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<\/a><\/p>\nRod Wood, former men\u2019s basketball coach and current Director of Athletic Facilities, will serve as the program\u2019s head coach. Augustine\u00a0Golf Club in Stafford County will be the home course for the Eagles and Raspberry Golf Management will become the newest partner of UMW Athletics.<\/p>\n
\u201cUMW is in a prime location for golf,\u201d said UMW Director of Athletics Ken Tyler. \u201cWe\u2019re very pleased to add men\u2019s golf to our varsity athletic program and look forward to the many benefits it will bring to our athletic department, the university, and our community.\u00a0Rod Wood is a proven coach and recruiter with a great deal of experience and connections in the sport of golf, and he will be an excellent leader for our program.\u201d<\/p>\n
The school\u00a0will spend the next year and a half recruiting talented student-athletes and planning for the first tee shot in August 2016. The program will be immediately eligible for CAC and NCAA championships.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to start a program from scratch,\u201d said Wood. \u201cGolf has always been a passion of mine, and I look forward to working with the students we plan to recruit.\u201d Wood\u2019s first coaching job was with the golf team at Robert E. Lee High School, where he coached PGA Tour Professional Kris Blanks.<\/p>\n
The University is also looking to add women\u2019s golf in either the fall of 2016 or 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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