Mid-American Conference Men's Golf Championships

Mid-American Conference Men's golf championships
Mid-American Conference Men's golf championships
Conference golf championship
Sport	Men's golf
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Number of teams	8
Played	1947–present
Last contest	2024
Current champion	Ball State
Most championships	Kent State (28)
Official website	mac-sports.com/index.aspx?path=mgolf

Last updated July 25, 2024

The Mid-American Conference men's golf championships is the conference championship tournament for men's golf in the Mid-American Conference, a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). All eight conference members qualify for the championship meet, which is played in stroke play format and held in three rounds over a three-day period in late April or early May. The winning team receives a regional berth to the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships. The tournament began in 1947 and is rotated to different courses each year, with the various conference members acting as host. Through the 2022 championship, Kent State has won the most conference titles with 28, followed by Ohio with 18.

History and format

The championship was organized in 1947, the first season of play for the conference after it had formed in late 1946. The initial championship, held in Detroit and won by the Wayne Tartans, had the original four conference members. For many years, the men's golf championship, along with the men's track and field championship and tennis championship, were rotated together amongst conference members as part of a two-day MAC "sports carnival" in late May.^[1] Beginning in 1973, the championship was held at two sites, with the opening rounds in one location and the concluding rounds at another.^[2] The location of the final rounds in one year would serve as the host for the opening rounds the following year. This format continued through 1978 and then returned to a single-site host in 1979.^[3]

The number of participating schools stood at nine in 2006 and was as high as 10 between 1977 and 1985 and again from 1998 through 2005. It was reduced to eight following the announcement in May 2020 that Akron was eliminating its men's golf team.^[4] Although the championship is no longer held in conjunction with the tennis and track and field championships, until 1993, the conference rotated the tournament to the home courses of each conference member. Since the 1994 championship, held at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, the championship has rotated to neutral-site courses in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. After three years at Firestone, the tournament was held for two years at Quail Hollow Country Club in Concord, Ohio, and then began a four-year run at The Medallion Club in Westerville, Ohio from 1999 through 2002. After the 2003 championship was held at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois, the tournament returned to The Medallion Club for two more years in 2004 and 2005. Since 2006, the tournament has been held at a different course each year in Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana. The Medallion Club hosted again in 2007 and Rich Harvest Farms in 2012, while courses such as Virtues Golf Club in Nashport, Ohio, and Brickyard Crossing in Indianapolis have also hosted multiple times. Virtues Golf Club, previously known as Longaberger Golf Club, hosted for the fourth time in 2017, followed by Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 2018, and Club Walden in Aurora, Ohio, in 2019.^[3]

The tournament has always used stroke play as its competition format, and was initially a two-round tournament through 1967, with a third round added in 1968. Since 1973 the tournament has been played over four rounds with few exceptions. The last tournament to include only three rounds was the 2012 championship, after the final round was canceled due to rain.^[5] The 2019 tournament was only two rounds after rain forced cancellation of the final two rounds. An individual conference champion is also determined by the tournament. If two or more golfers finish tied for medalist honors, they are all awarded. The exception for this was the 1980 and 1982 MAC Medalists where a playoff was held to break the tie. At the conclusion of the tournament, the MAC season awards are given out, including Coach of the Year, Golfer of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and the naming of All-MAC teams.^[3]

By year

Year	Venue	Location	Team champion	Medalist (school)
1947		Detroit, Michigan	Wayne	Clyde McEntyre (Butler) Gordon Verville (Wayne)
1948	Athens Country Club	Athens, Ohio	Miami	Bob Ludlow (Butler)
1949		Kalamazoo, Michigan	Western Michigan	Clyde McEntyre (Butler)
1950	Oxford Country Club	Oxford, Ohio	Miami	Clyde McEntyre (Butler)
1951	Athens Country Club	Athens, Ohio	Ohio	Dave Rambo (Ohio)
1952	Meadowview Golf Course	Kent, Ohio	Ohio	Roger Pedigo (Ohio)
1953		Kalamazoo, Michigan	Ohio	Don Kelly (Western Michigan)
1954	Oxford Country Club	Oxford, Ohio	Kent State Ohio	Danny Forlani (Kent State) Dick Smail (Ohio)
1955	Athens Country Club	Athens, Ohio	Ohio	Dave Moore (Ohio) Dick Smail (Ohio)
1956	Bowling Green Country Club	Bowling Green, Ohio	Bowling Green	Ray Bovee (Western Michigan)
1957	Meadowview Golf Course	Kent, Ohio	Ohio	Jack Freeman (Marshall)
1958		Kalamazoo, Michigan	Ohio	Linden Meade (Marshall)
1959	Oxford Country Club	Oxford, Ohio	Ohio	Charles Vandlik (Ohio)
1960	Athens Country Club	Athens, Ohio	Ohio	Bill Santor (Ohio)
1961		Bowling Green, Ohio	Ohio	Pete Byer (Marshall)
1962	Meadowview Golf Course	Kent, Ohio	Marshall	Jim Ward (Marshall) Pete Byer (Marshall)
1963		Kalamazoo, Michigan	Ohio	Nick Karl (Ohio)
1964	Oxford Country Club	Oxford, Ohio	Ohio	Stu Hughes (Bowling Green)
1965	Athens Country Club	Athens, Ohio	Ohio	Dick Shepard (Marshall)
1966	Toledo Country Club	Toledo, Ohio	Marshall	Jon Feaganes (Marshall)
1967		Bowling Green, Ohio	Ohio	Tome Bohardt (Bowling Green) Terry Beard (Ohio)
1968	Meadowview Golf Course	Kent, Ohio	Kent State	Herm Kaiser (Marshall)
1969		Kalamazoo, Michigan	Ohio	Chris Roderick (Miami)
1970	Hueston Woods	Oxford, Ohio	Miami	Chris Roberick (Miami) Bill Schumaker (Miami)
1971	Athens Country Club	Athens, Ohio	Ohio	Dan Strimple (Kent State)
1972	Belmont Country Club	Toledo, Ohio	Bowling Green	Steve Blowers (Bowling Green)
1973	Belmont Country Club Bowling Green State University Golf Course	Toledo, Ohio^[2] Bowling Green, Ohio	Bowling Green	Mike Morrow (Kent State)
1974	Bowling Green State University Golf Course Meadowview Golf Course	Bowling Green, Ohio Kent, Ohio^[6]	Miami	Kent Walters (Bowling Green)^[6]
1975	Meadowview Golf Course Lake Dostral Country Club	Kent, Ohio Kalamazoo, Michigan	Ball State	Mike Soli (Northern Illinois)
1976	Lake Dostral Country Club Hueston Woods	Kalamazoo, Michigan Oxford, Ohio	Northern Illinois	Mike Soli (Northern Illinois)
1977	Hueston Woods Athens Country Club	Oxford, Ohio Athens, Ohio	Kent State	Ned Weaver (Kent State)
1978	Ohio University Country Club Central Michigan University Golf Course	Athens, Ohio Mount Pleasant, Michigan	Bowling Green	Greg Dick (Northern Illinois)
1979		Ypsilanti, Michigan	Ohio	Tim Hirt (Toledo)
1980		DeKalb, Illinois	Ohio	Tim Hirt (Toledo)
1981		Muncie, Indiana	Miami	Tim Hirt (Toledo)
1982		Toledo, Ohio	Ball State	Mark Chapleski (Miami)
1983		Bowling Green, Ohio	Bowling Green	Kirk Schooley (Ball State)
1984	Windmill Lakes Golf Club	Ravenna, Ohio	Kent State	Jim Muething (Miami)
1985	Kishwaukee Country Club	DeKalb, Illinois	Northern Illinois	Karl Zoller (Kent State)
1986	Moors Golf Club	Portage, Michigan	Ball State	Mark Brewer (Miami)
1987	Hueston Woods Golf Course	Oxford, Ohio	Miami	Mark Brewer (Miami)
1988	Athens Country Club	Athens, Ohio	Miami	Rob Moss (Kent State)
1989	Delaware Country Club	Muncie, Indiana	Miami	Sean Gorgone (Miami)
1990	Huron Golf Club	Ypsilanti, Michigan	Miami	Sean Gorgone (Miami)
1991	Toledo Country Club	Toledo, Ohio	Miami	Dave Moreland (Kent State)
1992	Forrest Creason Golf Course	Bowling Green, Ohio	Kent State Miami	Mike Stone (Toledo)
1993	Windmill Lakes	Ravenna, Ohio	Kent State	Eric Frishette (Kent State)
1994	Firestone Country Club	Akron, Ohio	Kent State	Maarten van den Berg (Miami)
1995			Kent State	Bryan DeCorso (Kent State)
1996			Miami	Maarten van den Berg (Miami)
1997	Quail Hollow Country Club	Concord, Ohio	Kent State	Jamie Broce (Ball State) Tim Rice (Toledo)
1998	Quail Hollow Country Club	Concord, Ohio	Kent State	Kyle Voska (Miami)
1999	Medallion Club	Westerville, Ohio	Kent State	Danny Sahl (Kent State)
2000			Kent State	Ben Curtis (Kent State)
2001			Kent State	Jon Mills (Kent State)
2002			Toledo	Eric Phippps (Miami)
2003	Rich Harvest Farms	Sugar Grove, Illinois	Kent State	Mark Weghorst (Miami)
2004	Medallion Club	Westerville, Ohio	Toledo	Brad Heaven (Toledo)
2005	Medallion Club	Westerville, Ohio	Kent State	Ryan Yip (Kent State) Tommy Wiegand (Kent State)
2006	Brickyard Crossing	Indianapolis, Indiana	Kent State	Marc Bourgeois (Kent State) Tommy Wiegand (Kent State)
2007	Medallion Club	Westerville, Ohio	Eastern Michigan	Graham Hill (Eastern Michigan)
2008	Longaberger Golf Club	Nashport, Ohio	Eastern Michigan	Ciaran McAleavey (Toledo)
2009	Brickyard Crossing	Indianapolis, Indiana	Kent State	John Hahn (Kent State)
2010	Longaberger Golf Club	Nashport, Ohio	Kent State	Brett Cairns (Kent State) John Hawn (Kent State)
2011	TPC River's Bend	Maineville, Ohio	Kent State	Mackenzie Hughes (Kent State)
2012	Rich Harvest Farms	Sugar Grove, Illinois	Kent State	Corey Conners (Kent State)
2013	Longaberger Golf Club	Nashport, Ohio	Kent State	Taylor Pendrith (Kent State)
2014	Prairie View Golf Club	Carmel, Indiana	Kent State	Corey Conners (Kent State)
2015	The Mayfield Sand Ridge Club	Chardon, Ohio	Miami	Johnny Watts (Ball State)
2016	Highland Meadows Golf Club	Sylvania, Ohio	Kent State	George Baylis (Akron)
2017	Virtues Golf Club	Nashport, Ohio	Kent State	Gisli Sveinbergsson (Kent State)
2018	Sycamore Hills Golf Club	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Kent State	Ian Holt (Kent State)
2019	Club Walden	Aurora, Ohio	Eastern Michigan Kent State^[7]	Duncan McNeill (Toledo)
2020	Sycamore Hills Golf Club	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021	Sycamore Hills Golf Club	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Kent State	Chris Vandette (Kent State)
2022	White Eagle Golf Club	Naperville, Illinois	Kent State	Josh Gilkison (Kent State)
2023	Canebrake Golf Club	Athens, Alabama	Northern Illinois	Barend Botha (Toledo)
2024	The Club at Chatham Hills	Westfield, Indiana	Ball State	Barend Botha (Toledo)

By school

Of the 12 full-time members of the MAC, eight schools compete in men's golf as of 2020. Central Michigan dropped men's golf after the 1985 season followed by Western Michigan in 1988 and Akron in 2020. Northern Illinois was the most recent addition to the championship, beginning play in 1998 after having previously competed in the MAC from 1975 through 1986.^[3]

Program	Tenure	Titles	Years won
Kent State	1952–present	28	1954^†, 1968, 1977, 1984, 1992^†, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019^†, 2021, 2022
Ohio	1947–present	18	1951, 1952, 1953, 1954^†, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1979, 1980
Miami	1948–present	13	1948, 1950, 1970, 1974, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992^†, 1996, 2015
Bowling Green	1953–present	5	1956, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1983
Ball State	1975–present	4	1975, 1982, 1986, 2024
Eastern Michigan	1973–present	3	2007, 2008, 2019^†
Northern Illinois	1975–1986 1998–present	3	1976, 1985, 2023
Toledo	1951–present	2	2002, 2004
Marshall	1953–1969 1998–2005	2	1962, 1966
Western Michigan	1948–1988	1	1949
Wayne	1947	1	1947
Akron	1993–2020	0
Butler	1947–1950	0
Central Michigan	1973–1985	0
Cincinnati	1948–1952	0
Western Reserve	1947–1955	0

Former conference members shaded in ██ silver
^† – shared title

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References

↑ Miller, Chuck (May 23, 1952). "Carnival Offers Varied Sports". Kent Stater. Vol. XXVIII, no. 108. p. 2.
1 2 Baptist, Bob (May 11, 1973). "Golfers shoot for MAC title". Daily Kent Stater. Vol. XVII, no. 105. p. 22.
1 2 3 4 Mid-American Conference Men's Golf Record Book (PDF). Mid-American Conference. 2016. p. 20. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
↑ Pignolet, Jennifer; Thomas, George M. (May 14, 2020). "University of Akron to eliminate men's golf and cross country, women's tennis". Akron Beacon Journal . Retrieved May 14, 2020.
↑ "No. 18 Kent State Runs Away With Fourth MAC Championship". Kent State University. May 6, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
1 2 Seuffert, Ron (May 21, 1974). "Golfers' comeback falls short". Daily Kent Stater. Vol. XVIII, no. 109. p. 12. Records for the Mid-American Conference do not list winners or competitors for 1974
↑ "Eastern Michigan, Kent State share title in rain-shortened championship". Mid-American Conference. April 28, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019. The Golden Flashes earned the league's automatic NCAA Regional qualifying spot on a tiebreaker -- cumulative total of non-counting scores (151-154).

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[1] Miller, Chuck (May 23, 1952). "Carnival Offers Varied Sports". Kent Stater. Vol. XXVIII, no. 108. p. 2.

[site73-2] 1 2 Baptist, Bob (May 11, 1973). "Golfers shoot for MAC title". Daily Kent Stater. Vol. XVII, no. 105. p. 22.

[mac-3] 1 2 3 4 Mid-American Conference Men's Golf Record Book (PDF). Mid-American Conference. 2016. p. 20. Retrieved March 23, 2017.

[4] Pignolet, Jennifer; Thomas, George M. (May 14, 2020). "University of Akron to eliminate men's golf and cross country, women's tennis". Akron Beacon Journal . Retrieved May 14, 2020.

[5] "No. 18 Kent State Runs Away With Fourth MAC Championship". Kent State University. May 6, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2017.

[mac74-6] 1 2 Seuffert, Ron (May 21, 1974). "Golfers' comeback falls short". Daily Kent Stater. Vol. XVIII, no. 109. p. 12. Records for the Mid-American Conference do not list winners or competitors for 1974

[7] "Eastern Michigan, Kent State share title in rain-shortened championship". Mid-American Conference. April 28, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019. The Golden Flashes earned the league's automatic NCAA Regional qualifying spot on a tiebreaker -- cumulative total of non-counting scores (151-154).

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