updated thru 2016 season
Since current tournament format was initiated in 1978 and based on courses used in 2010 season. Since 2002, the team scores have been calculated on scores of four players. Thru the 2015 season each MIAA school hosted a conference tournament with the cumulative scores from those tournaments determing the league champion. Beginning in 2016, the schedule was changed to four 18-hole tournaments at alternating sites and a season-ending two-day 36-hole tournament at a neutral site.
Lowest Score at Host Courses
Adrian (Lenawee)
Team: 288, Hope, 2006
Individual: 68, Rick Gibbons, Olivet, 2002
Albion (The Medalist)
Team: 289, Hope, 2016
Individual: 65, Joel Bickel, Tri-State, 2005
Alma (Pine River GC)
Team: 287, Calvin, 2017
Individual: 67, Tim Smith, Olivet, 1984
Calvin (Watermark GC)
Team: 294, Calvin, 2009
Individual: 70, Andy Wolf, Trine, 2009
Hope (Wuskowhan PC)
Team: 285, Calvin, 2017
Individual: 67, Tommy Yamaoka, Hope, 2005
Kalamazoo (Milham Park GC)
Team: 292, Adrian, 2011
Individual: 68, Alex Lorencz, Trine, 2009
Olivet (Bedford Valley CC)
Team: 289, Olivet, 2010
Individual: 67, Todd Mieske, Trine, 2016
Trine (Zollner)
Team: Tri-State, 275, 2005; Trine, 275, 2010
Individual: 65, Jordan Kelly, Adrian, 2010; Nick Campbell, Hope, 2012 (SQ)
Lowest Cumulative Single Season Average for an Individual:
Joel Bickel, Tri-State, 71.2, 2005
Lowest Cumulative Career Average for an Individual:
Tommy Yamaoka and Matt Lapham, both from Hope, had identical career averages of 73.3 strokes (Yamaoka in 32 tournaments and Lapham in 31), 2004-07.
Lowest Cumulative Score for a Team:
Olivet (3,041 strokes in eight tournaments by five players, 380.1 per round avg.), 1998
Hope (2,351 strokes in eight tournaments by four players, 293.9 per round avg.), 2006
Hope (2,128 strokes in seven tournaments by four players, 304.0 per round avg.), 2003
Hope (1,760 strokes in six tournaments by four players beginning in 2016, 293.3 per round average), 2016
Hole-In-One in League Tournaments:
9-6-97 Jay Prasad, Hope -- at Duck Lake (Albion), 5th hole (par 3, 115 yards)
10-7-00 Dave Comer, Albion -- at Pine River (Alma), 3rd hole (par 3, 179 yards)
10-6-08 Jake Baltimore, Alma -- at Watermark (Calvin), 2nd hole (par 3, 140 yards)
9-8-09 Chris Ansel, Hope -- at Bedford Valley (Olivet), 11th hole (par 3, 209 yards)
10-9-10 Eric Doezema, Calvin -- at Pine River (Alma), 13th hole (par 3, 180 yards)
9-13-14 Evan Telzerow, Hope -- at Lenawee Valley (Adrian), 9th hole (par 3, 157 yards)
Best 18-Hole Round:
65, Joel Bickel, Tri-State (at The Medalist GC, Albion), 2005
65, Jordan Kelly, Adrian (at Zollner GC, Trine), 2010
65, Nick Campbell, Hope (at Zollner GC, Trine), 2012 (SQ)
67, Tim Smith, Olivet (at Pine River CC, Alma), 1984
67, Steve John, Albion (at Duck Lake CC, Albion), 1984
67, Ryan Shedd, Hope (at Clearbrook GC, Hope), 2003
67, Tommy Yamaoka, Hope (at Wuskowhan PC, Hope), 2005
Miscellaneous Accomplishments
(since tournament format created in 1978)
- The closest finishes since the current tournament format was created occurred in 2004 when Hope edged Tri-State for the championship by two strokes, and in 2010 when Calvin edged Trine for the championship by two strokes (both over eight tournaments). Calvin overcame a 19-shot deficit entering the final tournament to win the 2010 championship.
- The widest margin of victory in a seven-tournament season is 90 strokes by Olivet in 1996.
- The widest margin of victory in an eight-tournament season is 70 strokes by Hope in 2006.
- The only team to win every tournament in a season was Hope in 1986, six-for-six (a seventh scheduled tournament was cancelled because of the weather.)
- The most tournaments won in a complete seven-tournament season is six-for-seven -- Hope in 2003, Olivet in 1996, and Olivet in 1985.
- The most tournaments won in an eight-tournament season is six-for-eight -- Olivet in 1997, Hope in 2006 and Olivet in 2008.
- The fewest tournaments won by a league champion is three -- Calvin in 2010 (3/8), Hope in 2009 (3/8), Olivet in 2002 (3/7), Olivet in 1995 (3/7), Hope in 1989 (3/7) and Olivet in 1982 (3/7).
- In 2002, there was a different medalist in each conference tournament, a league first. The medalists were Justin Desjarlais, Alma; Scott Miller, Olivet; Alden Hoksbergen, Hope; John Matthews, Adrian; Rick Gibbons, Olivet; Jeff Melville, Hope; and Mike Dinner, Olivet.
