Roanoke would wrap up the 2022-23 golf season at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championship. The three-day tournament was contested at 6,928 yards over the course at Forest Oaks Country Club. The Maroons were 6th after Day One and held that position throughout the event falling two shots short of a top-five finish. RC came into the event as the 69th ranked team in the country and ended up in the exact spot that they were in the national rankings. Guilford (#5) won the event at 868 with Lynchburg (#25) and Washington and Lee (#10) posting identical 873 totals.
Day two of the 2023 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Golf Championship would see Roanoke stay in the sixth position after posting a 302, putting the Marrons at 601 overall, two shots behind Hampden-Sydney.
The 2023 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Golf Championship got started on Sunday with the first of three rounds. The event is being held at Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro, the longtime home of the PGA’s Greater Greensboro Open. RC fired an opening round 299 and find themselves in 6th place, just two strokes out of the top five.
The final regular season match for Roanoke College was a trip to Williamsburg to compete in the, 13-team, 88-golfer, Glenn Heath Shipbuilders Memorial hosted by the Apprentice School. Roanoke would finish third with #2 ranked Christopher Newport winning the event. Going into the second day in fourth, Roanoke moved up one spot and made up 10 of the 11 stroke deficit to Hampden-Sydney for the runner-up spot.
For the 50th time, The Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune played host to the Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate. The three-day event was held at the Paradise Point Golf Club and was contested over the par 72, 6,851-yard Gold Course layout. Roanoke, 70th, competed against nine of the top-50 teams in the nation in the 20-team field. Guilford college (4) defeated Oglethorpe (9) in a two-hole playoff to win the event with Christopher Newport (2) coming in third. The Maroons would finish the event in 13th place.
The Roanoke golf team traveled back to Georgia over the past five days to compete in the nation’s largest collegiate golf tournament. The Jekyll Island Collegiate, the most prestigious tournament in the region, featured 21 of the top 50 teams in the country and included 43 of the top 100 golfers in the country in the 150-golfer field. #1 ranked Emory won the event at 22-under par with #7 Carnegie Mellon (-7) second and #6 Christopher Newport (-2) rounding out the top three.
Roanoke College got the spring season started with a trip to Savannah to compete in the 16-team, Port City Invitational as part of the Savannah Invitational. The Maroons would finish 6th after posting a three-round total of 932, just missing a top five finish by one stroke. LaGrange would win the event with Hampden-Sydney finishing runner-up.
The Roanoke golf team competed in the 18-team, O'Briant-Jensen Memorial golf tournament. The 36-hole, two-day event was hosted by Guilford College and played on the par 71, 6755 layout at The Cardinal in Greensboro.
The Roanoke College golf team traveled to Suffolk to compete in the 73rd annual Virginia State Golf Association (VSGA) Intercollegiate. The 10 team tournament was held at the Sleepy Hole Golf Course and contested at par 72, over the 6,500 yard layout. The Maroons took and two-shot lead into the second day and finished the event with a 20-stroke win.
The Roanoke golf team traveled to western Maryland to compete at the, one-day, 18-hole, Stevenson Fall Invitational at Piney Branch Country Club in Upperco.
After having last weekend's tournament in Winchester rained out, the Roanoke golf team traveled to Harrisonburg for the 2022 Kinder-Williams Invitational. The Maroons traveled two teams and each would finish in the top 10 of the 15 field event. Roanoke finished fourth while the 'B' team came home 10th after two days of play.
The Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) announced their 2022 Academic All State teams on Thursday morning. Six Maroons were honored for not only their athletic accomplishments, but for their academic success. Four of the six carry a 4.00 Grade Point Average (GPA), while the others sport a 3.974 and 3.966 gpa.
The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) announced their All ODAC men's golf teams after the final round of the Championships this past weekend. Roanoke College would have an all conference golfer for the first time wince 2017 and multiple golfers made All ODAC for the first time since 2015. Fellow freshmen Palmer Cuny and TJ Whelan were named to the All ODAC 3rd team.
The Roanoke golf team wrapped up the season at the 2022 Old dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championships at the Old Trail Golf Club in Crozet, Va. The Maroons led for much of the first day before ending the round with a 3-over par 287, just five strokes behind Hampden-Sydney. Day two would consist of 36-holes due to the Sunday forecast. Roanoke shot an even-par 284 and still resided in second place. The final 18-holes would see national ranked Washington and Lee post an 11-under par 273 to pass the Maroons as Roanoke would finish in third place, their highest ODAC finish in over a decade.
The Roanoke golf team competed in the 2022 Camp Lejeune Intercollegiate Tournament over the past three days. The event would be held on the Marine base at the Paradise Point Golf Club. Roanoke would post a two-day total of 623 to find themselves in 17th place. The top 12 teams would advance to the Gold Championship while the Maroons would join 11 other teams in the Scarlett Consolation Tournament. After firing a third round 305, Roanoke would be sixth in the 12-team field.
Roanoke College sent a team to compete in the Tiger Spring Tournament hosted by Hampden-Sydney over the weekend. The Maroons would compete as a ‘B’ team in the 11-team field. The first day, Roanoke would post a 323 and find themselves towards the bottom of the leaderboard. After a 12-shot improvement on Sunday, Roanoke would finish seventh after recording a team total of 311.
Roanoke College traveled to Williamsburg to compete in the, 11-team, Glenn Heath Shipbuilders Memorial Tournament. The two-day event was hosted by the Apprentice School and played at the, 6,800, par 72, Williamsburg Club. After day one, the Maroons found themselves in third place following a day that featured temperatures in the 40’s with 15-25 mph wind. Day two would see Roanoke shoot an almost identical, 326, score in similar conditions for a fourth-place finish. Tournament champion #8 Christopher Newport posted a winning total of 602.
The Maroons traveled to Georgia to compete in the Jekyll Island Collegiate, the best NCAA DIII golf tournament in the country. The 30-team field included seven of the top 10, 15 of the top 25, and 21 of the top 50 teams in the nation. Roanoke would see themselves in a tie of 25th after day one, falling to 28th on the second day of action. The third round for the Maroons would be a wash out as the Oleander Course at the Jekyll Island Golf Club was under two and a half inches of water, denying Roanoke any chance of moving up the leaderboard.
The Roanoke College golf team got the 2022 portion of the schedule started with a trip to Lynchburg to compete at the, two-day, Hill City Invitational. In a field that featured four NCAA DIII nationally ranked teams as well as a NCAA DII competitor, the Maroons moved up two spots during the final and just missed a top-5 effort in the field of 12 teams.
The final event of the fall for the Roanoke golf team would be the O’Briant-Jensen Memorial Tournament hosted by Guilford College. The two-day event was played at The Cardinal by Pete Dye over the par-71, 6755-yard layout. The field of 22 teams would see 11 of the top 50 teams in the country.
The Virginia State Golf Association (VSGA) hosted their annual collegiate event at the Blue Ridge Shadows Golf Club in Front Royal on Monday and Tuesday. The Maroons were tied for the lead with Randolph-Macon after the first day of play. Day two would see Southern Virginia come from third place to take the event with Roanoke finishing just one stroke behind the Yellow Jackets.
The Roanoke golf team traveled to Pennsylvania to compete at the, two-day, Battle at the Burg hosted by Gettysburg College. The Maroons fired a 306 on day one and found themselves sixth of the nine teams competing. Day two would see Roanoke move up the leaderboard and after shooting a 299, finished fourth in the event.
Roanoke traveled to western Maryland to compete in the one-day, 10-team, Stevenson Invitational. It was a split squad as another RC team headed to Shenandoah for the Glory Days Invitational. The Maroons posted a 306 on the 6,500, par 71 layout to finish runner-up to the host Mustangs.
The Roanoke College golf team traveled to Winchester to compete in the 10-team Glory Days Invitational hosted by Shenandoah University. The one-day event was played at the Winchester Country Club over the 6,367 course at par 71. RC shot an opening round 325 and then went right back to work, firing a 315 during the 36 holes played in a single day.
The 2021-22 golf season got started for the Maroons as they traveled to Harrisonburg to compete at the Kinder-Williams Invitational hosted by Bridgewater College. The two-day event was played at par 72 over the Mountain and Lake courses at Lakeview Golf Club and featured 88 golfers. Roanoke would send two teams to compete in the field of 16 teams.
The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced their 2021 Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-American Scholars. Roanoke College sophomore Will Clary was one of 135 DIII golfers to earn the honor.
The Roanoke College Athletic Department announced their 2020-21 award winners on Monday afternoon. The announcement of the four awards comes after an unprecedented season that would see all sports competing, in condensed schedules, over a three and a half month period due to the pandemic.
The Roanoke College golf team faced six of the top 45 teams in the country when they competed at the 2021 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championships. The two-day event was played on the Champions course at Bryan Park in Browns Summit, N.C.
The Roanoke College golf team traveled to Farmville to compete in the Hampden-Sydney Invitational over the weekend. The two-day event was played at the Manor Golf Course at par 72 over 6,643 yards.
Maroons Wrap Up Season at ODAC Championship
April 25, 2023Roanoke would wrap up the 2022-23 golf season at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Championship. The three-day tournament was contested at 6,928 yards over the course at Forest Oaks Country Club. The Maroons were 6th after Day One and held that position throughout the event falling two shots short of a top-five finish. RC came into the event as the 69th ranked team in the country and ended up in the exact spot that they were in the national rankings. Guilford (#5) won the event at 868 with Lynchburg (#25) and Washington and Lee (#10) posting identical 873 totals.
