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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 24, 2006

Schumer Urges PGA To Give Accreditation To SUNY Delhi Golf Management Program

Program Will Educate and Train Future PGA Professionals and Administrators

Schumer: Accreditation Will Add University to Elite List of Programs

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged the Professional Golfer’s Association of America (PGA) to grant accreditation of SUNY Delhi’s Professional Golf Management Program. This program will provide high quality training and education to future PGA professionals and administrators.

“SUNY Delhi’s golf management program is one of the most notable in the country,” said Schumer. “Already the university boasts several new and impressive facilities, but with accreditation, Delhi will be able to provide students from New York and across the nation with an incomparable educational experience.” Accreditation will add SUNY Delhi to an elite list of only 18 colleges and universities able to provide this high level of education and training.  The program is designed to prepare future management personnel for the growing number of golf courses in the region and the nation. Graduates of the PGA PGM program qualify for assistant managerial positions at various golf courses, and after gaining sufficient experience, may become candidates for coveted management positions within the PGA of America. Delhi is the only college in the Northeast that has an 18-hole golf course that serves as an academic laboratory. Facilities also include a chipping/putting practice green, an upcoming 113 acre-driving range and its acclaimed Turf Education Center which houses state-of-the-art equipment, a demonstration laboratory, greenhouses, a classroom, and turf demonstration test plots.

In a personal letter to Chris Hunkler, Managing Director of Membership Programs for the PGA, Schumer wrote, “SUNY Delhi, situated in the heart of Delaware County, is an optimal location for a program of this nature.  With easy access to the New York City Metropolitan Area and SUNY Delhi’s close proximity to some of Upstate New York’s most well-regarded golf courses, a partnership between the college and the PGA would surely attract students of the highest caliber enthused to study in the PGA’s Professional Golf Management Program. I strongly encourage you to consider SUNY Delhi’s application for PGA accreditation of its Professional Golf Management Program.  SUNY Delhi and the PGA share a commitment to excellence and advancement.  With accreditation, SUNY Delhi can continue the 31 year-old tradition of distinction associated with the PGA’s Professional Golf Management Program.”

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