Mountaineer Golf
A NEW ERA OF WEST VIRGINIA GOLF
74 YEARS IN THE MAKING
1947
The new era of WVU golf begins as players arrive on campus for the first time since the program was cut in the early 1980s.
AUGUST 2014
SEPTEMBER 2015
Alan Cooke becomes the first Mountaineer golfer in more than three decades to tee off as the team restarts varsity competition at the Tiger Turning Stone Invitational.
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West Virginia competes at its first-ever Big 12 Men’s Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Country Club in Trinity, Texas. Then-freshman Max Sear just misses a top-10 finish.
West Virginia starts the season with another win, this time taking top team honors at the Janney VCU Shootout.
APRIL 2016
SEPTEMBER 2017
APRIL 2017 The Mountaineers claim their first team win, taking the title at the East Carolina Invitational
Sharpstene shoots a then-program low round of 64 to lead the Mountaineers to another win at the Martin Downs Collegiate in Palm City, Florida.
FEBRUARY 2018
NOVEMBER 2017 Freshman Matthew Sharpstene becomes the first Mountaineer to ever win Big 12 Golfer of the Month after his play at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic in Lahaina, Hawaii.
