CSU’s Immelman Named National Golf Coach of the Year
BLAINE, WASH. – Columbus State head coach Mark Immelman
was named the Division II Eaton Golf Pride National Coach of the
Year following the NCAA Division II National Championships.
Immelman brings the award back to the Peach Belt Conference for the
fourth time in the last six years after USCA’s Michael
Carlisle received it in 2004, ‘05 and ’06.
Now in his seventh season at the helm of the Cougar program,
Immelman has brought CSU golf back to its place of prominence that
it enjoyed when he played there and won two national championships.
In 2008-09, the team won three tournaments and was ranked #1 in the
nation in the final two regular-season Golf World/Nike
Coaches’ Polls.
CSU led the Peach Belt Conference with a 290.1 stroke average for
the 08-09 season and all five regular starters had stroke averages
under 74 including Andrew Georgiou, who was third overall in the
PBC with a 72.2.
The Cougars won three straight tournaments; two ended the fall
season at the Indian Bayou Classic and the Rollins Invitational and
continued with their first spring tournament at the Outback
Steakhouse. CSU finished lower than fifth only once in its 12
tournaments with three second-place finishes.
The Cougars were runners-up at the PBC Championships before taking
fourth at the NCAA South/Southeast Super-Regional and advancing to
the NCAA Championship Finals in Blaine, Wash. CSU shot a
final-round 294 to move up two places on the last day, and were at
one point only one stroke out of the lead, before finishing third
in the 20-team field.