Golf

This year, MCC will be trying to defend its national championship win from 2009.  Last year's team set some pretty lofty goals by winning every event en route to a perfect season. The 2009 title team included four freshman.  Chris Malec transferred to the University of Louisville to complete his college golf career. Our returning players are Ben Finn (captain), Jeff Gasbarre, Taylor Page and Tyler Phillips.

This year’s first-year players are:  Jonathan Barber, Mike Catalano, Matt DeJohn, Tim McCall, Eric Principino, Corey Rothfuss and Tim Tryniski.  They are very deep and under par scores can come from most players on the team.  This team will be competing hard amongst themselves just to get a chance to compete in tournaments.  It is this team competition that should put MCC back at the national championship once again.

Teams are defined and redefined every year, especially in Junior College athletics.  This year’s sophomores will have to show the freshmen what it takes to succeed.  Success means playing your best golf at the right time.

Our goals include a scoring average of 300 or less and a national ranking inside the top five.  We are also shooting for a Region III title and to be in the last wave on the final day at the national championship with a chance to win.  To achieve these goals, we will again focus most of our time on and around the green.  We will expand our focus this year to how we approach the green and how good pars really are.  Learning how and when to attack or defend is critical to shooting low scores.