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PGA Professional Scooter Clark Named Manager for PGA Minority Collegiate Championship


The PGA of America has named


Loritz “Scooter” Clark as Manager of the PGA Minority Collegiate Championship, which will be held at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida, May 10-13, 2018.


In his new position, Clark will work to assure that the Championship delivers on the long- term goals and objectives for all stakeholders, including the student- athletes, coaches, partners and golf industry employers.


the PGA Minority Collegiate Championship


Clark’s involvement dates


to 1987


when he competed for Southern University and the University of Maryland. For eight years, he was the Director of Intercollegiate Golf at Bethune-Cookman


University


where his men’s and women’s teams combined to win 10 PGA


with


Minority Collegiate Championship Division I titles, the most in the 31- year history of the Championship.


Clark


A PGA Professional since 2009, partnered


with


Minority Collegiate Championship while working for Titleist


the PGA and


FootJoy, and is an ardent supporter of the event’s Business of Golf Career Expo, which educates participating student-athletes on the employment opportunities


available in the


global golf business and provides a forum to personally connect with key industry employers.


“To be able to work with nearly 29,000 PGA Professionals


and


this group of student-athletes is humbling,” said Clark, who most recently served as the Executive Director for The First Tee of Greater Baltimore. “I’m ready to start building, collaborating and sharing


ideas that will elevate the PGA Minority Collegiate Championship, its corresponding Career Expo, and ultimately the game of golf.”


The PGA Minority Collegiate Championship is a 54-hole, stroke- play Championship contested in four-team divisions: NCAA Men’s Division I, Men’s Division II, Men’s NAIA and an overall Women’s Division. In addition, there is an Individual


Division for minority


men and women who are listed on the roster of their college team or are part of the PGA of America’s PGA Golf Management University programs.


“We aspire to continue to elevate the PGA Minority Collegiate Championship and secure its standing as the preeminent golf event and golf career expo for student-athletes from Historically


Black Colleges and Universities and minority-serving institutions,” said Sandy Cross, the PGA of America’s Senior Director of Diversity & Inclusion. “To this end, there is no one more familiar with,


and passionate about,


the Championship, its history and shaping the


we’re thrilled direction of its


programming than Scooter Clark. After many years as participant and coach,


to


welcome Scooter to our team, as he’s uniquely qualified to leverage the Championship and to expose its diverse and talented field to opportunities golf affords.”


Since 1998, PGA Golf Club has hosted the PGA Minority Collegiate Championship. In 2006, the PGA of America was granted complete ownership and management


of


the Championship by the National Minority College Golf Scholarship Fund.


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