The George Mason University golf team is in high gear in the week going into their first tournament. The team is looking ahead to the Maryland Intercollegiate on Sept. 18-19.

It will be their first official event of the fall. Hosted by the University of Maryland, it takes place at the River Marsh Golf Club in Cambridge, Md.

The players who will represent Mason at the Maryland Intercollegiate will be the ones with the lowest four scores at a practice tournament played the week before. Coach Scott King is highly optimistic.

In his blog on the Mason athletics website he says, “all eight on the roster have a chance to make it … we’re all playing good right now.” The practice tournament will be 18 holes played at the Country Club of Fairfax.

There may still be a chance for a ninth member to join the Mason roster depending on the results of another practice tournament. The team, as well as the remaining tryouts, will play in a 36-hole event the weekend of Sept. 11-12.

It will take place at Laurel Hill Golf Club in Lorton, which is a home course for the Mason team. It is the last chance for the remaining tryouts, and the spot they are competing for is still theoretical.

“If someone steps up, they’ll secure a roster spot … if no one posts a good score, then we are set and ready to go for the fall campaign,” said Coach King.

The 2010-11 season is an important one for Mason golf. The program is in the midst of a transition.

As Coach King describes it, even though several of the tryouts were previously on the team, “With the new direction the program is heading, they have to prove themselves once again.”

This fall’s events, then, are crucial. The Maryland Intercollegiate will be tough, because also participating in the tournament is Penn State University, who successfully advanced to the NCAA Nationals last year.

The George Mason University golf team is in high gear in the week going into their first tournament. The team is looking ahead to the Maryland Intercollegiate on Sept. 18-19.

It will be their first official event of the fall. Hosted by the University of Maryland, it takes place at the River Marsh Golf Club in Cambridge, Md.

The players who will represent Mason at the Maryland Intercollegiate will be the ones with the lowest four scores at a practice tournament played the week before. Coach Scott King is highly optimistic.

In his blog on the Mason athletics website he says, “all eight on the roster have a chance to make it … we’re all playing good right now.” The practice tournament will be 18 holes played at the Country Club of Fairfax.

There may still be a chance for a ninth member to join the Mason roster depending on the results of another practice tournament. The team, as well as the remaining tryouts, will play in a 36-hole event the weekend of Sept. 11-12.

It will take place at Laurel Hill Golf Club in Lorton, which is a home course for the Mason team. It is the last chance for the remaining tryouts, and the spot they are competing for is still theoretical.

“If someone steps up, they’ll secure a roster spot … if no one posts a good score, then we are set and ready to go for the fall campaign,” said Coach King.

The 2010-11 season is an important one for Mason golf. The program is in the midst of a transition.

As Coach King describes it, even though several of the tryouts were previously on the team, “With the new direction the program is heading, they have to prove themselves once again.”

This fall’s events, then, are crucial. The Maryland Intercollegiate will be tough, because also participating in the tournament is Penn State University, who successfully advanced to the NCAA Nationals last year.

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