V A N D E R B I L T
VU Golf
media guide
Golfweek Conference Challenge Aug. 30-Sept. 1 . . . . . Riverside, Iowa
Mason Rudolph Championships Sept. 25-27 . . . . . Nashville, Tenn.
The Prestige Oct. 11-13 . . . . . La Quinta, Calif.
The Hummingbird Intercollegiate Nov. 2-3 . . . . . Cashiers, N.C.
Spring Schedule 2010
Mobile Bay Intercollegiate Feb. 21-23 . . . . . Mobile, Ala.
Samford Intercollegiate March 8-9 . . . . . Oneonta, Ala.
Seminole Intercollegiate March 12-14 . . . . . Tallahassee, Fla.
Schenkel E-Z-GO Invitational March 19-21 . . . . . Statesboro, Ga.
Reunion Intercollegiate April 5-6 . . . . . Jackson, Miss.
SEC Championship April 16-18 . . . . . Sea Island, Ga.
NCAA Regional Championship May 20-22 . . . . . Statesboro, Ga.
Coaching Staff page 3
The Life of a Commodore page 16
2007 PGA Rookie of the Year Brandt Snedeker page 21
Men’s Golf Information Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Shaw (Georgia Tech, 1991) Season at Vanderbilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fourth Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Emil (Southern Mississippi, 2002) Golf Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615-343-5342 Home Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Vanderbilt Legends Club (Franklin, Tenn.) Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 / 3 Top Returnees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hudson Johnson, Ryan Haselden Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (Will Snipes, Ryan Thornton, Charlie Grace) 2009 SEC Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th / 12 2009 NCAA Regional Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th / 14
NCAA National Championship June 2-5 . . . . . Chattanooga, Tenn.
VANDERBILT QUICK FACTS School Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanderbilt University Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nashville, Tenn. Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1873 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,584 Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodores Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black & Gold Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southeastern (SEC) Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholas S. Zeppos Vice Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Williams II Athletic Department Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (615) 322-4727 Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://vucommodores.com
Athletic Communications Office Director of External Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rod Williamson Assistant Director / Men’s Golf Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Weinman Weinman’s Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (615) 343-0019 Weinman’s E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . chris.weinman@vanderbilt.edu Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy Boggs Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry Leathers Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Samuel Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Travis Young Editor, Commodore Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Schulz Director of Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Barca
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Table of Contents 2009-10 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Head Coach Tom Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Assistant Coach Justin Emil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Director of Golf, Emeritus, Mason Rudolph . . . . . . . 4 Meet the Commodores Hudson Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chris Rockwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Craig Tallent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ryan Haselden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Adam Hofmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Ben Klaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Trey DelGreco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Charlie Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Will Snipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ryan Thornton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2008-09 Season Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The Life of a Commodore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Summer in Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Letterwinners & Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Program History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Former All-American Brandt Snedeker . . . . . . . . . 21 The Vanderbilt Legends Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Conner Short Game Practice Facility . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Qualifying Courses/Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Vanderbilt University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Fall Schedule 2009
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team roster Front Row (L-R): Ryan Thornton, Charlie Grace, Craig Tallent, Will Snipes; Back: Assistant Coach Justin Emil, Hudson Johnson, Trey DelGreco, Chris Rockwell, Ben Klaus, Ryan Haselden, Adam Hofmann, Head Coach Tom Shaw.
The commodores Name
Class Hometown High School
Trey DelGreco Charlie Grace Ryan Haselden Adam Hofmann Hudson Johnson Ben Klaus Chris Rockwell Will Snipes Craig Tallent Ryan Thornton
So. R-So. Jr. Jr. Sr. R-So. Sr. Fr. R-Jr. Fr.
Birmingham, Ala. Orlando, Fla. Houston, Texas Pittsburgh, Pa. Longview, Texas Edmond, Okla. Owings Mills, Md. Rocky Face, Ga. Haverford, Pa. Chattanooga, Tenn.
Head Coach: Tom Shaw Assistant Coach: Justin Emil
The 2009-10 Vanderbilt men’s golf media guide was produced by the Vanderbilt Athletic Communications Office and printed by Franklin Graphics, Nashville, Tenn. The cover, which features seniors Chris Rockwell (left) and Hudson Johnson, was designed by Vanderbilt Creative Services. Inside covers and template designed by David G. Lowry. Photos courtesy of VU Photography, Getty Images (Jonathan Ernst & Steve Grayson), PGA Tour (Chris Condon). Special thanks to Josh Ambrose and Kent Herod of Franklin Graphics, and to Vanderbilt alumnus Mark Donnell.
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Spain Park Lake Highland Prep Stratford Fox Chapel Longview Edmond North Gilman School McCallie The Pendleton School Baylor School
head coach
tom shaw College Georgia Tech, 1991 (cum laude) Coach Shaw caddied for amateur Michael Thompson at the 2008 Masters. Thompson played golf under Shaw at Tulane before transferring to Alabama in 2006.
Tom Shaw enters his fourth year as the head coach of the Vanderbilt men’s golf team with momentum building. In his first three seasons, Shaw’s Commodores have won two team championships, four individual medals and advanced to postseason play twice. Shaw’s first Vanderbilt team finished fifth at the NCAA West Regional at Arizona State University’s Karsten Golf Course, leading many to consider the Commodores as one of the most improved teams in the nation. Seventeen-under after 36 holes, the Commodores shot a 21-under 267 -- the low round of the tournament -and advanced to the NCAA National Championships, where then-sophomore Jon Curran joined senior Luke List as AllAmericans. The Commodores earned their first tournament championship since 2003 when they won the 2008 Kauai Collegiate Cup in Lihue, Hawai’i. Two Commodores would earn individual medalist honors during the season, with sophomore Hudson Johnson taking first place at Kauai while Curran won the 2008 Seminole Intercollegiate. That success was repeated last year, as the Commodores won the 2009 Seminole Intercollegiate when Ryan Haselden eagled the 54th hole to claim medalist honors. Johnson also took his second win at the 2008 Hummingbird Intercollegiate. When he arrived in the Music City, Shaw implemented a winter training pro-
gram to better prepare his golfers for the rigorous spring schedule. That immediately produced a second-place finish at the opening event of the spring, which had the strongest field of the year outside of the NCAA Tournament. Shaw has opted to play a variety of lineups at tournaments, building depth by providing each member of his team the opportunity to gain tournament experience. That move has paid dividends as each season has progressed, leading to strong finishes each year. Shaw’s success at Vanderbilt has mirrored the outstanding results he saw as Tulane’s head coach from 2000-06, where he was the Conference USA and Southeast Region Coach of the Year in 2006. Shaw helped improve the Green Wave’s national ranking every year, but he probably received his greatest challenge when forced to guide the team through the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He relocated the team to Southern Methodist University, which entailed enrolling his team in classes and securing practice and playing facilities for the semester. His background as a Georgia Tech student-athlete and experience at Tulane have led to a stronger emphasis on academic development. His teams at Tulane consistently had a team GPA over 3.0 and the 2006-07 team at Vanderbilt achieved it’s first 3.0 GPA in several years. Shaw was an NCAA Academic All-
Coaching Career
2006-present.......................Vanderbilt Head Coach
2000-06..........................................Tulane Head Coach
1999-2000....................... South Carolina Assistant Coach
PLAYING Career
1992-99......................... Nationwide Tour Three appearances in tour championship
1986-91.............................. Georgia Tech Two-time Academic All-American
American in 1990 and 1991 at Georgia Tech, where he captained the nationally ranked Yellow Jacket golf team. He graduated in 1991 with High Honor. He joined the Nike Tour (now Nationwide Tour) in 1992 and would compete in three Nike Tour Championships, Shaw was regarded as one of the Tour’s hardest workers and best short-game specialists. Shaw keeps his own game sharp by playing numerous events throughout the year. This summer, he shot a 60 during the opening round of the Capital City Invitational in Nashville. Shaw left the Tour to become assistant coach at South Carolina in 1999 and in two years he handled a variety of duties including recruiting for the Top 10 program along with scheduling and academic and budget oversight. He was instrumental in the development of two Gamecock All-Americans, Eric Ecker and Kyle Thompson. His work at USC led to the head coaching position at Tulane. Tom and his wife, Sherri, have two children – Ryan (11) and Katie (7).
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Fourth Season at Vanderbilt
ASSISTANT COACH
VANDERBILT MEN’S GOLF
JUSTIN EMIL Since joining the Commodore staff in the summer of 2006, Assistant Coach Justin Emil has played a key role in building the Vanderbilt men’s golf program. The Commodores have won a pair of team championships -- the 2009 Seminole Intercollegiate and the 2008 Kauai Collegiate Cup -- and boasted four individual medalists while earning postseason berths in both 2007 and 2009. Emil and Coach Shaw were busy from day one in Nashville. In their first season, the Commodores advanced to the prestigious 27-team field at the 2007 NCAA Championships. Both Luke List and Jon Curran would earn All-America recognition following the season. Emil strongly believes in the power of fitness, placing part of his focus with the team’s physical conditioning. He participates in most group workouts and pushes the team in every session. Vanderbilt’s conditioning has played a major factor in late-season surges over that past three years. On the course, Emil still keeps his game finely tuned. He competes throughout the off-season, including making the cut on his way to finishing 31st at the 2009 Tennesseee State Amateur . In May of 2009, Emil regained his amateur status after five years of professional golf.
He finished second in the Tennessee PGA Section Assistants Championship (74-67) in 2007, qualifying to play in the Taylor Made/adidas PGA Assistants Championship. Emil also has played a big role in the development of Vandy Golf Day, which has raised over $150,000 for the golf programs in four years. He also helped introduce the Mason Rudolph Award, a special honor for service to Vanderbilt golf which honors former PGA Tour star and Commodore Golf Coach Emeritus Mason Rudolph. A native of Gulfport, Miss., Emil came to Nashville after a stellar collegiate playing career at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he was a four-year letterwinner. He earned Conference USA Freshman of the Year honors in 2000, and was named secondteam All-Conference following his senior season in 2003. Emil qualified for the United State Amateur Championships in 2002 (Oakland Hills) and 2003 (Oakmont). Emil earned his bachelor’s degree in sports administration from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2002. He continued his education at Southern Miss, earning a master’s degree in sports management in 2004 while working with Golden Eagle golfers as a graduate assistant.
Fourth Season at Vanderbilt College University of Southern Mississippi 2002, B.S. in Sports Administration 2004, M.S. in Sport Management
Coaching Career
2006-present............................. Vanderbilt Assistant Coach 2003-04................... Southern Mississippi Graduate Assistant Coach
PLAYING Career
1999-2003............... Southern Mississippi 2000 C-USA Freshman of the Year 2003 Second-Team All-Conference ...................................................... Amateur 2004 Miss. Gulf Coast Amateur Champion Qualified for 2002 & 2003 U.S. Amateur . .............................................Professional 2005 Gulf States Section Apprentice Champion
Mason rudolph Director of Golf, Emeritus
In an effort to bolster the Commodore golf program, Vanderbilt named Mason Rudolph its director of golf in the fall of 1997. In the summer of 2002 Rudolph’s title changed to director of golf, emeritus, but his impact on both the lives and the golf games of the Commodores remains the same. In his five seasons as Vanderbilt’s head coach, Rudolph enthusiastically charted the process of taking the Commodore men’s golf program to the next level. He taught his players how to improve their games and gave them a new appreciation for the game of golf. A veteran of 21 years on the PGA Tour, Rudolph has seen golf at its very best. He posted six victories on the PGA Tour. He also played for his country in the Ryder and Walker Cups, helping to capture these championships for the United States. He played in 15 Masters and 16 U.S. Open Championships. He won his first tournament in 1959, the Golden Gate Open, and was named PGA
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Tour Rookie of the Year in 1960. In 1950, when he was just 16 years old, Rudolph became the youngest player ever to compete in the U.S. Open. That same year, he became the first 16-year-old ever to win the prestigious USGA National Junior Championship. His accomplishments as a junior player did not go unnoticed. In 1999, Rudolph was selected by Golf World magazine as one of the Top 10 Best Junior Boys of the 20th Century. For all of his accomplishments, Rudolph was elected as a charter inductee into the Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame. In 1995, he was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. Rudolph is a native of nearby Clarksville, Tenn. He played his collegiate golf at Memphis State (now the University of Memphis) before being called into service in 1956. After serving in the military for several years, he returned home and started on the PGA Tour. He is married to the former Carol Griffin, who is a long-time and loyal Vanderbilt fan. Her father, V.H. Griffin, received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Vanderbilt. Mason and Carol have two sons —Mason, II, of Nashville, and Griff, of Memphis.
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2008-09 Season: Competed in 29 rounds during 10 tournaments, missing only one appearance for the Commodores... Earned medalist honors for the second time in his collegiate career with a nine-under 133 at the two-day 2008 Hummingbird Intercollegiate in Cashiers, N.C.... Also earned a top-10 finish at the 2009 Reunion Intercollegiate in Mississippi... Finished 13th at the 2009 Seminole Intercollegiate as the Commodores earned the team championship. 2007-08 Season: Competed in 25 rounds during nine tournaments, missing out on only two appearances for VU... Overcame a seven-stroke deficit in the third round by shooting a nine-under 63 to earn medalist honors at the Kauai Collegiate Cup as Vanderbilt won its first tournament since 2003… Nine-under score tied for VU’s lowest-ever 18-hole performance and broke the tournament scoring record for Wailua’s championship tees... Finished in a tie for third place in the 2006-07 Tournaments 117-player field at the New Year’s Invitational (indiv.)… Also carded a Top Carpet Capital 10 finish at the 2008 Furman Intercollegiate. 2006-07 Season: Competed in seven of 12 tournament during his freshman season... Made an immediate splash by posting a four-under 212 in his first tournament as a Commodore, the Carpet Capital Collegiate, to place in a tie for 11th... Shot his low three-round total of the season at the NCAA West Regional, a five-under 211... Counted all three scores at the NCAA Championships, including VU’s low third round of one-over 71. Amateur: Qualified for the 2008 United State Amateur after earning medalist honors at a qualifying event in Reunion, Miss.... Rolex Junior All-American in 2005... Won medalist honors at the AJGA Lawrence Hall Junior... Posted three Top-15 finishes in AJGA events... Won medalist honors at the 40th Spirit of America Classic in July 2007, by shooting a final-round three-under 68... With the win, earned an exemption into the Pearl River Resort Classic, an NGA Hooters Pro Golf Tour event, where he competed as an amateur and finished 25th in a field of 168 golfers. High School: Four-year varsity starter for Longview... Advanced to the state championship event after earning medalist honors at the district tournament... Placed seventh in the 2005-06 5A State Championship after shooting a one-under 141. PersonaL: William Hudson Johnson... Son of Buddy and Carol Woolley... Father played baseball at Baylor University... Has one older sister, Lauren Anne, who graduated from Ole Miss and currently works in Nashville... Majoring in Economics.
Fighting Illini Fighting Irish Mason Rudolph Border Olympics NCAA West Regional NCAA Championships
Finish 11th 33rd 58th 27th 39th 43rd NA
Scores 71-71-70--212 74-73-78--225 80-82-77--239 73-77-75--225 73-70-78--221 73-71-67--211 73-71-71--215
Par -4 +15 +29 +9 +5 -5 +5
2007-08 Tournaments Carpet Capital Shoal Creek Mason Rudolph John Hayt Collegiate Seminole Intercollegiate Kauai Collegiate Cup Furman Intercollegiate Bank of America SEC Championship
Finish 70th 41st 32nd 29th 35th 1st 7th 35th 25th
Scores 77-82-72--231 74-80-75--229 73 75-74-75--224 78-74-72--224 72-75-63--210 74-74-71--219 72-76-74--222 75-72-74--221
Par +15 +13 +2 +8 +8 -6 +3 +6 +5
Finish 33rd / 75 16th / 90 65th / 70 1st / 83 18th / 108 13th / 60 79th / 88 10th / 75 34th / 60 34th/75
Scores 73-73-76--222 70-71-73--214 82-73-79--234 68-65--133 74-73-71--218 75-73-70--218 79-80-81--240 82-73-72--227 73-73-77--223 75-74-76--225
Par +12 +1 +18 -9 +2 +2 +24 +11 +7 +9
2008-09 Tournaments Fighting Illini Invitational Mason Rudolph Bank of Tennessee Hummingbird Intercollegiate Rio Pinar Intercollegiate Seminole Intercollegiate Border Olympics Reunion Intercollegiate SEC Championship NCAA Central Regional
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rockwell VANDERBILT MEN’S GOLF
senior
Owings Mills, Md. (Gilman)
2008-09 Season: Played in five competitive rounds as a junior during two events... Finished in a tie for 12th place at the 2008 Hummingbird Intercollegiate as the Commodores were one stroke away from winning the team championship at an event hosted by Western Carolina... Place in the top half of a 90-man field at VU’s Mason Rudolph Championship. 2007-08 Season: Competed in six tournaments during his sophomore campaign... Best finish was a tie for 12th at the Kauai Collegiate Cup, which the Commodores won by a convincing 27-stroke margin... Low round of the season came in the final round of the Seminole Intercollegiate, a two-under 70... Also finished in the top half of the Mason Rudolph Championship and the John Hayt Collegiate... 2006-07 Tournaments Contributed the Commodores’ low round in the first and second Seminole Intercollegiate rounds of the John Hayt Collegiate (73-74). Hootie at Bulls Bay 2006-07 Season: Competed in three team events during the spring season... Carded his lowest three-round total in his first collegiate appearance, an eight-over 224 at the Seminole Intercollegiate... The event also saw his best finish, a tie for 38th place... Lowest 18-hole score came in the first round of the Courtyard by Marriott Intercollegiate, an even-par 72.
Courtyard by Marriott
Finish 38th 66th 68th
Scores 76-74-74--224 74-78-75--227 72-79-78--229
Par +8 +14 +13
2007-08 Tournaments Carpet Capital Bank of Tennessee Mason Rudolph John Hayt Collegiate Seminole Intercollegiate Kauai Collegiate Cup
Finish 79th 75th 32nd 38th 47th 12th
Scores 81-79-74--234 75-75-77--227 73 73-74-79--226 81-76-70--227 75-73-75--223
Par +18 +11 +2 +10 +11 +7
Amateur: Placed second at the 2009 Greystone Invitational 2008-09 Tournaments Finish Scores Par Mason Rudolph 43rd / 90 76-70-74--220 +7 in Birmingham... Qualified for the United States Amateur Hummingbird Intercollegiate 12th / 83 73-71--144 +2 Championship for the second time in as many years after shooting a four-under 138 at the Piney Branch Golf Club in Hampstead, Md.... Advanced to match play at the 2007 U.S. Amateur after carding a two-under 68 that included four birdies and two pars on his final six holes... Baltimore Sun Player of the Year in 2006… Named Baltimore Sun All-Metro back-to-back years in 2004 and 2005… Tacked on a Maryland State Junior Championship in 2005... Posted three Top-5 finishes in AJGA events... Won the 2004 Middle Atlantic Junior Championship… Also owns two Men’s Club Championships at Green Springs Valley Hunt Club, where he owns the course record of 63. High School: Lettered all four years, playing in the number one spot in every match... Won the Maryland Independent Athletic Association championship in 2006... Also guided Gilman to the team championship that year… Played two years of football and basketball at Gilman… As the team’s quarterback, once threw up on the field and threw a touchdown pass on the next play. Personal: Christopher Lloyd Rockwell... Son of Helen and Steve Rockwell... Has one older sister, Elizabeth (22)… Majoring in Economics, with a minor in Sociology… Lauded by the SEC’s Academic Honor Roll.
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redshirt
junior
2008-09 Season: Competed in 12 rounds during four tournaments... Low score came at the 2009 Rio Pinar Intercollegiate, a three-round total of 223 (seven-over) good for 46th in a field of 108 golfers... Finished 17th at the 2009 Coca-Cola Duke Individual with an 11-over 224. 2007-08 Season: Playing in his first collegiate event, led the Commodores’ “B” Team with a one-over 72 at Mason Rudolph Championship… Competed in two of 12 tournaments for Vanderbilt… Finished 21st at the one-day Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate... Also competed at the WCU Intercollegiate, shooting an 11-over 153 to finish in 44th out of 83 players. 2006-07 Season: Did not compete during his first year on campus, opting instead to redshirt the 2006-07 season. Amateur: Very active in the AJGA, carding two Top 14’s... Has competed in many top junior events such as the Western Junior Amateur, the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship, and the FCWT National Championship.
2007-08 Tournaments Mason Rudolph Western Carolina 2008-09 Tournaments Mason Rudolph Rio Pinar Intercollegiate Argonaut Invitational Coca-Cola Duke Individual
Finish 21st/93 44th/83
Scores 72 74-79--153
Par +1 +11
Finish 76th / 90 46th / 108 59th / 71 17th / 63
Scores 83-70-75--228 72-75-76--223 78-81-78--237 76-75-73--224
Par +15 +7 +21 +11
High School: Graduated from the Pendleton School with high honors and distinctions such as the Dr. Salamone award for top student-athletes... Also attended the David Leadbetter Golf Academy with his brother and sister.
Personal: Craig Michael Tallent... Son of Cynthia and Michael... Oldest of three children (one brother, one sister)... His uncle, Pat Tallent, is a very competitive mid-amateur golfer… Interest in music led him to record a full-length album with his own guitar, piano and vocals… Has played guitar for 10 years… Majoring in East Asian Studies… Traveled to Beijing this past Summer during the 2008 Olympics... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
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junior
Houston, Texas (Stratford)
2008-09 Season: Played in 26 rounds during nine events for the Commodores... Eagled the 54th hole to claim medalist honors and lead the Commodores to a team championship at the 2009 Seminole Intercollegiate in Tallahassee, Fla.... Second-straight individual winner at the event from Vanderbilt (Jon Curran, 2008)... First-round 67 marked his low round as a collegian... Also finished in the Top 10 at the 2008 Hummingbird Intercollegiate... Second-lowest scoring average on the team (73.58). 2007-08 Season: Played 10 tournament rounds during four appearances for the Commodores as a freshman... Finished the season with a 75.70 stroke average... Best finish came at the 2008 Kauai 2007-08 Tournaments Collegiate Cup, where a three-over 219 propelled him to eighth Bank of Tennessee in the 59-player field... Low 18-hole score of 71 came in the first Mason Rudolph Kauai Collegiate Cup and third rounds of the Kauai event... Made his collegiate debut at Furman Intercollegiate the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, hosted by ETSU... Carded 2007-08 Tournaments a 12-over 228 to place 76th... Played the only round of the 2007 Mason Rudolph Mason Rudolph Championship at three-over... Also competed at Bank of Tennessee Hummingbird Intercollegiate the Furman Intercollegiate. Rio Pinar Intercollegiate
Finish 76th/81 41st/93 8th/59 101st/132
Scores 79-75-74--228 74 71-77-71--219 77-78-81--236
Par +12 +3 +3 +20
Finish 43rd / 90 53rd / 70 6th / 83 41st / 108 1st / 60 20th / 88 55th / 96 21st / 60 16th / 75
Scores 75-74-71--220 72-75-81--228 70-72--142 71-75-76--222 67-72-74--213 69-75-79--223 75-73-77--225 73-71-76--220 75-72-73--220
Par +7 +12 E +6 -3 +7 +9 +4 +4
Seminole Intercollegiate Amateur: Competed in the 2009 British Amateur. in June.. Border Olympics Finished 11th at the 89th-annual Western Junior in Wheaton, Ill.... Schenkel E-Z-Go Also notched a pair of Top-10 finishes in AJGA (American Junior SEC Championship NCAA Central Regional Golf Association) events... Placed ninth at the 2004 Texas Junior Tour stop at the Blackhorse Golf Course... Recorded a hole-inone on the third hole at Miromar Lakes Beach & GC in Miromar Lakes, Fla., during the final round of the Nike Golf Junior at Lee County... Finished fifth at the 2005 Texas Junior Open.
High School: A three-year captain at Stratford Senior High School in Houston, Haselden ranks among the nation’s Top 100 junior golfers... Placed third at the Joe Ballander Memorial Tournament... Earned individual medalist honors at the 2006 Bart Granger Memorial Golf Tournament over a field of 265 in Fort Worth, Texas... Followed that performance up by winning a second consecutive event... Also named salutatorian of his high school class. Personal: Ryan Patrick Haselden… Born June 4, 1989… Son of Tish and Pat Haselden… Younger sister, Danika, attends the University of Texas… Enjoys hunting, fishing and the outdoors… Named to the dean’s list in his first semester on campus... Majoring in Economics.
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2008-09 Season: Competed in 26 rounds for the Commodores during nine events... Earned runner-up honors at the 2009 Reunion Intercollegiate in Mississippi with a two-over 218... Also earned a top-20 finish at the 2008 Hummingbird Intercollegiate... Featured in the lineup for VU’s final four team events of the 2009 season. 2007-08 Season: Played 10 tournament rounds during four appearances for the Commodores as a freshman... Finished the season with a 75.60 stroke average to lead VU’s three freshmen... Debuted in Vanderbilt’s first event of the season, the Carpet Capital Collegiate, finishing in 52nd out of 90 players with a 10-over 226... Low 18-hole score came in the third round of the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate hosted by ETSU... 2007-08 Tournaments Shot a seven-over 78 at the Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate... Also Carpet Capital competed at the Bank of America Intercollegiate in Reunion, Bank of Tennessee Mason Rudolph Miss., finishing in 56th place with a 13-over 229. Bank of America
Amateur: Captured medalist honors at the Pennsylvania Golf Association’s 2007 Amateur Championship at Pittsburgh’s Long Vue Club... Birdied the 17th hole of his third and final round to win the event by one stroke over Pinecrest’s Ryan Smith... Placed fifth at the 89th-annual Western Junior... Along with three Top10 finishes in AJGA events, he holds five titles from the IJGT (International Junior Golf Tour) and FCWT (Future Collegians World Tour)… Third place at the 2006 AJGA Mindmatters Inc.
2008-09 Tournaments Fighting Illini Invitational Mason Rudolph Bank of Tennessee Hummingbird Intercollegiate Argonaut Invitational Schenkel E-Z-Go Reunion Intercollegiate SEC Championship NCAA Central Regional
Finish 52nd/90 57th/81 77th/93 56th/80
Scores 78-75-73--226 76-77-70--223 78 76-75-78--229
Par +10 +7 +7 +13
Finish 25th / 75 60th / 90 25th / 70 19th / 83 36th / 71 32nd / 96 2nd / 75 39th / 60 55th / 75
Scores 71-75-72--218 76-73-74--223 71-73-77--221 74-71--145 77-74-78--229 73-73-74--220 71-72-75--218 77-74-74--225 81-78-73--232
Par +8 +10 +5 +3 +13 +4 +2 +9 +16
High School: A three-year captain at Fox Chapel, Hofmann won the WPIAL (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League) individual championship in 2006… His score of two-under 70 won the event at the Totteridge Golf Course by four strokes… Qualified for the state finals by shooting a one-over 71 to take medalist honors at the WPIAL boys semifinal tournament at Oakview. Personal: Adam Christian Hofmann... Born May 8, 1989… Son of Christy and Rob Hofmann... Brother, Rob, graduated from Ohio State and currently works for the Pittsburgh Penguins... Majoring in Human and Organizational Development.
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Edmond, Okla (Edmond North)
2008-09 Season: Sat out the 2008-09 season while rehabbing a knee injury... Maintains three years of athletics eligibility after being granted a medical redshirt. 2007-08 Season: Played 10 tournament rounds during four appearances for the Commodores as a freshman... Finished the season with a 76.60 stroke average... Debuted in Vanderbilt’s second event of the season, the Shoal Creek Invitational, finishing in 52nd out of 60 players with a 17-over 233... Low 18-hole score came in the final round of the John Hayt Collegiate, a team-leading even-par 72 that featured 11 pars and four birdies... Shot a three-over 74 at the Mason Rudolph Championship... Also competed in the Seminole Intercollegiate, carding a 14-over 2007-08 Tournaments 230 to finish in 56th place. Shoal Creek
Finish 52nd/60 41st/93 56th/81 56th/63
Scores 77-81-75--233 74 76-81-72--229 79-74-77--230
Par +17 +3 +13 +14
Mason Rudolph Amateur: Finished sixth at the 2006 FCWT Whistling Straits John Hayt Collegiate Junior Golf Classic and the FCWT ASU Junior Golf Classic... Seminole Intercollegiate Climbed as high as No. 63 in the junior golf rankings, which feature more than 9000 individuals across the country... Placed 20th in the 89th-annual Western Junior... Fourth at the 2006 AJGA Ping Phoenix Junior Championship... Posted four straight Top-10 finishes from Oct. 2005, to May 2006, including at the AJGA Ping Junior at the Woodlands.
High School: Four-year varsity starter... Helped lead the Huskies to three-straight Class 6A State championships... Individually, placed third in the state tournament as a senior... Team holds the state record for 18-hole play (21-under) and 36-hole play (29-under)... Named to the 2007 OCA All-State Team... Earned medalist honors leading Edmond North to team title at the Ada Tournament of Champions... Part of team that won the 2006 McDonalds High School National Championship, hosted in the state of Tennessee. Personal: Bennett James Klaus... Son of Kim and Frank Klaus... Has two younger siblings, Michael and Kayley… Played 12 years of ice hockey, including two as the captain of his high school team… Majoring in Human and Organizational Development.
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DelGreco sophomore
2008-09 Season: Competed in seven tournaments as a freshman, carding a total of 21 rounds... Started the first two events of his collegiate career last fall... Low round of two-under 70 came on the second day of the Rio Pinar Intercollegiate in February... Played in four team events in the spring, as well as an individual tournament... Best finish came at the Coca-Cola Duke Individual, where he ended up in 11th place in a field of 63 golfers. Amateur: Advanced through local qualifying for the 2009 U.S. Open, making birdie on the first playoff hole at the Marietta Country Club event... Narrowly missed at sectional qualifier in Ballground, Ga., shooting 67-71 to place in a tie for sixth... Earned medalist honors in three events during the 2006-07 Southeastern Junior Golf Tour (SJGT) season, including the Ballantrae 2008-09 Tournaments Fighting Illini Invitational Junior Classic, the Vestavia Junior Classic, and the SJGT Southern Junior... Mason Rudolph Second at the 2007 Huntsville Junior Invitational... Tied for eighth at the Rio Pinar Intercollegiate 2008 Alabama State Open... Fifth at the 2008 Future Masters. Seminole Intercollegiate
Finish 56th / 75 71st / 90 41st / 108 43rd / 60 64th / 88 42nd / 96 11th / 63
Scores 74-77-76--227 76-76-74--226 74-70-78--222 74-77-75--226 79-77-78--234 75-75-73--223 73-71-78--222
Par +17 +13 +6 +10 +18 +7 +9
Border Olympics High School: Claimed the 2006 Class 6A Alabama High School Schenkel E-Z-Go Athletic Association (AHSAA) individual state championship... Took indiCoca-Cola Duke Individual vidual runner-up honors in 2008 as Spain Park claimed its first team state championship... Named Birmingham Metro Player of the Year in 2006 and 2008... Led the Jaguars to the 2008 Bradley Johnson Memorial championship, winning medalist honors by eight strokes... Earned All-State honors in both golf and football, where he was perfect on 47 extra point attempts... Three-time Student of the Year graduated magna cum laude.
Personal: Albert Louis DelGreco III... Born Nov. 29, 1989, in Phoenix, Ariz.... Son of Lisa and Al DelGreco... Has one older sister, Erica, a senior at Auburn; and one younger brother, Derrick, a sophomore at Spain Park… Father was a placekicker at Auburn and for 17 years in the NFL, including 10 seasons with the Titans/Oilers franchise... Majoring in Psychology.
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summer 2009: Will have three years of eligibility with the Commodores after transferring to Vanderbilt from the University of Florida in the summer of 2009. Amateur: Recorded five top-10 finishes in FCWT (Future Collegians World Tour) tournaments... Three top-10 finishes in IJGT (International Junior Golf Tour) events... Three top-20 results in AJGA (American Junior Golf Association) tournaments... Back-to-back Men’s Amateur Club Champion at Isleworth Country Club (2007 and 2008)... Tied for 10th at the 2009 Greystone Invitational in Birmingham... Tied for 20th in the 2009 Florida Open at Quail Valley Golf Club in Vero Beach.
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High School: A two-year captain at Lake Highland Prep for Coach John Lewis... Led squad to Florida State High School Finals as a junior and a senior... Named one of the top six high school golfers in Central Florida by the Orlando Sentinel... Publication also ranked team in the Sentinel Super Six for three straight years... Won the 2006 Lake Highland Preparatory Invitational... A member of the National Honor Society, Charlie graduated from Lake Highland Prep with honors. Personal: Charles Hemenway Grace... Born June 23, 1988 in Bristol, Rhode Island… Son of Holly and Edward Grace... Older brother, Ned, graduated from Vanderbilt in 2008... Younger borther, Sam, attends Lake Highland Prep... Majoring in economics.
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Amateur: Finished fifth at the 2009 AJGA (American Junior Golf Association) Southeast Junior Open with an even-par 213 over three rounds at the Vanderbilt Legends Club... A total of eight top-10 finishes on the SJGT (Southeastern Junior Golf Tour), including medalist honors at the 2006 Ol’ Colony Classic... Sixth place at the 2009 Carolinas/Georgia Junior Championship... Seventh place at the 2008 AJGA (American Junior Golf Association) Club Car Junior... Third place at the 2008 AJGA Rome Qualifier. High School: Four-year varsity starter for coach Tony Meyers’ McCallie Blue Tornado... Won the 2008 Preview Championship with a school-record two-day total of 133... Came in third place at the 2008 TSSAA (Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association) State Golf Championship... As a senior captain, led McCallie to a victory over rival Baylor for the first time in 33 head-to-head matches... A member of the National Honor Society, Will was named to McCallie’s Honor Roll and the Faculty Recognition List. Personal: William Bradley Snipes, Jr.... Born Oct. 30, 1990, in Augusta, Ga.... Son of Jane and Brad Snipes... Oldest of three children has one brother, Tucker, and one sister, Mary Margaret... Undecided as to his undergraduate major.
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Amateur: Earned runner-up honors in the Tennessee State Junior twice... Also finished in second place two times at The Wally Invitational... Numerous top-5’s in FCWT (Future Collegians World Tour) events... Finished tied for th sixth at the Cliffs, one of severals AJGA (American Junior Golf Association) top-10’s to his credit... Made the cut at the Tennessee State Amateur at the Honors Course in Chattanooga, site of the 2010 NCAA National Championship.
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Personal: Ryan Joseph Thornton... Born March 31, 1990 in Chattanooga, Tenn.... Son of Eileen and John Thornton... Middle of five children has a younger brother (Sam), a younger sister (Katie), an older brother (Johnny) and an older sister (Dori)… Ryan’s older brother played tennis at the University of Tennessee... Plans to major in human and organizational development at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College.
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Charlie grace
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High School: Four-year varsity starter for coach King Oehmig’s Baylor Raiders... Helped lead squad to four consecutive state championships... Lew Oehmig Award recipient as a junior for a team-low scoring average of 69.3 strokes... Finished second in the state as a senior after coming in fifth as a junior... Member of the National Honor Society.
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2009 Seminole Intercollegiate Clockwise from bottom left: Sophomore Ryan Haselden eagled the 54th hole to capture medalist honors at the 2009 Seminole Intercollegiate. Haselden’s victory also secured the team championship for the Commodores, the second team title in as many years for Vanderbilt. Junior Hudson Johnson (right) won the 2008 Hummingbird Intercollegiate -- hosted by Western Carolina in Cashiers, N.C. -- by shooting a final-round 65 that propelled the Commodores to a second-place finish. In April, sophomore Adam Hofmann earned a runner-up result at the 2009 Reunion Intercollegiate in Jackson, Miss., to lead the Commodores to third place. Vanderbilt’s success during the 2008-09 season earned the team a spot in the NCAA Central Region Championship, played less than an hour north of Nashville at the Club at Olde Stone near Bowling Green, Ky.
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year in review Date
Tournament
Finish
Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational Mason Rudolph Men’s Championship Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate Hummingbird Intercollegiate Rio Pinar Intercollegiate Seminole Intercollegiate Border Olympics Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational Reunion Intercollegiate SEC Championship NCAA Regional Championship
Jon Curran (Sr.) Rounds: 30 — Stroke Average: 72.83 Tournament Finish Fighting Illini Invitational 32nd / 75 Mason Rudolph 2nd / 90 Bank of Tennessee 9th / 70 Rio Pinar Intercollegiate 35th / 108 Seminole Intercollegiate 3rd / 60 Border Olympics 33rd / 88 Schenkel E-Z-Go 20/th / 96 Reunion Intercollegiate 14th / 75 SEC Championship 27th / 60 NCAA Central Regional 3rd / 75
Scores 73-74-74--221 67-70-68--205 76-70-71--217 78-72-71--221 74-73-68--215 78-72-75--225 73-73-72--218 82-71-75--228 72-75-74--221 74-71-69--214
11th/15 5th/17 13th/14 2nd/14 4th/21 1st/12 10th/16 12th/18 3rd/15 10th/12 10th/14
Par (+-) +11 -8 +1 +5 -1 +9 +2 +12 +5 -2
Tyler Matthews (Sr.) Rounds: 29 — Stroke Average: 74.66 Tournament Finish Fighting Illini Invitational 35th / 75 Mason Rudolph 23rd / 90 Hummingbird Intercollegiate 4th / 83 Rio Pinar Intercollegiate 22nd / 108 Seminole Intercollegiate 22nd / 60 Border Olympics 8th / 88 Schenkel E-Z-Go 79th / 96 Reunion Intercollegiate 28th / 75 SEC Championship 52nd / 60 NCAA Central Regional 62nd / 75
Scores 72-73-78--223 71-72-74--217 72-68--140 68-75-76--219 75-68-78--221 71-72-77--220 76-76-78--230 75-80-76--231 74-79-77--230 82-77-75--234
Par (+-) +13 +4 -2 +3 +5 +4 +14 +15 +14 +18
John Ebert (Sr.) Rounds: 15 — Stroke Average: 76.80 Tournament Finish Mason Rudolph 53rd / 90 Bank of Tennessee 71st / 70 Argonaut Invitational 31st / 71 Reunion Intercollegiate 67th / 75 Coca-Cola Duke Individual 6th / 63
Scores 79-70-73--222 78-78-82--238 76-77-74--227 78-82-85--245 70-70-80--220
Par (+-) +9 +22 +11 +29 +7
Hudson Johnson (Jr.) Rounds: 29 — Stroke Average: 74.28 Tournament Finish Fighting Illini Invitational 33rd / 75 Mason Rudolph 16th / 90 Bank of Tennessee 65th / 70 Hummingbird Intercollegiate 1st / 83 Rio Pinar Intercollegiate 18th / 108 Seminole Intercollegiate 13th / 60 Border Olympics 79th / 88 Reunion Intercollegiate 10th / 75 SEC Championship 34th / 60 NCAA Central Regional 34th/75
Scores 73-73-76--222 70-71-73--214 82-73-79--234 68-65--133 74-73-71--218 75-73-70--218 79-80-81--240 82-73-72--227 73-73-77--223 75-74-76--225
Par (+-) +12 +1 +18 -9 +2 +2 +24 +11 +7 +9
Scores
289-295-298--882 283-286-286--855 297-291-308--896 283-275--558 287-290-294--871 290-286-287--863 297-296-309--902 296-294-296--886 306-296-298--900 292-293-301--886 305-294-290--889
Par (+/-)
+42 +3 +32 -10 +7 -1 +38 +22 +36 +22 +25
Chris Rockwell (Jr.) Rounds: 5 — Stroke Average: 72.80 Tournament Finish Mason Rudolph 43rd / 90 Hummingbird Intercollegiate 12th / 83
Scores 76-70-74--220 73-71--144
Par (+-) +7 +2
Craig Tallent (R-So.) Rounds: 12 — Stroke Average: 76.00 Tournament Finish Mason Rudolph 76th / 90 Rio Pinar Intercollegiate 46th / 108 Argonaut Invitational 59th / 71 Coca-Cola Duke Individual 17th / 63
Scores 83-70-75--228 72-75-76--223 78-81-78--237 76-75-73--224
Par (+-) +15 +7 +21 +11
Ryan Haselden (So.) Rounds: 26 — Stroke Average: 73.58 Tournament Finish Mason Rudolph 43rd / 90 Bank of Tennessee 53rd / 70 Hummingbird Intercollegiate 6th / 83 Rio Pinar Intercollegiate 41st / 108 Seminole Intercollegiate 1st / 60 Border Olympics 20th / 88 Schenkel E-Z-Go 55th / 96 SEC Championship 21st / 60 NCAA Central Regional 16th / 75
Scores 75-74-71--220 72-75-81--228 70-72--142 71-75-76--222 67-72-74--213 69-75-79--223 75-73-77--225 73-71-76--220 75-72-73--220
Par (+-) +7 +12 E +6 -3 +7 +9 +4 +4
Adam Hofmann (So.) Rounds: 26 — Stroke Average: 74.27 Tournament Finish Fighting Illini Invitational 25th / 75 Mason Rudolph 60th / 90 Bank of Tennessee 25th / 70 Hummingbird Intercollegiate 19th / 83 Argonaut Invitational 36th / 71 Schenkel E-Z-Go 32nd / 96 Reunion Intercollegiate 2nd / 75 SEC Championship 39th / 60 NCAA Central Regional 55th / 75
Scores 71-75-72--218 76-73-74--223 71-73-77--221 74-71--145 77-74-78--229 73-73-74--220 71-72-75--218 77-74-74--225 81-78-73--232
Par (+-) +8 +10 +5 +3 +13 +4 +2 +9 +16
Trey DelGreco (Fr.) Rounds: 21 — Stroke Average: 75.24 Tournament Finish Fighting Illini Invitational 56th / 75 Mason Rudolph 71st / 90 Rio Pinar Intercollegiate 41st / 108 Seminole Intercollegiate 43rd / 60 Border Olympics 64th / 88 Schenkel E-Z-Go 42nd / 96 Coca-Cola Duke Individual 11th / 63
Scores 74-77-76--227 76-76-74--226 74-70-78--222 74-77-75--226 79-77-78--234 75-75-73--223 73-71-78--222
Par (+-) +17 +13 +6 +10 +18 +7 +9
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life of a The men’s golf team has made a tradition out of travelling to the Cherokee National Forest to whitewater raft on the world-famous Ocoee River. The Upper Ocoee, site of the 1996 Olympic Whitewater competition during the Atlanta Games, and Middle Ocoee combine to form a 10-mile route featuring Class III and IV rapids and one of the nation’s premier rafting destinations.
work hard, play hard Under the direction of Strength and Conditioning Coach Curtis Turner, the Vanderbilt men’s golf team participates in a year-round fitness program designed to increase flexibility while enhancing the specific muscles most important to a strong, consistent golf swing. Turner’s program was recently highlighted by Nashville’s NBC affiliate, WSMV Channel 4.
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commodore traveling in style Always searching for new adventures, the Commodores traveled to the Hawaiian Islands last season to take on an 11-team field in the Kauai Collegiate Cup. The five-day trip to paradise culminated in Vanderbilt’s first team championship under Head Coach Tom Shaw, as the team ran away with the event by an impressive 28-stroke margin.
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The Commodores take to the road in style thanks to their new Mercedes Touring Cruiser. The impressive ride features a myriad of entertainment options, including wireless internet, satellite TV on a flat-screen display, satellite radio from a wireless stereo system and DVD navigation. The plush leather interior offers seating for nine, a refrigerator and limitless storage.
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scotland The Vanderbilt men’s golf team spent nine days in August of 2009 touring some of the most famous courses in the world, including the Old Course at St. Andrew’s Links and Carnoustie, site of the 2007 Open Championship.
St. Andrew’s the old course the New course the castle course
carnoustie kingsbarns prestwick western gailes
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history &
records Goldsmith, Dos. . . . . . . . . . . 2004-07 Goodson, Lance . . . . . . . . 2001-2005 Grant, Ryan. . . . . . . . . . . . 1998-2001 Griffin, Ralph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1967,68 Griscom, John H. . . . . . . . . . 1949-51 Grober, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982,83 Guyton, Randy . . . . . . . . . . . 1990-93
Baker, James. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 Bates, L. Thomas . . . . . . . . . 1957-59 Beard, Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1975 Benton, Carl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974 Berry, Richard. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1972,73 Blackmon, Will. . . . . . . . . . . . 1990,91 Blumberg, Marc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1968 Boden, Robert. . . . . . . . . . . . 1967-70 Bowers, Andy. . . . . . . . . . . . 1997-99 Bowles, Walter Earnest. . . . . . . . 1980 Boyet, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1952-55 Briggs, George. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1969 Brown, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985 Brown, Jim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983,84 Bunce, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986-88 Bunn, Steven . . . . . . . . . . . . 1971-73 Burchfield, John. . . . . . . . . . . 1981,82 Burkett, Bernard Gary. . . . . . 1964-66 Burnett, John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1949
Harper, Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978 Haselden, Ryan. . . . . . . 2008-Present Hayworth, Drew. . . . . . . . . . 1987-89 Henderson, Thomas P. Jr.. . . . . . 1933 Hernandez, J. C.. . . . . . . . . . 1992-94 Herrick, Elton A. III . . . . . . . . . . . 1952 Hofmann, Adam . . . . . . 2008-Present Holt, Homer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1960 Holt, R. Maynard. . . . . . . . 1959,60,62 Horn, Louis G.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1958,59 Hudson, Gary R.. . . . . . . . . . . 1960,61
Caldwell, David. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1973 Calton, Robert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1958 Candler, Robert W. Jr.. . . . . . . . . 1967 Canney, John R. III . . . . . . . . . 1975,76 Chastain, David. . . . . . . . . . . . 1960,61 Chastain, William . . . . . . . . . . 1966,67 Chinchester, Cary. . . . . . . . . . . . 1972 Chitty, Chuck . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993-95 Coben, John. . . . . . . . . . . 1969,70,72 Coles, Miguel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998,99 Collins, James . . . . . . . . . . . 1962-64 Connor, Lewis (Lew). . . . . . . 1958-60 Cook, Brian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988-90 Cook, William Compton. . . . . . 1957,58 Cooper, James. . . . . . . . . . . . 1972,73 Coughlin, Frank Mueller. . . . . . . 1979 Coverdale, Tate. . . . . . . . . . . . 1986,87 Cowan, Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1966 Crawford, William H. Jr.. . . . . . 1961,62 Creagh, George. . . . . . . . . . . 1961-63 Croghan, Dan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983 Curran, Jon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-09 Dallas, Jason. . . . . . . . . . 1999-2003 Daniel, Dirk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 Darden, Matthews . . . . . . . . . . . 1975 Davis, Simon B. III. . . . . . . . . 1965-67 DelGreco, Trey . . . . . . . 2009-Present Delzer, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994-98 Disantis, William F.. . . . . . . . . 1977,78 Donnell, Mark. . . . . . . . . . 2001-2005 Douglas, Richard . . . . . . . . . . 1997,98 Draughn, Daniel H.. . . . . . . . . . . 1957 Dunlap, Craig. . . . . . . . . . 1999-2003 Dunson, William B. Jr.. . . . . . . 1970,71 Eastin, Mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985 Ebert, John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006-09 Embree, Paul Moody. . . . . . . . . . 1979 Eskind, Edward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1947 Faulds, Richard A. . . . . . . . . 1978-80 Fields, Jason. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992,93 Fischer, Dennis Jr.. . . . . . . . . 1959-61 Fogel, Glenn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985,86 Francis, Robert Stanley. . . . . . . . 1965 Frankenberg, Bruce . . . . . . . . 1974,75 Fritz, John William . . . . . . . . 1973-76 Gardner, Arnold . . . . . . . . . . 1978-80 Garland, Jim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983,86 Gates, Ralph P.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1947 Gebhard, Chris. . . . . . . . . . . 1993-95 Glover, J. Littleton Jr. . . . . . . 1962-64
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Top Ten Lowest Team Scores (Three Rounds) Date Tournament 1. Sept. 16-17, ‘02 Mason Rudolph Championship 2. May 17-19, ‘07 NCAA West Regional 3. Feb. 10-11, ‘01 Gator Invitational 4. Oct. 20-21, ‘03 Tournament of Champions 5. Feb. 12-13, ‘00 Gator Invitational Sept. 17-18, ‘01 Mason Rudolph Championship 7. Oct. 21-22, ‘03 Tenn. Tournament of Champions 8. March 14-15, ‘08 Kauai Collegiate Cup Sept. 26-28, ‘08 Mason Rudolph Championship 10. Sept. 30-Oct. 2, ‘05 Mason Rudolph Championship March 17-18, ‘07 Border Olympics Top Ten Lowest Team Scores (Single Round) Date Tournament 1. May 19, 2007 NCAA West Regional 2. Sept. 17, 2002 Mason Rudolph Championship 3. Sept. 16, 2002 Mason Rudolph Championship 4. Sept. 16-17, 2002 Mason Rudolph Championship 5. Feb. 10-11, 2001 Gator Invitational Nov. 4, 2008 Hummingbird Intercollegiate 6. May 18, 2007 NCAA West Regional 7. Mar. 17, 2000 Alabama Spring Invitational 8. Sept. 17, 2006 Carpet Capital Collegiate 10. Feb. 10-11, 2001 Gator Invitational Oct. 21-22, 2002 Tennessee Tour. of Champions Oct. 21, 2004 Tennessee Tour. of Champions March 15, 2008 Kauai Collegiate Cup
Finish Score 1 of 11 811 5 of 27 826 6 of 15 838 1 of 13 849 9 of 15 852 7 of 12 852 T-3 of 14 854 1 of 11 855 5 of 17 855 4 of 12 858 3 of 15 858
Round Score 3 267 3 268 1 271 2 272 2 275 2 275 2 276 1 277 3 278 2 279 2 279 3 279 3 279
Individual Records Lowest Individual Scores (Three Rounds) Player Tournament 1. Brandt Snedeker Mason Rudolph, 2002 2. Jon Curran NCAA West Regional, 2007 3. Craig Dunlap Mason Rudolph, 2002 4. Mark Donnell Mason Rudolph, 2002 5. Brandt Snedeker Tenn. Tour. of Champions, 2002 6. Brandt Snedeker Intercollegiate at Finley, 2002 Jon Curran Mason Rudolph, 2008 8. Brandt Snedeker Mason Rudolph, 2001 Billy Whalen NCAA West Regional, 2007 Jon Curran Seminole Intercollegiate, 2008 11. Mark Donnell Adams Cup, 2001
Finish Score 1 198 T-2 201 3 202 T-4 203 1 204 T-3 205 T-2 205 T-3 206 T-18 206 1 206 T-1 207
Lowest Individual Scores (Single Round) Player Tournament Round Score 1. Luke List Hyatt/Dorado Beach, 2004 2 63 Hudson Johnson Kauai Collegiate Cup, 2008 3 63 3. Jon Curran NCAA Championship, 2007 2 64 4. Brandt Snedeker Mason Rudolph, 2002 1 65 Brandt Snedeker 3 65 Mason Rudolph, 2002 Luke List CC of Louisiana, 2003 3 65 Luke List Mason Rudolph, 2005 3 65 Jon Curran NCAA West Regional, 2007 2 65 Jon Curran NCAA West Regional, 2007 3 65 Billy Whalen NCAA West Regional, 2007 3 65 Hudson Johnson Hummingbird Intercollegiate, 2008 2 65 12. Colby Lamberson Bent Brook-Blazer Invite., 1993 2 66 Brandt Snedeker Mason Rudolph, 2001 2 66 Brandt Snedeker Intercollegiate at Finley, 2002 1 66 Craig Dunlap Mason Rudolph, 2002 2 66 Luke List Border Olympics, 2007 3 66
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history The Vanderbilt men’s golf team has advanced to the NCAA Championships three times in the past seven seasons. In 2007, the Commodores placed fifth at the NCAA West Regional in Tempe, Ariz., to advance to the NCAA Championship in Williamsburg, Va. (at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club’s Gold Course), where Jon Curran finished in eighth place.
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Then a sophomore, VU’s Hudson Johnson earned medalist honors at the 2008 Kauai Collegiate Cup after shooting a final round of nine-under 63. The score tied the Commodores’ 18-hole record and broke Wailua’s tournament course record (championship tees).
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All-Americans Brandt Snedeker was the first Commodore men’s golfer to earn All-America honors after being chosen as a second-team honoree by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) in 2002. He would earn first-team recognition the following year. Luke List improved upon Snedeker’s successes, earning All-America honors in each of his four years as a Commodore. In 2007, both List and teammate Jon Curran (honorable mention) were lauded as All-Americans.
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Rookie of the Year Brandt Snedeker graduated to the PGA Tour after finishing ninth on the Nationwide money list in 2006. In his first season as a tourplaying member, Snedeker won the Wyndham Championship (pictured above) and finished 20th on the FedExCup points list on his way to being named the PGA TOUR’s 2007 Rookie of the Year. He had six top-10 finishes to his credit and collected $2,836,643 -- the third highest rookie total in history.
“Going to Vanderbilt was the best decision of my life. It gave me every opportunity I could ask for. The staff there was amazing, and they had a huge role in making me the person I am today. I will forever be grateful for everything that I received in my time at Vanderbilt.“
Degree Bachelor of Arts Major Communication Studies, 2003 Hometown Nashville, Tenn. High School Montgomery Bell Academy
professional Career 2007-present . . . . . . . . . . . . . PGA Tour 2007 Rookie of the Year Won the 2007 Wyndham Championship Six Top-10 finishes in his first season 2004-06 . . . . . . . . . . . . Nationwide Tour Two victories in 2006 Ninth-place finish on money list
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Legends Club South Course plays 7,100 yards and par is 71. Founded in 1992, Vanderbilt Legends Club is a Vanderbilt Legends Club will play host to both 36-hole golf club located just south of downtown Nashville. Vanderbilt Legends Club was designed Mason Rudolph Championships this fall. The venue also has served as the backdrop to numerby Bob Cupp, one of the world’s foremost golf ous national tournaments and is the former home course architects, and Tom Kite, current Senior to the LPGA’s Franklin PGA Tour player “The Vanderbilt Legends Club houses a championship American Mortgage and 1992 U.S. golf course that is unmatched when it comes to colChampionship, which Open champion. lege golf facilities. From its challenging shot values and was hosted by Amy The North Course perfect bent grass greens, to the short game facility and Grant and Vince Gill is a 7,200-yard, expansive practice range, the Vanderbilt Legends Club and supported the par-72 golf has what players need to become champions.“ Vanderbilt Children’s course and the Hospital. — Tom Shaw
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practice facility “The Conner Short Game Facility is one of the finest
practice areas in the country and I feel my short game has improved dramatically since the facility has been donated to Vanderbilt Golf. We are wonderful area to practice and improve our game.“ --- Former VU All-American Luke List
Vanderbilt’s Conner Short Game Practice Facility, opened in August 2004, gives the Commodore golf program a huge boost, allowing players to practice any short-game shot they can imagine. The beautiful two-acre facility, located adjacent to the driving range at Vanderbilt Legends Club, features five different bunkers and three greens – one for putting, with both bentgrass and Bermuda, one for chipping, and one with a 130-yard practice hole for practicing shots of various distances and lies.
Lew Conner holds two degrees from Vanderbilt and was a member of the varsity golf team from 19571960. The Conner family includes many Vanderbilt alumni including Ashley Whitsitt Conner (BA, 1960), Holly Conner Sharp and Kevin Sharp (JD, 1993), Stephanie Barger Conner (BA 1990) and Lewis Forrest Conner (MBA, 1996).
Vanderbilt dedicated its new short game practice facility in honor of Cleo and Lewis Conner, Sr., during ceremonies at the Vanderbilt Legends Golf Club in August 2005. Cleo and Lewis Conner, Sr., are the late parents of Lew Conner, a prominent Nashville attorney who funded the facility’s lead gift.
Officials are in the planning stages of a brand new Vanderbilt Golf Team Training Center. The facility would include coaches’ offices, four hitting bays, conference room, lounge and locker facilities all on the grounds of the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin.
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Belle Meade Country Club
Director of Golf: Doug Oubre Course: 6,844 yards, par 71
Head Golf Professional: Willie Gibbons, 31st year Course: 6,809 yards, Par 72
The Golf Club of Tennessee is a Tom Fazio design course. Opened in 1991, it finished runner-up in the private division of Golf Digest’s 1992 list of best new courses. The course is a beautiful layout of holes designed through a wide valley along Brush Creek. Four holes are found along a scenic stretch atop a bluff. The golf course demands accurate, ling tee shots with large bent greens surrounded by strategically located bunkers. A thinkingperson’s course, the layout will require the use of every club in your bag from long, straight tee shots to short, medium and long iron shots. Brewer was named Tennessee’s Top
This year marks the 102nd year of golf at the Belle Meade Country Club. A tight, tree-lined driving course, Belle Meade requires long, medium and short iron shots as well as delicate wedge and chip shots to large, exceptionally kept bent greens. The greens are well trapped. The first Senior Amateur Tournament was held at Belle Meade in 1955. Belle Meade was also the site of the 1969 Southern Amateur Tournament won by Hubert Green. The 1984 Tennessee State Open also was held at Belle Meade. In June 2001, Belle Meade hosted the USGA Junior Girls Qualifier.
Golf Teacher by Golf Digest in 2001.
Little Course at Aspen Grove Completed in 1995, the nine-hole par-27 course that surrounds Golf House Tennessee was designed to give the beginner and scratch player an exciting golf experience. Created by Bob Cupp, renowned golf course architect and co-designer of its neighbor, the Legends Club of Tennessee, the layout requires players to hit a variety of shots. Youngsters learning the game get a chance to encounter many difficult golf situations on this course, while the better players will find the mixture of fast greens and a number of different hole placements a challenge. As the site for the Tennessee PGA Junior Golf Academy and other junior events, this course is one of the premier learning facilities for juniors in the country.
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Hermitage Golf Courses
Head Professional: Brian Jorgenson Course: 7,510 yards, par 72
Head Professional: Jim Vernon
One of the most demanding courses in Middle Tennessee has become known during its 25 years of play for its fast and undulating greens and hilly terrain. In fact, the land originally was owned by Davy Crockett’s uncle in the 18th century, and the 10,000-squarefoot clubhouse totally preserves the original chestnut log two-room Crockett house with the large stone fireplaces. Nashville Golf & Athletic Club, which has played host to the 2004 and 2005 Tennessee State Open, has been named the mid-state’s most challenging course by Business Journal Weekly.
Built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, The General’s Retreat hosted the LPGA Sara Lee Classic from 1988 to 2000. Having been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville,” the General’s Retreat is a “must play” for Nashville residents.
The General’s Retreat: 6,775 yards, par 72
The President’s Reserve: 7,153 yards, par 72 The new President’s Reserve, designed by Denis Griffiths (designer of Atlanta’s Chateau Elan Resort Courses), trails through 300 acres of natural Tennessee wetlands and along the banks of the beautiful Cumberland River.
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Athletic Achievers
1 186 73 191 3.1
Vanderbilt ranking in SEC graduation rate category Number of Vanderbilt student-athletes named to the 2008-09 All-SEC Academic Honor Roll Vanderbilt student-athletes named to the spring 2009 Dean’s List Vanderbilt student-athletes that achieved 3.0 or higher GPA in the spring of 2009 Combined GPA of Vanderbilt student-athletes in the spring of 2009
Vanderbilt Athletics 2008-09 Team Accomplishments
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• Eight Vanderbilt varsity teams reached postseason play. • The women’s basketball squad reached the NCAA tourney for the 10th straight appearance, advancing to the Sweet 16. • Baseball received their fourth straight NCAA berth for the first time ever. • The football team earned its first postseason bid in years, then won the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl.
Academic Successes 186 Vanderbilt student-athletes achieved All-SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition in 2008-09. Of those student-athletes, 73 achieved Dean’s List status with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
D.J. Moore became the first Commodore defensive back to earn All-America honors since 1983. Mike Minor was a first round pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft, marking the third straight year a Vanderbilt baseball player was taken in the initial round. Jennifer Risper was named the nation’s top defensive player in women’s basketball. Josie Earnest was the nation’s top bowler for the second straight year. Christina Wirth was named to the Lowe’s Senior Class All-America basketball team. Six Commodore athletes earned postseason All-America honors. 26 Vanderbilt standouts received All-Conference recognition.
Several national media outlets including USA Today, The New York Times and Sports Illustrated recently have featured Vanderbilt’s athletic successes.
Superb Mentors
Vanderbilt’s four revenue sport head coaches — Melanie Balcomb (women’s basketball), Tim Corbin (baseball), Bobby Johnson (football), and Kevin Stallings (men’s basketball) — have earned SEC Coach of the Year honors during their Commodore tenures. The coaches also provide solid coaching longevity at Vanderbilt. Each has served in their current post for at least seven years.
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On-Campus Living
• Nearly 90% of our undergraduates – and all freshmen – live on campus. • Thirty-one residence halls and apartments, including the highly acclaimed and newly opened Commons, are undergrad housing options.
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Educational Opportunity
Vanderbilt offers degrees in liberal arts and science, education, engineering, music, law, management, divinity, nursing and medicine through its 10 schools.
The average Vanderbilt class features just 19 students, adding to a remarkable personalized learning environment.
In 2008-09, 53% of 6,584 Vanderbilt undergraduates were females. The retention rate of Vanderbilt freshmen is 96%, among the highest of any university in the U.S.
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Vanderbilt “blends tradition with the concerns of today’s world in an educational package that’s one of the finest in the South...”
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Among the United States’ national universities Among all universities located in the Southeastern U.S. Best value among America’s national universities Rank for Peabody College among graduate schools of education Vanderbilt’s research-oriented School of Medicine Rank for the Vanderbilt Law School
Our academic reputation is greatly enhanced by the favorable student-faculty ratio of 9:1, providing students a highly personalized and interactive learning atmosphere.
• Vanderbilt is listed on the following “Best of” lists by Princeton Review: Best Colleges List, Best in the Southeast, Best Value College and College with a Conscience. • The Vanderbilt Medical Center and School of Medicine, which boasts two Nobel Laureates among its faculty, consistently ranks among the nation’s elite. The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital is fast becoming one of the nation’s best. • Vanderbilt’s Peabody College ranks as one of the top schools of education in America.
University Facts Ninety-five percent of classes at Vanderbilt enroll under 50 students. Eighty percent of undergrad classes contain fewer than 25 students.
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Vanderbilt Facts In 2008, the Vanderbilt football, men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball teams met the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) guidelines.
Vice Chancellor for University Affairs and Athletics “We believe in a well-rounded experience for our student-athletes that includes academics, athletics, community involvement, and a college social life. It will make them better in all areas. At Vanderbilt, while we strive to win, we define winning very broadly.”
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Easy Access
• Nashville International Airport, just 15 minutes from campus, is one of America’s most convenient airports. • Three interstates – 65, 40, and 24 – converge in Nashville, allowing easy auto access in all directions.
Nashville Treats What has Nashville given the world? To name a few…Oprah Winfrey, Maxwell House coffee, Meat-and-3 eateries, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Music Row and the Grand Ole Opry, GooGoo clusters, and the Iroquois races.
• Tennessee’s fastest growing area, with a population of 1.6 million. • Nashville is the government, financial, and medical hub of Tennessee. • “Music City” pays homage to the city’s rich musical heritage and active industry. • “Athens of the South” recognizes dedication to fine arts and higher education. • The Vanderbilt campus is 1.5 miles from vibrant downtown Nashville. • The city ranks among the nation’s best places to live.
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Nashville: Great Sports In addition to Vanderbilt athletics, Nashville is home to many sporting events and teams, including the Tennessee Titans, NHL Nashville Predators, the Milwaukee Brewers AAA baseball franchise, NASCAR racing, and the Country Music Marathon.
“14th best sports city in America…” -Sporting News, 2008 edition
Tennessee Titans Located three miles from campus, LP Field is home to the NFL’s Tennessee Titans. Three Vanderbilt games have been played at LP Field, including the team’s 2008 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl win over Boston College.
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