ACU signed two golfers from Arkansas Baptist High School in Little Rock this week. Classmates Corbin Renner and Luke Carpenter will continue to be teammates when they join the Wildcat golf team in fall 2011. Among the top Division II links programs, ACU's golf team finished ranked fifth in the nation at the close of the 2010 fall season. Coach ... [Read More…]

With strong showings at recent tournaments, the ACU golf team is climbing the charts, ranked fifth in the latest GolfWorld/Nike Golf Division II Poll. "This is what you want," said junior Tyler Sheppard. "You definitely want to be ranked in the top 10 or top five right before the end of the semester." ACU vaulted five spots in the poll after ... [Read More…]

By: Brenna Jefferies The ACU Wildcats golf team finished strong at the NCAA Division II Championship Preview Tournament, placing fourth among 19 teams. The two-day tournament, which featured five of the nation's top 12 ranked teams, was played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at the Shoals Fighting Joe Course in Ford City, Ala., the same ... [Read More…]

The Wildcat golf team finished second out of 18 teams in the Charles Coody West Texas Intercollegiate at the Diamondback Golf Club Tuesday afternoon. The University of Central Oklahoma Bronchos shot four strokes better than the Wildcats on the final day to win the tournament. The Bronchos trailed ACU by a stroke entering the final day of ... [Read More…]

The ACU golf team seems to be everywhere these days. First it was the Carpenter twins coming out of nowhere to win back-to-back tournaments in the fall. Then it was Cyril Bouniol emerging victorious at the Division II National Championships. Now two Wildcat golfers have played in the U.S. Amateur Championship. "It's a really prestigious ... [Read More…]

Two Wildcat golfers, Alex Carpenter and Tyler Sheppard, have qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championship. Carpenter, now a sophomore, earned his spot at the U.S. Amateur by winning first place in 8 out of 10 Amateur tournaments. Among those wins was the Southern Amateur in Birmingham, Ala., which gave Carpenter the opportunity to compete at the ... [Read More…]

The ACU golf team won the Lone Star Conference Championship on Tuesday, led by impressive performances from Cyril Bouniol and Alex Carpenter, who tied for the individual title. The LSC title was the Wildcats' first since 1995 and the fifth in team history. The Wildcats entered the final day of the tournament just three shots behind Midwestern ... [Read More…]

On a windy Tuesday afternoon, the Wildcats came from behind to win the UCO/KickingBird Golf Classic. Although the Wildcats were down by four strokes heading into the final round, they rode on the shoulders of Tyler Sheppard's under-par round to beat Cameron by six strokes. "I was trying to stay patient," Sheppard said. "I didn't want to make ... [Read More…]

As I sat in the 18th tower today and took in the panoramic view of the Augusta National Golf Club, it was clear to me we live in a forgiving society. The world's greatest golfer and most talked-of athlete of our time, Tiger Woods, was approaching the final hole of his practice round when patrons who had been following him all morning welcomed him ... [Read More…]