2006 FALL SEASON

MIAA Tournament at the Medalist (September 7)
Hope finished first in 8-team field with an MIAA course record score. Hope Results: Tommy Yamaoka and Nate Golomb tied for medalist honors 73, Matt Lapham 74, Steve Martindale 74, Ryan Sheets 76.

MIAA Tournament at Bedford Valley (September 12)
Hope tied for first place with Olivet in 8-team field. Hope Results: Matt Lapham tied for medalist with a 73. Nate Golomb 75, Tommy Yamaoka 76, Ryan Sheets 78, Steve Martindale 79.

MIAA Tournament at Pine River (September 16)
Hope finished second in 8-team field. Hope Results: Matt Lapham 69, Tommy Yamaoka 73, Steve Martindale 77, Nate Golomb 77, Ryan Sheets 79.

Hope Invitational at Grand Haven Golf Course (September 18)
Hope finished first in 6-team field. Hope Results: Donald Kring Dan Oumedian 76, Steve Strock 77, Josh Jelinek 78, Donald Scholten 81.

MIAA Tournament at The Prairies (September 20)
Hope finished first in 8-team field. Hope Results: Matt Lapham was medalist at 70.Tommy Yamaoka 72, Nate Golomb 73, Steve Martindale 74, Don Kring 77.

MIAA Tournament at Zolnar (September 23)
Hope finished third in 8-team field. Hope Results: Nate Golomb 69, Tommy Yamaoka 71, Matt Lapham 73, Ryan Sheets 74, Steve Martindale 78.

Red Poling Classic at Tournament Players Club (September 26)
Hope finished first in 6-team field. Hope Results: Nate Golomb was medalist 71, Matt Lapham 76, Tommy Yamaoka 77, Steve Martindale 82, Ryan Sheets 86.

MIAA Tournament at Lenawee (September 29)
Hope finished first in eight-team field with course record score. Hope Results: Tommy Yamaoka 71, Matt Lapham 71, Nate Golomb 73, Steve Strock 73, Ryan Sheets 74.

MIAA Tournament at Wuskowhan PC (October 5)
Hope finished first in eight-team field with course record score. Hope Results: Matt Lapham was medalist 70, Tommy Yamaoka 72, Nate Golomb 73, Ryan Sheets 74, Steve Martindale 82.

MIAA Tournament at Watermark (October 16)
Hope finished first in eight-team field with course record score. Hope Results: Nate Golomb was medalist 72, Matt Lapham 74, Steve Martindale 79, Ryan Sheets 80, Tommy Yamaoka 81.

Hope Wins MIAA Men's Golf Title in Record Fashion
The Flying Dutchmen captured their fourth consecutive Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) championship. Coach Bob Ebels' Dutchmen set an MIAA record for margin of victory in the seasonal standings. Hope ended 70 strokes ahead of runnerup Olivet (2,351/2,421) by winning six of the league's eight tournaments this fall. As league champions Hope earned a berth in the NCAA Division III championships.

Junior Matt Lapham (Brighton, Mich.) captured the MIAA medalist honor by averaging 71.8 strokes over the season's eight tournaments. His average was the second best in league history. Lapham and teammate Tommy Yamoaka (Zeeland, Mich.) achieved All-MIAA first team honors for the third year in-a-row. Team captain Nate Golomb (Schoolcraft, Mich.) also achieved All-MIAA first team recognition. Juniors Ryan Sheets (Saline, Mich.) and Steve Martindale of Midland (H.H. Dow HS) each received All-MIAA second team recognition.

All-MIAA honors are awarded on the basis of seasonal averages. Lapham averaged 71.8 strokes followed by Golomb 73.1, Yamaoka 73.6, Sheets 77.0 and Martindale 77.6. Golomb, Lapham and Yamaoka were each medalist at least once of a tournament during the season. This year the Dutchmen set course records in four tournaments. The team's average of 293.9 strokes per tournament was a conference record.

Hope has won the MIAA championship seven of the past eight years. The Flying Dutchmen will be making their fifth appearance in the national tournament, the fourth since 2000. Last spring the team finished 17th in a field of 23 teams. Coach Bob Ebels has guided Hope's golf fortunes since 1991. Over the past decade Hope has not finished below second in place in the MIAA standings.

Other members of the squad included freshman Josh Jelenek of Laingsburg (Laingsburg HS), sophomore Donald Kring of Williamsburg (St. Francis HS), sophomore Dan Oumedian of Jenison (Jenison HS), sophomore Donald Scholten of Grand Rapids (GR Christian HS), and freshman Steven Strock of Grandville (Grandville HS).

2007 SPRING SEASON

Dutchmen Finish 18th at Nationals (5/18/07)
The Flying Dutchmen finished 18th at the NCAA Division III championships which concluded Friday. St. John's, Minn. topped the 35-team field with a 72-hole total of 1,204 strokes. Hope ended with 1,266 strokes.

Junior Tommy Yamaoka of Zeeland, Mich. (Zeeland HS) achieved NCAA All-America distinction by placing 15th in the 185-player field. His average of 76.5 strokes per-hole was the best-ever by a Hope golfer at nationals. Yamaoka, who was the national freshman of the year in 2005, was voted to this year's Ping All-America second team. He had tournament rounds of 77-75-78-76.

Senior captain Nate Golomb led every golfer in the tournament in Par 3 efficiency. He averaged 3.06 strokes on the courses' eight par three holes. He finished 43rd in the final standings with rounds of 77-79-80-78.

Scores of other Hope golfers were: Steve Martindale, 96th place (84-86-77-79); Ryan Sheets, 102nd place (86-85-81-76); and Matt Lapham, 115th place (83-81-85-86).

Furniture City Classic (April 24)
Hope finished third in a four-team field. Hope Results: Steve Strock 77. Nate Golomb 78, Don Kring 78, Ryan Sheets 82 and Steve Martindale 84.