{"id":260002,"date":"2026-05-06T01:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260002\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:01:16","slug":"nelson-leads-miami-golf-to-historic-mac-championship-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/260002\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Leads Miami Golf to Historic MAC Championship Sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"

ZIONSVILLE, Ind.\u2013 The Miami University golf team made history today at the final round of the MAC Championship, capturing the conference title for the first time since 2015. Sophomore Liam Nelson<\/a> added to the celebration by claiming individual medalist honors, a feat no RedHawk golfer had achieved since 2003. The monumental day for Miami Golf marked the first time since 1996 that the Red and White swept both the team and individual titles.
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\nHOW IT HAPPENED:<\/p>\n


\n\tNelson (70-76-71=217) capped off a stellar tournament with an even-par final-round to clinch the individual title by a single stroke, finishing at four-over-par through three rounds. After draining the winning par putt on the 18th green, Nelson shared a celebration with head coach JD Fletcher<\/a> to celebrate the hard-earned victory, his third of the season.\u00a0
\n\tCameron Pero<\/a> (76-75-72=223) shot one over par in his final round, moving him up six places on the leaderboard. Pero’s best round of the tournament came at the exact right time, as the senior closed out his conference career in style with a top-10 finish.
\n\tTyler Anderson<\/a> (75-71-78=224) concluded his tournament with two birdies in the final round, finishing tied for 13th overall with a three-round total of 224.
\n\tBrett Podobinski<\/a> (75-76-74=225) started his final round with three birdies through the first five holes. He went on to shoot three-over-par on the day, lifting him one spot on the individual leaderboard to claim a top-15 finish.\u00a0
\n\tMichael Weber<\/a> (80-67-79=226) shot eight-over-par in his final round today. Weber’s impressive four-under-par performance in his second round proved to be the lowest score of the tournament. He finished the MAC Championships\u00a0tied for 17th place.
\n\tEntering the day one shot off\u00a0of the lead, Miami finished with a team score of 880 (+28), seven strokes clear of team runner-up Northern Illinois. <\/p>\n

\n2026 MAC Men’s Golf Awards\u00a0<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Earl Yestingsmeier Sportsmanship Award was awarded to senior RedHawk\u00a0Michael Weber<\/a>.
\n\tThe Kermit Blosser Coach of the Year Award was awarded to Miami Head Coach JD Fletcher<\/a>.
\n\tLiam Nelson<\/a> took home the MAC Individual Championship and was named to the MAC All-Tournament Team.
\n\tRunner-up Medalist:\u00a0Rory McDonald-O’Brien (Eastern Michigan)
\n\tOther MAC All-Tournament Team golfers:\u00a0Rory McDonald O’Brien (Eastern Michigan), Liam Curtis (Kent State), Angelo Luciani (Bowling Green), Patrick Raupp (Northern Illinois), Bence Kotel (Toledo), and Nathaniel Gray Lamont (Ohio)
\n\tFreshman of the Year:\u00a0Robby Turnbull (Eastern Michigan)

\n\tGolfer of the Year:\u00a0Charlie Box (Eastern Michigan) <\/p>\n

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\nINDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD (45 individuals)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01. Liam Nelson<\/a> | 70-76-71=217 (+4)
\n\u00a0T-10. Cameron Pero<\/a> | 76-75-72=223 (+10)
\n\u00a0T-13. Tyler Anderson<\/a> | 75-71-78=224 (+11)
\n\u00a0T-15. Brett Podobinski<\/a> | 75-76-74=225 (+12)
\n\u00a0T-17. Michael Weber<\/a> | 80-67-79=26 (+13)
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\nTEAM LEADERBOARD (9 teams)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01. \u00a0MIAMI UNIVERSITY | 296-289-295=880 (+28)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0 Northern Illinois | 297-296-294=887 (+35)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a03.\u00a0 Eastern Michigan | 288-296-314=898 (+46)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a04.\u00a0 Kent State | 304-304-301=908 (+56)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a05.\u00a0 Bowling Green | 305-302-302=909 (+57)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06.\u00a0 Ball State | 308-299-303=910 (+58)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7.\u00a0 Central Michigan | 300-303-316=919 (+67)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8.\u00a0 Ohio | 311-304-311=926 (+74)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a09.\u00a0 Toledo | 318-306-314=938 (+86)<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe RedHawks\u00a0will open NCAA play on Monday, May 18 at a site to be determined.\u00a0Miami will learn its NCAA Regionals destination during the selection show on Wednesday, May 6 at 2 p.m. on the Golf Channel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ZIONSVILLE, Ind.\u2013 The Miami University golf team made history today at the final round of the MAC Championship,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-260002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}