Teams: Co-Ed Golf: Team Overview

►Heffernan garners All-NESCAC honor

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 Andovers Indian Ridge Country Club their home, and also practice at Stow Acres Country Club and Sandy Burr Country Club. Tournament locales include the Ralph Myhre Golf Course in Middlebury, Vermont, and Taconic Golf Club in Williamstown.

Bob Sheldon, the 2002 NESCAC Coach of the Year, is entering his 19th 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 299-200 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.

The Jumbos compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Starting in 2007, the 10 representative teams compete in a conference qualifier in late September, in which the top four finishing teams earn positions in the NESCAC Championship held in April of the same academic year. In the formats inaugural season, the Jumbos narrowly missed out on the Championship, finishing in fifth place and a mere seven strokes behind 4th place finisher Williams College.

The Jumbos fall season concludes at the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association (NEIGA) Championships, Americas largest collegiate golfing tournament. The New Englands, as the tournament is often referred to, feature the top golf teams from Division I, II, and III schools across the area, and are always held at the Captains Golf Course in Brewster.

While predominantly a fall sport, the Tufts golf schedule also features a host of one- and two-day tournaments in the spring, concluding the season in late April.

Tufts University is recognized as one of the nation's finest institutions. Its 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 throughout the year, and the team environment college golf provides is a beneficial asset for the future.