Wofford College Athletics

Vic Lipscomb '70 is in his 13th season as Wofford's head men's golf coach in 2016-17. He has guided the Terriers to eight tournament victories, 10 runner-up finishes and 39 top-fives in his tenure, as well as a combined 11 individual tournament championships. Lipscomb was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year in 2015-16.

The 2015-16 season was perhaps the most successful in Lipscomb's tenure. The Terriers took home two team titles, winning the Hummingbird Intercollegiate in the fall and The Legacy Intercollegiate in the spring, won four combined individual titles, held the 36-hole lead at the Southern Conference Championship, sent an individual to NCAA Regionals and saw another individual qualify for the 2016 U.S. Amateur.

The 2015-16 season began with a third-place finish at Notre Dame's Fighting Irish Golf Classic (Sept. 21-22). Two top fives followed in the month of October at the Donald Ross Intercollegiate (Oct. 12-13) and Camden Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 24-25), including an individual title at the Donald Ross by Jeremy Grab at 3-under-par 207. The final tournament of the fall season saw Wofford win its first team title of the year, besting the 11-team field at the Hummingibrd Intercollegiate (Nov. 1-2). The Terriers won the weather-shortened tournament with a single-round total of 8-under 276.

The spring season saw no slow downs. Andrew Novak got the season underway by breaking the program's 54-hole individual scoring record to win the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate (Feb. 22-23). Novak carded rounds of 2-under 70, 5-under 67 and 6-under 66 for a new Wofford record of 13-under-par 203. One week later, Novak and Grab led the Terriers to their second team title, as both fired three-round scores of 7-under 209 to take medalist honors at The Legacy Intercollegiate (Feb. 29 - March 1). The duo bested the rest of the field by seven shots, while Wofford dominated the field as a team to win by 28 strokes at 5-under-par. The Terriers went on to take second later in the year at the 28th annual Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational (April 11-12). At the Southern Conference Championship, Wofford held the team and invidiual leads through two rounds, but could not come away with either title. A championship that came down to the wire between five teams saw the Terriers finish fifth, while Jeremy Grab took runner-up by a single stroke to ETSU's Adrian Meronk. Both Grab and Novak were named to the All-Southern Conference Team at the conclusion of the tournament, and Lipscomb was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year. Still, the season was not yet over, as Novak earned the invite to participate in the Tuscaloosa Regional of the NCAA Championship. Novak carded rounds of 73, 72 and 72 for a 1-over-par 217, finishing 17th in the 75-man field. Two months later, Jeremy Grab became the first Terrier under Lipscomb to qualify for the U.S. Amateur.

Wofford continued its success in 2014-15, as Lipscomb coached the Terriers to two tournament titles, three runner-up finishes and an individual championship. The Terriers teed off the season by winning their very first tournament, the Rutgers Invitational (Sept. 19-20), with a three-round score of 7-over-par 859. Three weeks later, Wofford took second at the Donald Ross Intercollegiate (Oct. 13-14), followed by another second-place finish at the Camden Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 18-19), one shot back of team champion and host South Carolina. Terrier senior Brannan Hudson was the tournament medalist, carding a school-record total of 9-under-par 201. Hudson set school records for low round (63), low 36 (130), low 54 (201) and low score in relation to par (-9).

Just as the Terriers started the fall with a win, they started the spring of 2015 with a tournament championship at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate (Feb. 23-24). Wofford beat out 19 teams for the title, carding a two-round score of 10-over-par 586. The Terriers went on to take third at the Davidson Invitational (March 3-4) and another second-place finish at their very own Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational (April 13-14). Wofford matched the school record it set a year earlier at The Country Club of Spartanburg with a 24-under-par 840. The Terriers concluded the season by finishing fourth at the Southern Conference Tournament. Hudson finished fifth on the individual leaderboard at 1-under-par 215. At the conclusion of the tournament, Jeremy Grab was named to the All-Southern Conference Team, becoming the first Terrier since 2011 to land the honors.

The 2013-14 year was one to remember for Lipscomb's program, coaching the Terriers to two tournament victories and new school records. The first victory came at the Donald Ross Intercollegiate (Oct. 14-15), where Wofford shot a 16-under-par 824 to shatter the 54-hole program record of 846 set in 2009. The Terriers took home the individual championship as well, with senior George Perkovich earning medalist honors at 8-under 202. A few weeks later, Wofford won its second tournament of the fall, taking home the title at the Hummingbird Intercollegiate (Nov. 3-5) and overcoming a four-stroke final-round deficit to do so. 

The spring of 2014 saw the Terriers earn two more top-five finishes, first taking fifth of 14 teams at the Davidson Invitational (March 3-4) and later earning third in the 15-team field at the 26th Coca-Cola Wofford Invitational (April 14-15). Wofford completed its home tournament with a 24-under-par 840, breaking the program record for a tournament score in relation to par of 18-under at the 2009 Sea Trail Intercollegiate. Freshman Andrew Novak finished tied for second with an 8-under 208. At the SoCon Championship (April 20-22), hosted at Pinehurst National, junior Cory Taylor shot a final-round 6-under 66 to earn sixth place, while the Terriers finished seventh. At the conclusion of the tournament, Novak was named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team.
 
The 2012-13 squad's season was highlighted by five Top 5 finishes, including second place at the Coca-Cola Wofford Intercollegiate. Other top finishes included third at the Donald Ross Intercollegiate, fourth at the Cobra PUMA Invitational, fifth at the Hummingbird Intercollegiate and fifth at the Forest Hills Collegiate. 

In 2011-12, the Terriers finished in the top ten in five tournaments highlighted by a fourth place finish at the Southern Conference Championship.  It was the Terriers best finish since the 2007 SoCon Championship.  Freshman, Brannan Hudson finished in second place with a 218.  He was Wofford’s highest individual finisher since the 2003 season when Daniel Sloan finished in a tie for fifth place.
 
Lipscomb’s 2010-11 team finished in the top ten in eight tournaments including first at the Davidson College Invitational.  Wofford took sixth that season at the SoCon Championship, while Chandler Brazeal competed for the Terriers in the NCAA Southeast Regional and was named SoCon Freshman of the Year. Brazeal and teammate Brent McKenzie earn All-SoCon Honors.
 
In 2009-10, his Terriers placed in the top five in six tournaments throughout the season.  They took ninth at the SoCon Championship as Mark Joye finished in 13th.  Joye, that same season, was honored by the SoCon as Golfer of the Month and Freshman of the Year.  Garrett Medeiros competed for the Terriers in the NCAA Southeast Regional finishing in 41st place. Wofford had two players named to the GCAA All-Academic team, Medeiros and Mike McKenzie.  Medeiros and Joye were both named to the All-SoCon team.
 
In 2008-09, Lipscomb guided the Terriers to their best team score in the Southern Conference championship since 2002. He directed the program to the WCU Intercollegiate title in the fall of 2006 and has coached an All-Southern Conference selection four of his five seasons, including current senior and 2009 honoree Garrett Medeiros.
 
In addition, a number of his players have garnered Southern Conference Player of the Month or Player of the Week accolades including Neil O’Brien who earned All-SoCon and SoCon Freshman of the Year in 2006.
 
Lipscomb returned to the Spartanburg, S.C., campus in the summer of 2004 as the program’s inaugural director of golf. After one season, he assumed the duties of head men’s coach.
 
Lipscomb is a 1970 Wofford graduate and a member of the Terriers’ Athletic Hall of Fame and the South Carolina Golf Hall of Fame. The Union, S.C., native was also selected to the inaugural Hall of Fame class for Union High School.
 
Among his myriad of honors, Lipscomb was named the 1994 Carolinas PGA Golf Professional of the Year. He was also the 1989 Carolinas PGA Teacher of the Year and the 1986 Carolinas PGA Player of the Year.
 
Lipscomb was the head golf professional at The Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg, S.C., from 1990-2003. Previously, he was the head golf professional at the Country Club of Orangeburg (1977-90) and did a PGA apprenticeship at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio (1972-77).
 
During his undergraduate days, Lipscomb was a captain and most valuable player for the Terrier golf team. He helped lead Wofford to the 1970 state championship.
 
Lipscomb has remained a successful active player through the years. He has won three South Carolina Opens, a Carolinas Open and a total of 10 major Carolinas PGA championships. He was named the 1986 CPGA Player of the Year and earned Senior PGA Player of the Year honors in 1999 and 2000.
 
He qualified three times for The Heritage Classic and played twice in the PGA Championship. He also qualified for the 1979 Kemper Open in Charlotte, N.C., and two senior PGA Championships.
 
Lipscomb and his wife, Sandra, have three sons: Victor, David and Jonathan.