Sept. 28, 2004

CHAPEL HILL -- Roy Williams loves it when Carolina fans support his basketball team. Now he wants to support them when they compete in the greatest rivalry in college sports.

Williams has issued a challenge to fans who like to play competitive golf to represent the Tar Heels in the first annual Carlyle Cup Golf Championship, between alumni and fans of UNC and a team of Duke alumni and fans.

The Carlyle Cup Golf Championship is November 18-19 in Pinehurst on courses No. 2 and No. 4 in a Ryder Cup format. It is a full handicap event in which two-person teams from each school will compete in better-ball, alternate shot and scramble matches.

The team members will be housed at Pinehurst for two nights and receive shirts and caps in their school colors. A team dinner with all participants will be held between rounds. UNC's Honorary team captain is Director of Golf and Finley Head Pro Johnny Cake. Duke's captain is Dennis Satyshur, the former two-sport star for the Blue Devils who is head Pro at Caves Valley Golf Club in Maryland. Cake and Satyshur are encouraging their alumni and fans to register to play for their respective teams.

Williams will be busy with the opening of the 2004-05 basketball season, but he has a keen interest in who will be competing for UNC and how they do.

"Next to coaching college basketball, playing competitive golf is my favorite thing," Williams said. "The Carlyle Cup Championship is a great way for alumni and fans to get involved in the Carolina-Duke rivalry. I want to issue a challenge to golfers of all handicaps who like to compete, `Let's go down to Pinehurst and smoke the Blue Devils!'

"Some of you may be going to Hawaii with us for the Maui Invitational, but those golfers who aren't, I want to hear when we get back that we won the Carlyle Championship!"

Complete in formation on the Carlyle Cup Golf Championship can be found by clicking here