By Andy Sneddon
Recharged with a full complement of young guns – that’s the storyline for the Central Michigan women’s golf team in 2021-22.
Third-year coach Jim Earle set the program on a course of consistent improvement and sustained success when he took the job in 2018 and the Chippewas will look to make another step this year, after their program was resurrected in 2014-15.
After COVID-19 cancelations, the Chippewas returned to the course in the spring of 2021 and showed just how far the program has come, winning two match-play events and placing fifth and then third in two stroke-play tournaments, both of which comprised 11 teams.
Earle has stocked his roster, all eight of whom are underclassmen, with talent and depth, all of whom have proven track records of junior success, both in Europe and the U.S. The roster features two Spaniards, a Canadian, a Malaysian, and an Austrian along with three Americans.
CMU Golf is set to expand in 2022-23 when the university adds a men’s program that was discontinued after the 1984-85 season.
“Men’s golf will fit well into our sport offerings,” CMU Vice President/Director of Athletics Amy Folan said in a release. “We are fortunate to have so many fantastic golf courses locally and statewide which will make this an attractive program for prospective student-athletes.”
