2008-09 Men's Golf News

NORTH BEND, Ohio – Defiance College saved its best for last and turned in its lowest total of the four-round HCAC Championship on Saturday.

NORTH BEND, Ohio – The third round of the 2009 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Golf Championship was held on Saturday at the Ashton Oaks Golf Club in North Bend, Ohio.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s golf team shaved 11 strokes off its score in the second round of the HCAC Championship and climbed to within three shots of Hanover for seventh place in the team standings.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The 2009 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Golf Championship got underway on Saturday afternoon at the Hulman Links Golf Club.

ANGOLA, Ind. – Defiance wrapped up its final regular season tournament of the spring campaign on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets saw three individuals complete the two-round Trine Invitational in the final event prior to the HCAC Championships.

DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance wrapped up its 2009 Spring Invitation on Saturday at Kettenring Country Club and ended ninth at the 10-team event.

DEFIANCE, Ohio – Despite the wet playing conditions on Friday, the opening round of the Defiance College Spring Invitational was completed and the Yellow Jackets ended the first 18 holes in ninth place in the 10-team event.

CINCINNATI, Ohio – Defiance College wrapped up the two-day, ten-team Mount St. Joseph Spring Invitational on Sunday, ending with a team total of 712 and a ninth-place finish. Jace Neal carded a two-round total of 166 to lead the Jackets with his 21st-place finish.

NEW CONCORD, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s golf team competed in its third event of the spring season, this time playing at the two-round Muskingum Invitational. The Jackets turned in a final score of 666 and ended ninth in the team standings.

GREENWOOD, Ind. – Jace Neal led Defiance to a pair of victories during the team’s spring break trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. and has been selected as the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Golfer of the Week.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – In its second match in as many days under the Myrtle Beach sun, the Defiance College men’s golf team picked up a victory in a head-to-head match, this time topping Kenyon by 12 strokes at the Valley of Eastport.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Defiance College kicked off its men’s golf spring season with a narrow victory over Miami-Middletown on Monday afternoon. The two teams faced off as part of their spring break action in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s golf team closed out its 2008 fall campaign on Saturday when it hosted the DC Fall Open. The Jackets took two of the three top spots, with Jared James and Matt Haviland finishing second and third in the individual standings.

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Yellow Jackets placed a pair of golfers in the top ten of Sunday’s Defiance College Fall Invitational at Kettenring Country Club and ended third as a team in the six-team, single-round event.

WAUSEON, Ohio – Defiance’s Jace Neal and Matt Haviland finished second and third in Tuesday’s Jon Speiss Memorial Men’s Golf Tournament. The high finishes lifted the Jackets to a fifth-place showing, just seven strokes off the lead.

WATERFORD, Mich. – The Defiance College men’s golf team got its 2008 fall season underway on Friday. The Jackets, featuring only two returners from one year ago, finished fourth at the Oakland Community College Invitational at Pontiac Country Club.