Annual Founders Council Tennis Social & Golf Pro-Am Tournament

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

All proceeds benefit the MU Loyalty Fund for student scholarships and the PGA Golf Management and Professional Tennis Management programs.

Participants in both events are matched with competitive MU student-athletes for a chance to win prizes.

Tennis Doubles Social Golf Pro-Am Tournament
  • 32 Players max.
  • 9 a.m.: Registration & Courts Open
  • 9:45 a.m.: Group Photo & Opening Remarks
  • 10 a.m.: Tournament Begins
  • Noon: Lunch & Awards
  • 54 Players max.
  • 9-10:30 a.m.: Registration, Driving Range Open
  • 10 a.m.: Meal Served (Please arrive no later than 10:30 a.m.)
  • 11 a.m.: Group Photo & Opening Remarks
  • 11:30 a.m.: Shotgun Start
  • 4:30 p.m.: Awards Presentation & Dinner Served

Presenting Sponsor

Debbie Best, Financial AdvisorEdward Jones: Making Sense of InvestingGold Sponsor

Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Green Sponsor

Mary Nimocks Haugh

Monarch Sponsors

Nicole Stiff

PWC: Fayetteville's Hometown Utility

Radiant Wellness & Aesthetics

Two Men and a Truck - movers who care

Presenting Sponsor

Brown Advisory: Thoughtful Investing

Gold Sponsors

Cape Fear Valley Health

Carolina Sun Investments

Full Moon CapitalGreen Sponsors

Budget Rooter Plumbing

Holmes Security Systems

Monarch Sponsors

Crispian Consulting Inc.

John Allen Shoes

Paige Krauss

Nicole Stiff

PWC: Fayetteville's Hometown Utility

Registration Now Open!

The Gene Clayton Tennis Center is home to the USPTA accredited Professional Tennis Management (PTM) program at Methodist University. The facility, which features a field house and eight lighted hard courts, is located on the east-end of our beautiful, 600-acre campus, adjacent to the Richard L. Player Golf Center, Price Field and Armstrong-Shelley Field. The fieldhouse contains coaches’ offices, locker rooms, elevated spectator seating and a racquet stringing/repair shop. Monarch tennis boasts a long history of success. The women’s team has accumulated 24 conference championships and made 10 NCAA national tournament appearances while the men’s team has garnered 13 conference championships and made five NCAA national tournament appearances.

“Downback” is the University’s 6,370-yard, 18-hole golf course reserved for MU’s PGA Golf Management students and includes a practice facility with short game area, putting green, bunkers, and 30 hitting stations. The Methodist University Golf Course has been named a GRAA Top 50 Private Range for 2012 and 2014-2019.  The University’s NCAA Division III Golf teams have won a total of 40 National Championships (26 women’s, 14 men’s).

Contact

Jalisha Pone, M.P.A.

Senior Director of Development
Jalisha Pone