NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Ericca R. Clark (reynoldse@nsula.edu)
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466
04/01/2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NATCHITOCHES - The 22nd Annual Chris Roper Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, April 24 at Northwestern State University's Robert W. Wilson Recreation Complex.
Lunch will be served at noon with tee off at 1 p.m. Entry fee is $45 per player and cart rental is $7.50 per player. Participants may sign up individually or as a team.
Mulligans are $2 and are unlimited. Mulligans can be purchased
in the Pro Shop prior to the tournament. Prizes will awarded for
first, second and third place teams.
The tournament is a four-man scramble. There will also be a closest
to the hole and long drive contest.
The event honors Roper, the top golfer on the NSU's 1981 golf team. Roper was killed in a traffic accident over the Christmas holidays in 1982. He was a native of Camden, Ark., and was a member of the Trans-American All Conference team placing ninth in the conference tournament.
For more information on the tournament, please call Hall Adams at (318) 357-3207 or email Cindy Davis at cindyd@nsula.edu.