Wednesday, April 3, 1996 | 11:59 a.m.
"Put up or shut up" is the motto of the inaugural National Team Championship, a golf tournament that will determine an amateur national team champion.
Representatives from more than 300 golf clubs from 42 states (including Nevada) and Japan have expressed an interest in sending their top amateur golfers to compete in the 54-hole scratch tournament.
Each four-player team will compete in one of 12 qualifying tournaments from May through September 1996 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The three-day qualifying events will consist of 54 holes of stroke play and scoring will be two best-balls (scratch) of the foursome.
Approximately 15 percent of the teams from each qualifying tournament will be eligible to compete in the finals, scheduled for December 1996 in Scottsdale. The finals will follow the same format as the qualifying event, with the winning team claiming the title of America's top amateur team.
The courses that will be used for the finals are Troon North Golf Club and Grayhawk Golf Club. The qualifying rounds will be held at Troon North's Monument and Pinnacle courses and Grayhawk's Talon and Raptor courses.
The entry fee for the tournament is $720 per player or $2,880 per team and includes golf fees, rental car, luxury accommodations at the Resort Suites of Scottsdale, tee prizes, daily breakfast, evening cocktails and awards.
The National Team Championship is sanctioned by the International Golf Association, Pacific Coast Golf Association and the Arizona Golf Association. Call 1-800-216-3386 for additional information.
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* DISCOUNT TICKETS: Two local Cadillac dealerships are offering discounted tickets to the Las Vegas Senior Classic golf tournament, to be held April 25-28 at the Tournament Players Club at Summerlin. Cashman Cadillac (2711 E. Sahara Ave.) and Cadillac West (5185 W. Sahara Ave.) are selling single-day tickets for $10 each -- $5 off the regular ticket price. The dealerships are donating $2.50 from each ticket sold to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas. Tickets are available at both locations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
* REBELS BACK IN ACTION: The third-ranked UNLV golf team returns to action Friday and Saturday in the Ping Intercollegiate at MacGregor Downs Country Club in Cary, N.C. The Rebels are coming off a fifth-place finish in the Morris Williams Intercollegiate in Houston -- a tournament in which senior Chris Riley finished in sixth place and freshman Ted Oh took eighth. Following the Ping Intercollegiate, the Rebels have only one tournament remaining, the Karsten Creek Collegiate in Stillwater, Okla., before the postseason begins with the Big West Conference Championships May 6-7 in San Jose, Calif.
* UPCOMING EVENTS: The PGA Tour is in Marietta, Ga., for the $1.3 million BellSouth Classic at the Atlanta Country Club. Mark Calcavecchia is the defending champion and CBS will televise Saturday and Sunday. ... The Senior PGA Tour is in Scottsdale, Ariz., for the $1 million The Tradition at the Golf Club at Desert Mountain. Jack Nicklaus won last year's tournament in a playoff with Isao Aoki. ESPN will televise Thursday through Sunday. ... The LPGA Tour returns to Northern California for the first time in eight years for the inaugural Twelve Bridges Classic at Twelve Bridges Country Club in Lincoln. ... The Nike Tour is holding the Tallahassee Open in Tallahassee, Fla.
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