Allegheny College Athletics

The 1983 Allegheny men's golf team earned the first NCAA team championship in the school's illustrious history, using an epic come-from-behind effort to do so.  Allegheny trailed by 10 shots after the second of four rounds, before posting a team score of 318 after the third round to put the Gators just two strokes behind first-place Ramapo heading into the final round.  Allegheny proceeded to assemble a clutch final round performance, as its score of 297 tied for the lowest single-day of the championship and gave the Gators a two-stroke win over Ramapo.   Matt Clarke shot a four-round total of 297 (71-78-76-72)) to earn the individual NCAA title, and currently stands as the only player in program history to do so.


Members of the 1983 Golf Team include:
David Anzel '84
Greg Bergholtz '85
Craig Borst '85
Bob Bradley '84        
Matt Clarke '83     
Fred Eames '86
Brian Greene '86
Dave Hagstrom '84       
Bob Imboden '85
Scott Jenkins '83
Jim Larkin '83
Ed Podufal '83
Greg Sexton '83
Dave Watson '86

Norm Sundstrom, Head Coach
Sam Timer, Assistant Coach
Jim Minana, Head Professional, Meadville Country Club