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ABILENE – The ACU football program will host the 17th annual Don Smith Memorial Golf Tournament on Friday, April 5, at the Abilene Country Club.
The tournament is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. with registration and then play beginning with a 10 a.m. shotgun start. The tournament will once again benefit the Don and Barbara Smith Memorial Football Recruiting Fund. Players will also be eligible for multiple prizes during the day, including a YETI cooler and ramblers, Oakley sunglasses and gift cards for Criquet, Tecovas, Texas Standard and more.
After the tournament, all participants are invited to head to Wildcat Stadium for that night's Purple-White Spring football game, which will wrap up spring practice.
Four-person teams are $450 apiece, while individual players are $125. Sponsorship opportunities that include a foursome are $2,000 sponsors for the carts, putting green, driving range and lunch and a $1,000 sponsor for breakfast. Those interested can also purchase a Tee Box sign for $125, but that sponsorship doesn't include a team in the field.
For more information, contact ACU assistant football coach
Josh Lamberson at josh.lamberson@acu.edu.
Smith – a member of the ACU Sports Hall of Fame – played on ACU's undefeated 1950 football team and later coached Abilene Cooper High School to the 1964 state championship in track and field. He joined the ACU coaching staff in 1968 and coached 14 seasons (through 1981).
He was an assistant coach on the Wildcats' 1973 and 1977 NAIA Division I national championship football teams and was the head track coach from 1974-77.
While playing at ACU, Smith was captain and all-conference at defensive back in football, and he ran on winning relay teams at the Texas, Kansas and Drake relays. He helped the Wildcat claim the NAIA track and field championship in 1952, and he played on the 1950 team, which is still the only Wildcat team to finish the season with an unblemished record (11-0).
Smith was named the outstanding athlete at ACU in 1952-53, and he helped the Wildcats win three conference titles in football and four in track and field while he was a student-athlete.
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