Men’s Golf

Head Coach

Mike Mayer

Head Coach
Mike Mayer

Mike Mayer

Head Coach

Mike Mayer joined Indiana University as the men’s golf head coach in 1998. Since joining the program, Mayer has propelled Indiana golf to the top of the Big Ten Conference and made the program a regular competitor in the NCAA tournament. Off the field, Mayer’s team is one of the best in the classroom, with Indiana Men’s Golf posting a perfect multi-year Academic Progress Rate score of 1000. 

Throughout his tenure, Mayer has had 14 players receive All-Big Ten honors. Mayer has claimed numerous tournament titles, including having 11-straight seasons with at least one tournament victory (2002-14). Under Mayer, Indiana has placed as high as No. 4 in the country (2009) and has produced professional athletes such as current PGA Tour member Jeff Overton (2002-05), European Tour competitor Jorge Campillo (2005-09), and Mackenzie Tour competitor David Mills (2010-14). 

Mayer spent nine seasons at Indiana as an assistant coach under Sam Carmichael, taking over the men’s program in the fall of 1998. Under Carmichael, Mayer was part of two Big Ten Championships and a trip to the NCAA championships. 

Indiana golfers under Mayer have earned approximately 80 Academic All-Big Ten honors, including a program record eight in 2004, 2005, 2011 and 2012. Additionally, 13 Hoosiers have been recognized as All-America Scholars. 

Mayer has brought in three of the top four IU golfers of all-time in terms of lowest career stroke average. The top three single-season averages also belong to Mayer recruits.

Mayer is a 1987 graduate of Indiana University, earning his bachelor’s degree in journalism and English. Mayer went on to earn his master’s degree in sports management from IU in 1998. 

Mayer married the former Kimberly Collier on July 26, 2005. The couple have two children, Zachary Collier and Ty Mayer.

COACHES

Corey Ziedonis

Corey Ziedonis

Assistant Coach
Corey Ziedonis

Corey Ziedonis

Assistant Coach

Corey Ziedonis joined Indiana University Men’s Golf as an assistant coach in 2016. An Indiana alumnus, Ziedonis returned to Bloomington after spending time as an assistant coach at the University of Virginia. 

Ziedonis is responsible for recruiting and on-course improvements with the Hoosiers. During Ziedonis’ tenure, multiple top players have trimmed multiple strokes from their scoring averages, and the team has earned top 10 finishes at the Big Ten Championships and claimed NCAA bids.

Before coming back to Bloomington, Ziedonis was an assistant coach at the University of Virginia. During his time in Virginia, the Cavaliers registered five top 5 team finishes in tournament play and advanced to the NCAA Championship after a fifth place finish at the NCAA Regional. Virginia went on to finish 22nd as a team.

As a student-athlete under Mayer, Ziedonis finished his career (2009-13) with a 74.84 career scoring average in 85 rounds of golf. The Indianapolis native was named an All-American Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America following his senior year along with collecting 7 top 25 tournament finishes that season. He helped the Hoosiers to 4 NCAA Regional appearances and finished inside the top 25 at those tournaments on three occasions, with a highlighted top 11 finish as a sophomore. Competing in the Big Ten Championship all four years of his career, Ziedonis racked up three top 25 finishes and helped the team to a second place finish in 2012.

Ziedonis graduated from Indiana University with a degree in sports marketing and management in 2013. He served as a graduate assistant for two seasons with the Ball State Men’s Golf program and served as a player relations manager on the Golfweek Junior Tour in the spring and summer of 2014.

Dave Hohnke

Dave Hohnke

Volunteer Coach/ Club Fitter
Dave Hohnke

Dave Hohnke

Volunteer Coach/ Club Fitter

Dave Hohnke joined the IU Men’s Golf program in 2005 as the team’s club fitter and stepped into the role of volunteer coach in 2010. 

Hohnke started clubmaking in 1987 and became a professional clubmaker in 1998. He is regarded as the best club fitter in the state of Indiana and is certified as a golf equipment professional.

Hohnke graduated from IU in 1976 with an A.B. in English, psychology and philosophy.

FACILITIES

Golf Course

Besides being a beautiful and challenging test for players of all levels, the Indiana University Golf Course offers an escape from the hustle and bustle of the IU campus, which is located next to the 54-year-old facility on the east edge of the Indiana 46 bypass near 17th Street in Bloomington.

Built in 1957, the multi-faceted facility not only is the home course of the IU men’s and women’s teams but is a Bloomington golf facility open for public play 364 days a year.

GOLF

4 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS

1996 • 2009 • 2013 • 2014

6 BIG TEN REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS

1925 • 1932 • 1938(co) • 1949(co) • 2013 • 2014

Received the GCAA Team Academic Award each of the last five years
25 times a member of the IU Men’s Golf program has been named an All-American o The top four single-season scoring averages have been posted by players under current head coach Mike Mayer
TOP four single-season scoring averages have been posted by players under current head coach Mike Mayer
6 of the top eight career scoring average leaders have been Mayer pupils
Jeff Overton (2005) and Jorge Campillo (2007-09) both participated in the Palmer Cup
Hoosiers have made nine appearances in the NCAA postseason since 2004

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