2023 Heart Men’s Golf Championship Preview
The Heart of America Athletic Conference will host the 2023 Heart Men's Golf Conference Championship on April 24-25 at The Preserve on Rathbun Lake in Moravia, Iowa.
The event will feature 12 teams, including Baker, Central Methodist, Clarke, Culver-Stockton, Evangel, Graceland, MidAmerica Nazarene, Grand View, Missouri Valley, Mount Mercy, Park and William Penn.
CMU is the defending Heart Champions, as they won the 2022 event that was held at Creekmore Golf Course. The defending individual champion is Matias Baccola of Central Methodist.
The Heart Championship will feature 36 holes on Monday and the final 18 holes on Tuesday. The winning team will earn an automatic bid to the NAIA Men's Golf National Championships, May 16-19, at Las Sendas Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona.
Monday the golfers will begin at 8 am with a shot gun start, while Tuesday will begin also at 8 am with tee times.
More on the golf course: An 18-hole championship golf course, The Preserve on Rathbun Lake is consistently ranked among the top 5 public courses in the state, is suited for golfers of every skill level with 5 sets of tees and generous fairways, and offers lessons, clinics, and club fittings by two PGA Golf Professionals. The 7000-yard course meanders through scenic prairie and oak savannas and is located right next to Honey Creek Resort on Rathbun Lake.
The golfers will be playing the course at 6,647 yards and a Par 72.
The All-Conference team will consist of 15 players. The 15 players will be the five low medalists, including ties for 5th-place, at the conference tournament.
The remaining All-Conference players will be selected by the Golf Stat individual adjusted scoring average ranking (to be eligible a player must have posted at least 10 competitive collegiate golf rounds during the academic year).
The following awards will also be handed out, Individual Tournament Medalist, Heart Conference Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and Coach of the Year.
The event will feature live results from each golfer via golf stat for all 54 holes. For a link to live results, please click below.
For the first time, the Heart will be broadcasting the awards ceremony on Tuesday, April 25 on the Heart Conference Network. To see the entire awards presentation live, please click below.