Coaching golf has been Chris Williams’ gig since 2019, when he started his role as assistant coach of the men’s golf team at Marquette University. In 2021, he went to Auburn University to serve as its assistant coach, and was instrumental in building the team that would win the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship, the Tigers’ first ever.
Twenty-seven years after Vijay Singh hoisted the Wannamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship there, Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash., remains a championship-caliber venue.
Two factors made University of Washington men’s assistant golf coach Chris Babcock dedicate his life to the game. One of them, as was common with many observers from his generation, was as an 11-year-old starting to watch Tiger Woods blaze his historically dominant trail.
[caption id="attachment_4068318" align="alignright" width="2475"] Mary Lou Mulflur lent her services to the University of Washington Women's Golf team for over four decades. (David Gonzales/Icon SMI)[/caption] And so it is over. After 42 years as the head coach of the women’s…
[caption id="attachment_3998259" align="alignright" width="1024"] All photos courtesy of Eastern Washington University and EWU Athletics.[/caption] Nearly impossible to deny or overstate is the pride Eastern Washington University, in sun-drenched Cheney, Wash., takes in its 14 Division I athletics programs. Just look…
