University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers to Host 15th-Annual Dan Morgan Golf Open
6/21/2011 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
The event is named after Dan Morgan, a First-Team All-American pitcher in 1977, who passed away on May 31, 1996. Former teammates have launched this annual event to raise funds for the Gopher Baseball program since 1997. Since the beginning, the golf open has raised over $125,000 in Dan Morgan's memory.
Golf entry fee for the event is $150, and includes lunch, green fee & golf cart, practice facility with range balls, personalized cart signs, tournament scoring, hole contests, heavy appetizers, a sleeve of golf balls and a Gopher baseball apparel item.
Registration and group photos will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., along with lunch, which will be at the clubhouse from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. The shotgun start for the tournament will begin at 12:30 p.m., with four-person team scrambles. Social hour will run from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and awards program, which will start at 7 p.m. For more information contact Lee Swenson at 612-625-0869 or send an email to swens060@umn.edu.
