DURHAM HIRES ALUMNUS TYLER MARTIN AS GOLF COACH
OSHAWA, Ont. - The Durham College department of athletics has announced the hiring of Tyler Martin (Port Perry, Ont.) as the new head coach of the men's and women's golf programs.
OSHAWA, Ont. - The Durham College department of athletics has
announced the hiring of Tyler Martin (Port Perry,
Ont.) as the new head coach of the men's and women's golf
programs.
"Knowing it would be near impossible to fill Mike Duggan's shoes
as our varsity golf coach, we are extremely pleased to have one of
our very own alums take over our nationally ranked and highly
successfulvarsity golf program," said Ken Babcock,
Durham College athletic director. "Tyler's list of achievements and
success on a golf course is a long one and he cannot wait to get
started in carrying on the high level tradition of golf at
Durham."
Martin, an alumnus of Durham's professional golf management
program in 2007, is one of the college's most accomplished golfers
in the history of the program, winning an astonishing 11 medals at
provincial and national championships.
At the OCAA provincial championship, he won individual titles in
2004 and 2006. He also had a second place finish to teammate Will
Mitchell in 2005. As a team, the Lords won the provincial title in
back-to-back years in 2004 and 2005, as well as finishing in second
place in 2006.
At the PING CCAA national championship, Martin became the first
Durham golfer to win a national championship as he won the 2005
title by three strokes inWindsor, Ont. The following year, he
earned a national bronze medal in Sainte Foy, Que. In all three
years at nationals, the Lords won three team silver medals.
Martin also took home a number of major awards in his career at
Durham. He was the 2005-06 William Avery male athlete of the year
as well as the Bonnie Ginter-Brown Leadership award winner. He was
a two-time CCAA Academic All-Canadian and Gerry Pettit golf MVP. In
his first season with the green and gold, he was named the overall
freshman athlete of the year.
After graduation, Martin played on the PGA Tour Canada, earning
his card in 2007 and from 2009-2011 where he had the chance to
travel across North America competing at an elite level.
Martin's coach Mike Duggan recently retired after
16 years at Durham College. In 2012, the Lords men's team won a
bronze medal at the PING CCAA national championship hosted at the
Oshawa Golf and Curling Club. The women's team won back-to-back
national championships in 2010 and 2011.
Source: Durham College
