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A special weekend for URI Coach Drennan

Tom Drennan, head golf coach at the University of Rhode Island, has had a banner weekend here at Newport. As a volunteer committee chairman he has worked with members of the media -- about 400 have been credentialed from four continents -- to help facilitate our coverage of this event. He's had a great opportunity to view the action and to see the golfers answer questions about the way they've played.

"The opportunity for us to have the very best women in the world here in Newport, the chance to watch them at a course we all know so well, has been very special," Drennan said today.

He said the highlight of his weekend was the 18th hole yesterday: "Seeing the drama unfold, and then being able to see the golfers explain what happened in the interview room."

Before coaching golf, Drennan was head basketball coach at Roger Williams, and a former basketball assistant coach under Jack Kraft at URI. He's been the Rams' head golf coach since 1988, and he has led them on their current, most impressive streak of 15 straight NCAA Regional tournament appearances.

- Mike McDermott

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 11:38 AM | Permalink

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