Head Coach :
Dave Ragone,
10th year
Phone: 309-457-2178
Email: dragone@monm.edu
Dave Ragone
begins his tenth season as the men's golf coach at Monmouth.
Ragone's
squad has captured the conference title four times since the program was
reinstated in 2000. Their 2007 and 2009 titles gained them berths in the NCAA
Championships. They placed 23rd in the nation in 2009.
Ragone
is also on the sidelines for
the Scots during the football season serving as offensive line and
special teams
coach. Ragone brings his fall gridiron enthusiasm to the links each
spring.
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MIDWEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
1940, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2002,
2004, 2007, 2009
NCAA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
1975, 1978, 1981, 2007, 2009
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The 2009 Fighting Scots
Men's Golf Team
The Fighting Scots 2009
Men's Golf team on spring break at the
River Bend Links in Tunica, Mississippi.
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MWC PERFORMER OF THE WEEK |
Tapscott is MWC Performer of the Week
April 28, 2009
Ryan Tapscott
(Port Byron, Ill./Riverdale) shot a season-best last week and was
rewarded with the golf season’s final Performer of the Week honor.
Tapscott tuned up
for this weekend’s Midwest Conference Championships with a tie for
second place at the Scot-Fire Invitational. In the 36-hole
tournament played on two different courses, the junior helped the
Fighting Scots to a third place finish as the Scots fired a
304-300-604 – their lowest 36-hole score of the season. Friday at
Soangetaha Country Club, Tapscott fired a 75, tying his season low.
On his home course at Gibson Wood Golf Course Saturday, Tapscott
improved on his season-best by carding a 2-over 73.
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FIGHTING SCOTS
TEAM INFORMATION |
TEAM HISTORY
 For the past several decades, golf has been a major pastime in the Monmouth
community. Monmouth College's inaugural golf season began in the spring of 1938 and was
continued until 1982.
After a 10 year hiatus, the program was resurrected for one season
in 1992. Although the Scots have been absent from the MWC golf scene, the college's name
still adorns the conference record books, winning league titles in 1940, 1975 and 5
straight from 1977-81. Their most recent titles came in 2002, 2004, 2007
and 2009. The Scots' 2007 title earned them their first NCAA
Tournament appearance since 1981 and the 2009 team finished 23rd at
the NCAA Tournament.
HOME COURSE
Monmouth plays their home matches on the demanding, 6,362-yard, par-71 Gibson
Woods Golf Course. The course is aptly named with rolling fairways guarded by
old-growth trees and strategically-placed bunkers. The course is the home to the
Monmouth-Roseville High School golf team which has produced eight state team titles and six
individual state champs.
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