RUTHERFORD INTERCOLLEGIATE The Rutherford Intercollegiate, hosted by Penn State, has become one of the top events in the Northeast, annually featuring a top field of Eastern teams and several squads from around the nation. The Nittany Lions have dominated the Rutherford since it was established as the Nittany Lion Invitational in 1975, winning the tournament 27 times. Twenty Penn State golfers have medaled atop the leaderboard, the last was Cole Miller, a Nittany Lion senior from New Tripoli, Pennsylvania, in 2018. The 2019 Rutherford Intercollegiate was the 43rd edition of the tournament. The Nittany Lions won the championship, with a team score of 855, winning the event on the final hole of the final round on a rainy Sunday. The tournament became known as the Rutherford Intercollegiate in 1983 to honor R.B. “Pop” Rutherford Sr., the man known to the Nittany Lions as the “father of Penn State golf.”
R.B. “Pop” Rutherford, Sr. "The Father of Penn State Golf"
Rutherford organized the first Penn State golf team in 1922 and coached it until 1949. R.B. Rutherford Jr. continued his father’s coaching tradition from 1950-1956 and furthered a legacy recalled each spring.
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Year Team Individual Champion Score 1975 Penn State Sherm Hostetter, Penn State 226 1976 Penn State Tom Amendola, Penn State 225 1977 Penn State Sherm Hostetter, Penn State 222 1978 Virginia Tech John Zack, Slippery Rock 216 1979 Penn State Gary Durbin, Penn State 216 1980 Virginia Tech John Banks, Virginia Tech 221 1981 California (Pa.) Scott Vietmeier, California (Pa.) 224 1982 Indiana (Pa.) Joe Boros, Clarion 221 1983 Indiana (Pa) John Yancy, Virginia Tech 150† Ben Witter, Indiana (Pa.) 143† 1984 Rutgers Joe Boros, Clarion 221 1985 St. John’s Jim Hagstrom, Slippery Rock 213 1986 Temple Tom Heffer, Gannon 143† Brian Stewart, Temple 143† 1987 Penn State Mark Treese, Penn State 147† 1988 Temple Peter Dannenbaum, Temple 146† 1989 St. John’s Tom Carter, Temple 218 1990 Penn State Mal Smith, St. John’s 145† 1991 Penn State Jon Veneziano, Hartford 143† 1991(Fall) Penn State Jason Tyska, Penn State 217 1994 Penn State Andy Achenbach, Penn State 219 1995 Penn State Mike Banzhoff, Penn State 152† Chris Gilmer, William & Mary** 152† 1997 Penn State Brad Kittsley, Penn State 215 1998 Penn State Charlie Cornette, Western Kentucky 142† 1999 Penn State Andrew McKay, St. John’s 208 2000 Penn State Matt Abbott, Penn State 212 2001 Penn State Andy Latowski, Penn State 212 2002 Penn State Jeff Turton, Penn State 206 2003 Penn State Robby Shaw, Western Kentucky 201 2004 Towson Greg Pieczynski, Penn State 208 2005 Penn State John Eades, Maryland 200 2006 Eastern Michigan Korey Mahoney, Eastern Michigan 215 2007 Penn State Robert Rohanna, Penn State 217 2008 Penn State Robert Rohanna, Penn State 216 2008(Fall) Purdue Nakarinta Ratanakul, Purdue 211 2010 Penn State Kevin Foley, Penn State 211 2011 Penn State T.J. Howe, Penn State 216 2012 Bowling Green St. Brad Boyle, IUP 219 2013 Binghamton Tanapol Vattanapisit, Xavier** 216 JD Dornes, Penn State 216 2014 Minnesota Jose Mendez, Minnesota 207 2015 Penn State Jack Sedgewick, Binghamton 212 2016 Penn State Charles Huntzinger, Penn State 203 2017 Penn State Peyton White, Ohio 209 Georgetown 2018 Penn State Cole Miller, Penn State 206 2019 Penn State Drake Hull, UConn 208 † = 36 Hole Event | ** = Tiebreaker 36
PENN STATE 2019-20 • MEN’S GOLF
TEAM RECORDS Penn State Blue Course State College, Pa. 36 Holes Team
Year Score
Temple 1986 591 Penn State
1991
593
Penn State
1987
594
Army
1987 595
Penn State
1998
596
54 Holes (6,550 yards) Team
Year Score
Penn State
2005
843
Penn State
2003
852
Towson 2004 859 Penn State
2002
859
Maryland 2005 861 Penn State
2001
863
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS 36 Hole Records - Par 144
Individual
Charlie Cornette Brian Stewart Tom Heffer Jon Veneziano Mal Galletta Jason Smoak Chris Kyrle
Individual
John Eades Robby Shaw Jeff Turton Robert Rohanna Jim Fuller Greg Pieczynski Andrew McKay Ted Neville
Team
Year Score
Penn State
2018
844
Penn State
2019
855
West Virginia
2018
859
Minnesota 2014 860 Oakland 2018 867 Penn State
2017
868
Georgetown 2017 868
Year Score
Western Kentucky 1998 Temple 1986 Gannon 1986 Hartford 1991 St. John’s 1991 Wofford 1991 Pennsylvania 1998
54 Hole Records - Par 216
School
142 (-2) 143 (-1) 143 (-1) 143 (-1) 144 (E) 144 (E) 144 (E)
Year Score
Maryland 2005 200 (-16) Western Kentucky 2003 201 (-15) Penn State 2002 206 (-10) Penn State 2006 207 (-9) Penn State 2003 207 (-9) Penn State 2004 208 (-8) St. John’s 1999 208 (-8) Penn State 2005 207 (-7)
54 Hole Records - Par 213
Individual 54 Holes (par 852, 7,202 yards)
School
School
Charles Huntzinger Penn State Cole Miller Penn State Jose Mendez Minnesota Drake Hull UConn David Hicks William & Mary Peyton White Ohio Max Sear West Virginia Ryan Davis Penn State Lloyd Jefferson Go Seton Hall JD Hughes Penn State Chris Yeom Seton Hall Jack Sedgewick Binghamton Sam Madsen Georgetown Sam Madsen Georgetown
Year Score
2016 203 (-10) 2018 206 (-7) 2014 207 (-6) 2019 208 (-5) 2019 209 (-4) 2017 209 (-4) 2018 209 (-4) 2019 210 (-3) 2014 210 (-3) 2018 211 (-2) 2018 211 (-2) 2015 212 (-1) 2015 212 (-1) 2017 212 (-1)
