Homecoming Golf: Bill Bass Open To Benefit Ragin’ Cajuns Golf Team

Dan McDonald, The Advertiser, October 21, 2015

BILL BASS UPCOMING: There’s still plenty time to enter the annual Bill Bass Open, UL’s Homecoming golf tournament that benefits the Ragin’ Cajun golf team, but players are urged to get entries in as soon as possible in order to guarantee requested tee times.

The tournament is just over a week away at Les Vieux Chenes, with the event set for Friday, Oct. 30 – one day before the UL football team hosts UL Monroe in the annual Homecoming contest.

Golfers who have played in the event in the past few years should have received a mailing with this year’s information and registration. Entry brochures are also available at all local courses, at the Golfballs.com Retail Center and The Golf Connection, at the UL athletic department and the UL Alumni House offices, but with the short time remaining to enter, entries may be phoned in at 857-8754.

The four-person scramble event still has availabilities for morning and afternoon shotgun starts, with play beginning at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the two waves. Registration begins 90 minutes before each tee time, and lunch will be served after play for the morning wave and before play for the afternoon wave.

Members of the UL athletic staff will be on hand during the day to greet players. Snacks and beverages will be available on the course, and members of the Cajun golf team will be on the course and hitting shots along with each team on selected holes. There will also be some special "Homecoming" holes in play throughout the round.

Entry fee is $125 per player or $500 per team, and players may make up their own four-person team or may enter as individuals to be paired up into teams. A team handicap index is used so that all teams will have a chance at the Cajun-themed prizes that will go to the winning squads.

There is also an online entry form at www.ragincajuns.com by clicking “Sports,” then “Golf,” and then “Additional Links” before clicking on the Bill Bass Open line. There are spots for both four-person team and individual entries.