HAMILTON, N.Y. (2/4/10)- The Colgate University athletics department has named Rob Cornell the interim head golf coach for the spring season.
A 2006 graduate of Oswego State University, Cornell takes over a program that finished in a tie for third at the 2009 ECAC Championships. At that same event, senior captain David Ake (Topsfield, Mass.) took home the individual title shooting a 36-hole score of 150.
A native of Hamilton and an avid golfer, Cornell has been playing Seven Oaks Golf Course for many years and will be able to voice his knowledge of the course and aid his squad throughout the year as they prepare for the Patriot League Championships which Colgate will host at their home course.
Cornell’s father, Bob, recently retired as the Director of Athletic Communications at Colgate, where he was responsible for all publicity and public relation matters concerning the Raider athletic department for the last 33 years.
Cornell is taking the place of Mac Gifford who has been the head coach for the previous two seasons, but is taking a leave of absence for the spring.