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Columnist: Ohio Golf News
Kent State University Dominates MAC
The Kent State University Men’s and Women’s Golf Teams are in a class all unto themselves and together have compiled some of the most amazing records in NCAA history. KSU Men: Every year, Kent State is the team to beat in the Mid-America Conference (MAC). Since 1993, they have won 19 league titles and have […]
Patrick Flavin Leads Miami University RedHawks
Since Patrick Flavin arrived on the Miami University campus as a freshman in 2015 the fortunes of the RedHawks have soared. That year, Miami broke Kent State’s string of six consecutive MAC Championship titles. Flavin won four of the five individual honors in the events the team played in last fall and is looking to […]
BGSU Men’s & Women’s Golf Teams
Bowling Green State University Men: John Powers, who is a BGSU Alum, was named Head Men’s Golf Coach for the Falcons earlier this year. The job had been vacated by Kevin Farrell, who left to become the men’s golf coach at Mount St. Marys. Powers is inheriting an experienced team with two seniors, four juniors, […]
Xavier University Men’s & Women’s Golf Teams
Men The Xavier Minutemen compete in the Big East Conference. Head Coach Brian McCants, previously an assistant at Indiana and Kansas, is in his second season at Xavier. The Minutemen are in a rebuilding mode with four freshmen on the team. In the team’s first start of the 2018 Spring Season, one of those talented […]
UT Women’s Golf Coach Steps Down
University of Toledo Women’s Head Golf Coach Nicole Hollingsworth stepped down in February. Hollingsworth served 15 years as the program’s head coach. Her teams finished in second place at the MAC Championships in 2013, 2014 and 2016. She was named MAC Coach of the Year in 2014 and 2016. While the search for a new […]
University of Dayton Men’s & Women’s Golf Teams
Men In a pre-season poll of Atlantic 10 Golf Coaches, Dayton was picked to finish first in the league. The Flyers finished third at last year’s championship and return four of the five golfers from that team. They are experienced with five seniors on the squad. In his ninth season at Dayton, Head Coach Gip […]
Cleveland State University Men’s & Women’s Golf Teams
Men Head Coach Steve Weir has led the Vikings to four consecutive league titles and eighth title in his ten years at Cleveland State. CSU began the 2017-18 season with a strong fall season. They recorded three top-five finishes, including a win at the CSU Invitational in October. Junior Anton Krecic led CSU with a 72.5 scoring […]
Akron Zips Men’s & Women’s Golf Teams
Men Now in his seventh season at Akron, Head Coach David Trainor has led the Zips to three NCAA Regional Tournament appearances. The team of one senior, three juniors, two sophomores and one freshman, is made of players from around the world. Sweden, Scotland and England are represented, as well as, Ohio and Alabama. They […]
Ohio University Bobcats
Men Bob Cooley has served as the head coach of the Ohio men’s golf program since 1988. He was promoted to Director of Golf in Sept. 2002, assuming administrative and coaching duties for both the men’s and women’s teams at OU. This season marks Cooley’s 30th year at the helm of the men’s golf program. Cooley […]
Cincinnati Bearcats Men’s & Women’s Golf Teams
Men After a 14th place finish at the All-American Intercollegiate in Houston to open the 2018 Spring schedule, Cincinnati Junior Austin Squires tied for eighth place to help the team collect a fourth-place finish at the Seminole Intercollegiate. Three other Bearcats Nicholas Osterburg, Jake Fox and Davis Baxter finished inside the Top 30 helping the team […]