BROWN SUMMIT, NC. – Play gets underway Friday at Bryan Park when UNC Greensboro and Wake Forest co-host the 11th Bryan National Collegiate at Bryan Park Golf Club.

The Bryan National will take place for the 11th consecutive year as 18 teams representing the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Southern Conference, Colonial Athletic Association and Mountain West will compete Friday through Sunday. Eight of the teams in this year's field are ranked in the Top 25 by Golfweek, including Duke (1), Florida (5), Auburn (11), Arkansas (12),  Wake Forest (14), Tennessee (17), Michigan State (19) and Virginia (24).

College of Charleston, Florida State, Furman, UNC Greensboro, North Carolina, NC State, Penn State, South Carolina, Texas  Christian and UNC Wilmington round out the field.

Play is slated to get underway with shotgun starts at 10 am each day. National power Duke has won the event six times since the tournament started in 1998.

Because the Champions Course is undergoing renovations in preparation for the 2010 USGA Men’s Public Links Championship, the tournament will be held on Bryan Park's Players Course.The field will see the Players Course for just the second time since 1998. The last time the Players Course was used for the Bryan National was in 1999 when the Champions Course was closed for green renovations.

The Players Course, which also recently received renovated greens and bunkers, should provide an excellent test for the field. The course, which opened in 1974, was originally designed by George Cobb and later modified by Champions Course architect Rees Jones.

The par-72, 6,319-yard course features 79 bunkers and eight ponds or lakes. The Greensboro News and Record Reader’s Choice named the course “Tops in the Triad,” while Washington Golf Monthly has listed the course as one of the Middle Atlantic’s 100 Best Places to Play.

LiveScoring will be available through GolfStat.com, UNCGSpartans.com and WakeForestSports.com.