Columbus State University Men's Golf

Immelman is entering his 16th season at Columbus State University in the 2016-17 season. After 14 years of heading up the mens program, Immelman was announced as the Director of Golf in the summer of 2015, overseeing the operations of both the mens and womens programs.   Immelman, a CSU alumnus, is recognized as one of the best teachers of the game worldwide. Immelman has worked steadily to rebuild the CSU program to its traditional place among the Division II elite. Immelman's squads have advanced to postseason in each of his 15 years at the helm and finished as runners-up at the National Championship in 2006, tied for fourth in 2007, and placed third in 2009. In 2011, the Cougars returned to the national tournament after a brief one-year absence and finished in 10th place.  The Cougars have won a pair of Peach Belt Conference championships under Immelman, capturing the 2007 and 2016 titles.  In July 2012, Immelman had his first former player reach the pinnacle of the golfing world as Andrew Georgiou participated in the 2012 Open Championship. Immelman has won numerous awards in his stint at CSU including being named the 2009 NCAA Division II Coach of the Year and the 2007 Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year. He has coached 10 All-Americans, 26 All-PBC players and the 2007 PBC Golfer of the Year (Andrew Georgiou). In his four seasons playing for Columbus State, Immelman was a three-time All-American (1992, 94, 95) and a two-time Academic All-American while the Cougars won multiple national championships (1992, 94). CSU also claimed a national runner-up title in 1993. Immelman became a professional golfer before a two-year stint as a sports agent. It was not to long before Immelman learned his new passion, teaching the game of golf. At the end of 1998, Immelman returned home to South Africa to open his own golf academy in his hometown of Somerset West. In 1999, Immelman was offered the opportunity to coach on the European Tour where he stayed until his appointment as head Columbus State golf coach in 2001. In addition to his duties at Columbus State, Immelman is the main instructor at the Mark Immelman Golf Instruction working with a plethora of professionals including Trevor Immelman (younger brother, 2008 Masters Champion), Larry Mize (1998 Masters Champion), Louis Oosthuizen (2010 British Open Champion) and many other PGA, European, Nationwide and Africas Sunshine tours professionals. He also writes weekly for the PGA Tour on pgatour.com and has had articles published in the Complete Golfer and Golf Digest magazines. In addition, he has written eBooks including Scandalously Simple: The Easy Way to Accurate Golf Shots that can be found on iTunes. Also, Immelman does play-by-play broadcasting for the PGA Tour on Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio and hosts his weekly radio show On the Mark (Monday-Wednesday 12 p.m.-2 p.m.) on pgatour.com.   Immelman and wife Tracy were married in 2002 and have two daughters Isabel (born 2007) and Sophia (born 2011).

The Columbus State University Athletics Department announced the hiring of Lee McCoy as the Director of Golf on Friday, June 30. McCoy is entering his second year as Director in the 2024-25 year. During his first year at the helm of the Cougar men's golf program, he led CSU to three top-5 finishes, including a two second place finishes at the Bearcat Invitational (9/12/23) and the Spring Bulldog Clash (2/27/24). McCoy coached his first All-Peach Belt Conference, All-Southeast Region and PING All-American nominee, Bernard Meyer. In his sophomore season, Meyer won the Spring Kick-Off Intercollegiate in February and tallied three top-5 finishes and three top-10 placements. A native of Dunedin, Fla., McCoy comes to Columbus with a prestige golf resume. He began his collegiate career in 2013 as a student-athlete on the men's golf team at the University of Georgia. As a Bulldog, he posted seven individual wins, was named the 2016 SEC Player of the Year, tabbed a three-time All-American and holds UGA's record for the lowest career scoring average. McCoy also was the 2016 Haskins Award Runner-Up and was a member of the 2015 Walker Cup and the 2015 Palmer Cup. McCoy departed from UGA in 2016 to pursue a professional golf career for four years. He was the winner of the PGA Tour Canada in 2016 and the 2017 Q-School Finals. McCoy played two full seasons on the Korn Terry Tour and his best finish was tied for third. He competed in 13 PGA Tour events with his best finish being fourth. After pursuing his professional career, McCoy returned to UGA in 2022 to finish his degree in housing management and policy, completing it in Spring 2023. Not only was he finishing school, but McCoy also served as a Student Assistant Coach for the Bulldogs for the 2022-23 season and was the Director of Online Instruction at Sub 70 Golf. McCoy is married to his wife, Amanda, and has a two-year-old daughter, Lily.