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May 20, 2004 Spurgeon Golf Training Center GroundbreakingJournalists are invited to a ceremony at 6 p.m. Friday (May 21) to break ground for Purdue University's Tom Spurgeon Golf Training Center, the final piece of the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. The center is being named in honor of Tom Spurgeon, a Purdue alumnus from Peoria, Ill., who made the lead gift of nearly $750,000 toward the $2.1 million center. Spurgeon will be attending the ceremony along with Purdue President Martin C. Jischke; Morgan Burke, Purdue athletics director; Devon Brouse, men's and women's head golf coach; and Nancy Cross, associate athletics director, senior woman administrator and golf sport administrator. The event is taking place in conjunction with the 2004 NCAA Men's Golf Central Regional Championships being played on the Kampen Course from May 20-22. The 11,400-square-foot center will include an indoor putting green, a swing-analysis video computer system and multiple heated hitting bays, as well as team locker rooms, a lounge, coaches' offices, a pro shop and a classroom. When not in use by Purdue golf teams, the center will be open to the public. The groundbreaking will be at the site of the center, located along Cherry Lane near the Voinoff Pavilion. Journalists interested in covering the event can contact Jay Cooperider, Purdue assistant athletics director, at (765) 427-2221 (cell), coop@purdue.edu. A previous release on the center is available online and a publication-quality photo of Tom Spurgeon is available at ftp://ftp.purdue.edu/pub/uns/spurgeon.t.jpeg
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