Waterloo Warriors Hall of Fame
The 1972 men's golf was one for the ages dominating every tournament they entered including the OUAA Championship and the first ever Canadian University Championship hosted by Mohawk College. They were so dominant they captured the national title by an unprecedented 30-stroke margin over any other program in the field. The team was made up of Tim McCutcheon (individual winner of every tournament except one), Dave Bogdon, Ed Heakes, and two members still heavily involved in the program to this day, Dave Hollinger and Fred Wilder. The roster was assembled by the late Jack Pearse whose name has a rich history when it comes to men's golf at Waterloo and was known for his laid back and easy going coaching style.
The 1972 men's golf team was invited to play in some of the most prestigious university events in the U.S. at the time and were even invited to the Mid-America Championship and Spartan Invitational which included most of the Big 10 programs from the NCAA. The Warriors would end up with a fourth place finish at the Spartan Invitational, an outstanding feat for a program from Canada that no NCAA team would have even heard of.
What made this program so special was the fact they consistently won their competitions by such large margins, most times by 10-15 strokes, solidifying them as one of the best golf programs in the history of OUA golf.
