All-Time League Records

Lowest Score at Host Courses

Adrian (Lenawee)
Team: 288, Hope, 2006
Individual: 68, Rick Gibbons, Olivet, 2002

Albion (The Medalist)
Team: 294, Hope, 2006
Individual: 65, Joel Bickel, Tri-State, 2005

Alma (Pine River GC)
Team: 291, Hope, 2005
Individual: 67, Tim Smith, Olivet, 1984

Calvin (Watermark)
Team: 294, Calvin, 2009
Individual: 70, Andy Wolf, Trine, 2009

Hope (Wuskowhan)
Team: 289, Hope, 2006
Individual: 67, Tommy Yamaoka, Hope, 2005

Kalamazoo (Milham GC)
Team: 293, Hope, 2009
Individual: 68, Alex Lorencz, Trine, 2009

Olivet (Bedford Valley)
Team: 290, Olivet, 2002
Individual: 68, Jason Hartman, Olivet, 1994

Trine [Tri-State] (Zollner)
Team: Tri-State, 275, 2005
Individual: 68, Justin Howard, Tri-State, 2004; Matt Haneline, Tri-State, 2005; Brock Gleadall and Joe Kiss, Olivet, 2006; Tommy Yamaoka, Hope and Clint Miller, Tri-State, 2007; Steven Strock, Hope, 2008

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

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)

Best 18-Hole Round:
65, Joe Bickel, Tri-State (at The Medalist GC, Albion), 2005
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 finish since the current tournament format was created occurred in 2004 when Hope edged Tri-State for the championship by two strokes (eight tournaments).

• 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 -- 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.

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