Allstate Sugar Bowl GolfThe Allstate Sugar Bowl has sponsored multiple golf events through the years. For the third straight year, Tulane University and the Allstate Sugar Bowl will team-up to bring many of the nation's top women's collegiate golfers to the Crescent City for the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship, Feb. 24-26, at the English Turn Golf & Country Club. Admission to each round is free of charge.

The three-day, 54-hole event will feature 18 holes each day on the par-72, 6,105-yard course, and each round will feature an 8 a.m. tee off time. Play will begin on Sunday, Feb. 24 and Monday, Feb. 26 from holes No. 1 and No. 10, while Tuesday's final round will begin with a shotgun start.

Live results from each round will be available every three holes at www.GolfStat.com and information regarding the event is available on the golf homepage at www.TulaneGreenWave.com.

The 2013 field is comprised of 18 teams and features 10 squads ranked among the nation's Top-25 programs, while a total of 16 of the 18 teams are rated among the Top-50 programs in the country.  This year's participants includes No. 1 USC, No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Florida, No. 4 Alabama, No. 16 Oklahoma State, No. 17 Purdue, No. 19 Baylor, No. 21 Texas A&M, No. 25 Texas, No. 25 UCLA, No. 31 Tulane, No. 35 Auburn, No. 37 Oregon, No. 41 LSU, No. 43 UTSA, No. 47 Ohio State, No. 67 Tulsa and No. 88 Colorado.

A total of 20 of the nation's top-50 ranked individuals will compete for both the team trophy and individual medalist honors, including 11 golfers among the top-25 in the country.  USC is the nation's top-ranked squad heading into the 2013 Championship, while Oklahoma State's Kelsey Vines is the top ranked golfer in the country and she will lead the Cowgirls into action at this year's event.

"We are really excited to host the Third Annual Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship at English Turn Golf & Country Club," Tulane head coach Andrew Pratt said.  "This tournament has become in three short years the third-best women's collegiate tournament in the country. I think that speaks volumes for the Allstate Sugar Bowl, English Turn Golf & Country Club and Tulane Athletics. The field this year has 10 Top-25 teams, including the top four ranked squads in the country. I hope everyone will come out and watch some of the best collegiate golfers in the country."

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Tommy Moore Memorial Junior Golf ChampionshipThe Kelly Gibson Junior Golf Tour, in partnership with Allstate Sugar Bowl, has operated the Tommy Moore Memorial Junior Golf Championship (TMMJGC) for the past two years. The event is a two-day tournament held at Lakewood Golf Club in New Orleans at the end of December with the field comprised of 80-100 boys and girls ages 12-18 from throughout the Gulf South Region.

Tommy Moore was one of the best junior golfers to ever emerge from the New Orleans area. He was ranked the No. 1 junior golfer in the United States by Golf Digest magazine in 1980. A very accomplished junior and collegiate golfer, Tommy went on to earn his PGA Tour Card, and won the Nike Tour Boise open in 1993.

"The Sugar Bowl Committee is looking forward to working with Lakewood Country Club and the Kelly Gibson Foundation to welcome a strong group of young golfers to New Orleans this December," said Judge Lance Africk, President of the Sugar Bowl Committee. "It is a great honor for us to pay tribute to Tommy Moore, one of the finest golfers from New Orleans to ever play the game.  Our goal is for the Allstate Sugar Bowl Tommy Moore Memorial Junior Golf Championship to develop into one of the best junior tournaments in the country."

Tommy Moore and Kelly Gibson, also a PGA Tour Professional and New Orleans native, grew up together playing golf on the Westbank and eventually travelled the world together while competing on the PGA Tour.  Not only were they fellow athletes, but also best friends.  Sadly, Tommy Moore died of a rare blood disease in 1998 at the age of 36.  Hosting the Tommy Moore Memorial Junior Golf Championship at Lakewood Golf Club where Tommy and Kelly played in so many tournaments as juniors will be especially meaningful to both the Moore Family and the New Orleans golf community as a whole.

Brad Weaver, PGA Director of Golf at Lakewood Golf Club stated, "Lakewood's award winning and nationally recognized junior golf program is committed to growing golf in New Orleans.  To be the site of the Tommy Moore Junior Golf Championship presented by the Allstate Sugar Bowl is an honor.  This is a great day for junior golf and we are proud to be a part of building New Orleans into a nationwide leader."

In addition to honoring Tommy Moore's legacy of achievement and integrity, the TMMJGC will also increase exposure for the Allstate Sugar Bowl as Presenting Partner of the tournament. Proceeds from this championship will go into a scholarship fund for members of The Kelly Gibson Junior Golf Tour. Each year, the Kelly Gibson Junior Golf Tour awards thousands of dollars in college scholarships to its eligible participants. Scholarships are awarded based on community service, grade point average, and financial need, not golfing ability.


2010 Allstate Sugar Bowl Mardi Gras Invitational
In the spring of 2010, the Bowl was the title sponsor of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Mardi Gras Invitational Men's Golf Tournament at the TPC Louisiana in Avondale. The event was hosted by the University of New Orleans and featured 15 Division I teams in action.