Wingate Golf Program

The men’s and women’s Wingate golf team is one of the best teams in the South Atlantic Conference. Wingate’s 2014-2015 men’s golf team is currently ranked number 15 in the nation and is going to play regionals this year. The team finished second in this years SAC championship as they missed the title by one shot. The men’s golf team consists of a total of 10 players originating from five different countries as well as Graduate Assistant Garrett Dahms and Head Coach Corey Iacofano, who is leading the team in his fourth year and was awarded SAC’s Coach of the year in 2015. One of the team’s highlights was when graduate student Benedict Gebhardt was ranked number one in the nation in the fall of 2014.

After winning the conference championship in 2014, the Wingate women’s golf team placed third in this years SAC tournament. Although neither the men’s nor the women’s team won the championship, both finished first in the ranking throughout the year and had four players mentioned in SAC’s All-conference first and second team. The women’s golf team consists of eight players from five different countries and is coached for the first year by Erin Thorne. Thorne played DI golf as an undergraduate at Western Michigan, turned professional in 2007, and competed in professional golf tournaments for six years. Until last year Wingate women’s Head Coach was Dr. Jerry Surratt, who used to be a history Professor at Wingate and then coached the golf team for 10 years. In the season 2015-2016 Wingate has the honor to host the SAC championship for women’s golf at the Monroe Country Club.