-05:00

Ryan Swelin shot a one-under par 215 to lead the Miami golf team to a ninth-place finish at the University of Michigan’s Radrick Farms Intercollegiate. The RedHawks tee off this weekend at the Northern Collegiate Invitational at the University of Wisconsin.