A Look Back at the Last 10 Years of WVU Golf
August 29, 2024 09:38 AM | Golf
It's hard to believe that it has been 10 years since the reinstatement of the WVU golf program.
Coach Sean Covich was hired in May 2014 to lead the golf program following a 31-year hiatus for the program. Ten years ago in August 2014, the first WVU players arrived on campus since the program was cut in the early 1980s. Then in September 2015, the Mountaineers restarted varsity competition at the Tiger Turning Stone Invitational.
Since then, Covich has engineered one of college golf's top stories nationally, leading the Mountaineers to the NCAA Golf Championships last May in just their ninth season back on the links.
Here is a look back at the highlights from the last 10 years:
2014-15: Sean Covich was hired to be head coach on May 22, 2014, and reintroduced the men's golf program in 2015-16.
2015-16: First season of competition of golf since 1981.
2016-17: WVU posted its first tournament win in more than 30 years at the East Carolina Intercollegiate.
2017-18: The season ended with the program's first-ever top 100 ranking (No. 90).
2018-19: WVU finished sixth at the NCAA Louisville Regional, the first NCAA Regional appearance in 72 years.
2019-20: WVU was ranked in the Golfweek Top 25 for the first time in school history.
2020-21: Mark Goetz became the first golf All-American in school history and finished second at the NCAA Regional Championship, becoming WVU's first-ever individual qualifier.
2021-22: WVU won the Las Vegas Invitational with the lowest 54-hole score in school history (-28).
2022-23: The Mountaineers shot the then-lowest round in WVU's Big 12 Championship history (281).
2023-24: WVU qualified for the NCAA Golf Championships for the first time since 1947 and finished in the Top 30 nationally. The Mountaineers advanced after tying for third at the NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regional as a No. 10 seed, including topping No. 1 seed Arizona State. WVU posted its best Big 12 Conference Championship finish (5th) in school history in the 14-team field. Sean Covich was named the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year and named a finalist for the Dave Williams Award, given to the national coach of the year.
The West Virginia University golf team will begin its 10th season of competition since the program was reinstated on Sept. 8-9 at the Gopher Invitational in Independence, Missouri.
Coach Sean Covich was hired in May 2014 to lead the golf program following a 31-year hiatus for the program. Ten years ago in August 2014, the first WVU players arrived on campus since the program was cut in the early 1980s. Then in September 2015, the Mountaineers restarted varsity competition at the Tiger Turning Stone Invitational.
Since then, Covich has engineered one of college golf's top stories nationally, leading the Mountaineers to the NCAA Golf Championships last May in just their ninth season back on the links.
Here is a look back at the highlights from the last 10 years:
2014-15: Sean Covich was hired to be head coach on May 22, 2014, and reintroduced the men's golf program in 2015-16.
2015-16: First season of competition of golf since 1981.
2016-17: WVU posted its first tournament win in more than 30 years at the East Carolina Intercollegiate.
2017-18: The season ended with the program's first-ever top 100 ranking (No. 90).
2018-19: WVU finished sixth at the NCAA Louisville Regional, the first NCAA Regional appearance in 72 years.
2019-20: WVU was ranked in the Golfweek Top 25 for the first time in school history.
2020-21: Mark Goetz became the first golf All-American in school history and finished second at the NCAA Regional Championship, becoming WVU's first-ever individual qualifier.
2021-22: WVU won the Las Vegas Invitational with the lowest 54-hole score in school history (-28).
2022-23: The Mountaineers shot the then-lowest round in WVU's Big 12 Championship history (281).
2023-24: WVU qualified for the NCAA Golf Championships for the first time since 1947 and finished in the Top 30 nationally. The Mountaineers advanced after tying for third at the NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regional as a No. 10 seed, including topping No. 1 seed Arizona State. WVU posted its best Big 12 Conference Championship finish (5th) in school history in the 14-team field. Sean Covich was named the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year and named a finalist for the Dave Williams Award, given to the national coach of the year.
The West Virginia University golf team will begin its 10th season of competition since the program was reinstated on Sept. 8-9 at the Gopher Invitational in Independence, Missouri.
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