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After 39 years, LaRose steps away from UA golf program
As the University of Arizona men’s golf team prepares to begin play tomorrow in the Pac-12 Championships in Oregon, the players are focused on making a better showing than last year’s seventh-place finish. Their coach, too, is focused on the tournament – even though he’s been here so many times before. But this one is [...] -
Yet another college golf program starts…at Embry-Riddle
Recruiting good golfers to a small college in Prescott isn’t like trying to draw them to the University of Arizona. Particularly when that school in the pines specializes in aeronautical studies. But that’s Kim Haddow‘s lot in life right now. Haddow, who was the head golf coach at the UofA from 1982 to 1985, was [...] -
Lein is out, Tim Mickelson is in as ASU men’s golf coach
The one burning question asked of college coaches each year: “What have you done for us lately?” For Arizona State’s golf coach of 19 years, Randy Lein, the answer obviously wasn’t good enough to earn him a new contract. Enter the man with the magic name in the game of golf: Tim Mickelson. The former [...] -
UA slips at NCAA golf championships, but ASU moves up
The Arizona State men’s golf team fired a 5-over 293 in yesterday’s second round of the NCAA Championships to give them a shot to advance to match play on the long road to the national title. ASU and University of Arizona were just one notch apart after Tuesday’s first round at the Karsten Creek Golf [...] -
GCU women’s golf team finishes record-breaking season
Golf is generally seen as an individual effort, but it was a team effort that lifted the Grand Canyon University women’s golf program to its best season ever. The squad had four tournament wins this year, eclipsing the old school record of three that was set during the 2004-05 season, and then went on to [...] -
Local golfer Pinckney leads ASU to NCAA Championships
A local athlete has led the Arizona State men’s golf team back to the NCAA Championship Finals, marking the Sun Devils’ ninth straight trip to the Finals. Scott Pinckney fired a 4-under par 68 in the third and final round of the South Central-Colorado Regional Saturday to move up the leader board, jumping from sixth [...] -
Conference tourneys capping long college golf season
Is it any surprise that college golf teams do well in the state of Arizona? More than 400 golf courses ooze out of every pore of the state, they’re open year-round, and you’ve got eight months a year with average temperatures of 88 degrees or less to get in plenty of practice. The results at [...] -
UA women’s golf ranked No. 5 and off to strong 2010 start
The University of Arizona women’s golf team is picking up right where it left off last season, with a win in Japan and a second-place finish over the weekend in Colorado. And a local high school grad is right up front in the charge into a new season. Margarita Ramos, who played four years of [...] -
GCU reaps conference honors for golf, cross-country
Local Valley grads have picked up some impressive honors at Grand Canyon University, one on his way out and the other on her way up. Terence Daniels, who was the state champion in 2005 at Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, was named PacWest Conference Golfer of the Year for his senior year at GCU. [...] -
GCU women’s No.12 golf team sets sights higher in 2011
The Grand Canyon University women’s golf team narrowly missed cracking the Top 10 last season. The Antelopes finished 12th in the nation and sent its first player ever to the NCAA championships. But the coming season may find them moving up the ladder, as a strong recruiting class arrives at the west Phoenix campus. Tiffany [...]
