Men's Golf
Carl Sandburg College has had a golf program on and off since 1969. In 2005, Sandburg successfully revived the program. Since then, the Chargers have won the program's lone Arrowhead Conference championship and have made six trips as a team to the NJCAA Division II national tournament. Home meets are held at Lake Bracken Country Club, located just south of Galesburg.
NJCAA Division II National Tournament
2010 (17th), 2011 (14th), 2013 (12th), 2014 (17th), 2015 (16th), 2018 (19th)
Arrowhead Conference Champions
2010
Region IV Tournament runner-up
2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017
Name |
Yr. |
Hometown |
High School |
| Cooper Beck | Fr. | Petersburg, Ill. | PORTA |
| Tanner Blum | Fr. | Elmwood, Ill. | Elmwood |
| Grant Campbell | So. | Earlville, Ill. | Earlville |
| Matt Graves | So. | Oneida, Ill. | ROWVA |
| Kevin Greene | Fr. | El Paso, Ill. | El Paso-Gridley |
| Brice Margenthaler | Fr. | Cape Girardeau, Mo. | Central |
| Grant Otting | Fr. | Taylor Ridge, Ill. | Rockridge |
| Trace White | Fr. | Mount Pleasant, Iowa | Mount Pleasant |
Head coach: Ryan Twaddle
Fall Season
Date |
Time |
Tournament |
Course |
Location |
Result |
| Thursday, Aug. 29 | 1:30 p.m. | Charger Classic | Lake Bracken | Galesburg | 325 — 1st |
| Friday, Aug. 30 | 1:30 p.m. | Kewanee Dunes Classic | Kewanee Dunes | Kewanee | 326 — 5th |
| Friday, Sept. 6 | 1:30 p.m. | Duane Chanay Invite | Byron Hills | Port Byron | 317 — T-7th |
| Wednesday, Sept. 11 | TBD | IVCC Match Play Event | Fyre Lake | Sherrard | 4th |
| Friday, Sept. 13 | 1 p.m. | Skyhawk Classic | Rock River | Dixon | 339 — 5th |
| Sept. 20-21 | IVCC Classic | 639 — 12th | |||
| Friday, Sept. 20 | 12:30 p.m. | First Round | Deer Park | Oglesby | 323 |
| 8 a.m. | Second Round | Senica's Oak Ridge | LaSalle | 316 | |
| Friday, Sept. 27 | Noon | Region IV Classic | PrairieView | Byron | 344 — 8th |
| Oct. 3-5 | Region IV Championship | PrairieView | Byron | 1,012 — 4th | |
| Thursday, Oct. 3 | 11 a.m. | First Round | 333 | ||
| Friday, Oct. 4 | 10 a.m. | Second Round | 336 | ||
| Saturday, Oct. 5 | 10 a.m. | Third Round | 343 |
Head Coach
Ryan Twaddle
Ryan Twaddle became the men's golf coach at Carl Sandburg College in 2013 and has guided the Chargers to four NJCAA Division II national tournament appearances in his tenure. The Chargers' 12th-place finish at the 2013 national tournament was the best showing in program history. Twaddle also serves as Sandburg's men's basketball coach. During the 2013-14 basketball season, he guided the Chargers to their first Region IV tournament championship and their first appearance in the NJCAA Division II national tournament, helping him earn NJCAA Region IV and NJCAA District 3 Coach of the Year honors for 2014. Prior to becoming the men's basketball coach, he was an assistant at Sandburg for four seasons under former head coach Mike Bailey. Twaddle graduated from Macomb High School and continued his athletic career at Carl Sandburg, earning two letters in both basketball and baseball. He lives in Galesburg and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Western Illinois University.