Teams: Co-Ed Golf: Team Overview

Linde named All-NESCAC for second time

The Tufts University varsity golf program offers competitive golfers the opportunity to play golf at a high level while receiving a fine education. Jumbo golfers call the par-70 Newton Commonwealth Golf Course their home, and they travel to many of the region's finest courses for competition. Including a among the regular stops are New Seabury CC on Cape Cod and Taconic Golf Club in Williamstown.

Bob Sheldon, the 2002 NESCAC Coach of the Year, is entering his 17th season as head coach of the golf team. Throughout his tenure as the golf coach, Sheldon has also coached the men's basketball team at Tufts and has amassed a 234-163 record as the all-time winningest coach.

Sheldon is a 1977 graduate of St. Lawrence University, where he played basketball, and he received a Masters in Educational Administration from Fordham University in 1982.

Each year, Tufts golf competes in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Regional qualifying tournament. In 2003 the team's regional performance qualified it to play in the ECAC Championships, where Dan Weinbeck and Justin Meier led the Jumbos to a sixteenth place finish, both scoring 166 to tie for 50th place individually in the event. Weinbeck was also recognized in 2002 as the NESCAC Rookie of the Year.

The Jumbos also annually compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), whose marquee golf event is the NESCAC Golf Championship, which takes place usually in late September. The Jumbos posted a third place finish in this event in 2002, led by Elliot Barr's 152, good for seventh place individually. Barr's performance in this event earned him a selection to the 2002 All-NESCAC Second Team.

Among Tufts' competition in the NESCAC are Hamilton College, Amherst College, Williams College, and Middlebury College.

Tufts University is recognized as one of the nation's finest institutions. It's location just outside of Boston allows its students to enjoy life in one of America's most beautiful cities while living on Tufts' renowned Medford-Somerville campus. Students at Tufts are instructed by some of the nation's most talented educators in areas such as international relations, engineering, English, economics, and countless others.

Along with the enriching experience of a Tufts education, Jumbo golfers enjoy the opportunity to play competitive athletics as a supplement to classroom experience. Tufts golfers play many of New England's finest courses during the fall season, and the team environment college golf provides is a beneficial asset for the future.