Hokie ClubOn April 29, the Chick-fil-A Bowl Alma Mater at Reynolds Plantation, the nation’s premier head coach and celebrity golf event, will again assemble a “who’s who†list of teams competing against their rivals for a $375,000 scholarship purse.
The field will include defending champions Frank Beamer and Dell Curry of Virginia Tech and an impressive list of top NCAA head coaches and celebrities. In all, 14 teams are scheduled to hit the links – all vying for the $100,000 first-place prize.
Newly added teams from Boston College – including head football coach Jeff Jagodinski and actor Chris O’Donnell – and UConn – with head basketball coach Jim Calhoun and former NBA forward Donny Marshall – will help make this the most elite coach and celebrity golf event in the country.
Other returning players include Ralph Friedgen (Maryland), Jim Grobe (Wake Forest), Mark Richt (Georgia), Nick Saban (Alabama), Steve Spurrier (South Carolina) and Tommy Tuberville (Auburn).
More new teams will be announced in the weeks leading up to the event.
The Chick-fil-A Bowl Alma Mater at Reynolds Plantation features pairings that include a university head coach and a celebrity alumnus from the same school competing in a scramble format against other university teams from around the country.
The celebrity round will be taped for broadcast and aired nationally by CBS from 2 – 4 p.m. (ET) on Christmas Day. For more information on the event, visit www.Chick-fil-ABowlAlmaMater.com.