RENO, Nev. - The Nevada women's golf program is excited to announce the second annual Patty Sheehan Golf Tournament, presented by Bobos. Make sure to save the date for August 14^th, this year's tournament will be at Hidden Valley Country Club in Reno, Nev., with a shotgun start scheduled to begin at 9am. 

Patty Sheehan will be in attendance and was one of the founding members of the Nevada women's golf program. Participation in the event will cost $250 per person and $1,000 for teams of four, with all proceeds going directly to the Nevada women's golf program. The tournament last year was a roaring success, helping raise nearly $30,000 for women's golf student-athletes. More information will be released soon on how to register for the tournament.

A three-time high school state champion at Wooster High School in Reno, Patty Sheehan helped establish the women's golf team at the University of Nevada, practicing with the men's team and representing the Wolf Pack before the school had an official women's golf team. An accomplished amateur, she won three straight Nevada State Amateurs (1975-78) and two straight California Amateurs (1977-78) before finishing second at the 1979 U.S. Women's Amateur. For the Wolf Pack, she finished in the top 10 at the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) championship twice before transferring to San Jose State. She won the AIAW crown in 1980 and was named the Broderick Award winner that year as the top collegiate women's golfer.

In addition to the Nevada Athletics and the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame, Sheehan has also been inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, the Collegiate Golf Hall of Fame, and the National High School Hall of Fame.

On top of her incredible accomplishments on the course, Patty Sheehan established two endowments last year along with co-founder of Nevada Women's Golf, Robbin Rose. The two endowments help support our women's golf scholarships and operations at Nevada. If interested in contributing to either endowment, contact Quinton Conaway, Assistant AD, Development at vconaway@unr.edu or at (775) 682-6974.

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