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.
by Shane Lantz [caption id="attachment_3657929" align="alignright" width="2048"] UW men’s golfers, from left, Justin Hopkins, Teddy Lin, Petr Hruby, Taehoon Song, Bo Peng, Drew Warford and Finn Koelle at the 2023 Husky Invitational. (Courtesy of UW Athletics)[/caption] For the Washington…
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