Illinois Fighting Illini men's golf
| Illinois Fighting Illini men's golf | |
|---|---|
| University | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Head coach |
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| Location | Urbana, Illinois |
| Course | Atkins Golf Club Par: 72 Yards: 7,118 |
| Nickname | Fighting Illini |
| Colors | Orange and blue |
| NCAA individual champions | |
| Scott Langley (2010) Thomas Pieters (2012) | |
| NCAA runner-up | |
| 2013 | |
| NCAA match play | |
| 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2023, 2024 | |
| NCAA Championship appearances | |
| 1940, 1941, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 | |
| Conference champions | |
| 1923, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1940, 1941, 1988, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
| Individual conference champions | |
| R.E. Rolfe (1923) Richard Martin (1930, 1931) Alex Welsh (1941) James McCarthy (1942) Mike Toluiuszis (1962) Mike Chadwick (1982) Steve Stricker (1986, 1988, 1989) Jamie Fairbanks (1993) Larry Nuger (1999) Luke Guthrie (2011, 2012) Thomas Pieters (2013) Charlie Danielson (2014) Nick Hardy (2015, 2018) Thomas Detry (2016) Dylan Meyer (2017) Adrien Dumont de Chassart (2019) | |
The Illinois Fighting Illini men's golf team represents the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the sport of golf. The Fighting Illini compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Big Ten Conference (Big Ten). They play their home matches at the Atkins Golf Club, which is located five miles from the university's campus. The Fighting Illini are currently led by head coach Mike Small. The Fighting Illini men's golf program has won 20 Big Ten championships, including the last eight consecutively, and in 2013 finished as national runner-up at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, which was the highest finish in the program's history. The Fighting Illini have qualified for the match play portion of the NCAA Championship 9 times since the stroke play/match play format was introduced in 2009, and reached the Final Four in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
The Fighting Illini have won 14 of the last 16 Big Ten Golf Championships. Illinois golfers won the Big Ten Individual Conference Title for nine consecutive seasons (2011−2019).