Story Courtesy Wofford sports information
SPARTANBURG, SC - Angie Ridgeway, the associate director of golf at Wofford College, has been promoted to head women’s golf coach. Wofford Director of Athletics Richard Johnson made the announcement today.
Johnson also announced the Director of Golf Vic Lipscomb has been named as the head men’s golf coach.
Ridgeway joined the Wofford staff in July, 2004 and has served in a coaching capacity for the past 18 months.
“Angie has done a great job with our women’s golf program,” said Johnson. “She is extremely talented and we believe she is the right person to serve as our head women’s golf coach.”
Ridgeway is a Class A-2 member of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Division. Lipscomb also has his PGA certification.
“This puts Wofford in an elite class of collegiate programs where both coaches are certified teaching professionals,” said Johnson.
““I thoroughly enjoy coaching golf at Wofford College and I’m honored to be named the head women’s golf coach,” said Ridgeway. “We are working hard to build a team that can compete for the Southern Conference championship in the near future, and we’re having fun doing it.”
In her first campaign directing the women’s squad, Ridgeway guided the Terriers to the first two tournament crowns in program history. Wofford captured the titles at its home tournament in the fall and at the Draper Valley Spring Invitational.
A 12-year veteran of the LPGA Tour, she played in over 190 events and six U.S. Opens. Her most successful year came in 1992 when she tallied $84,396 en route to over $300,000 in career earnings. She tallied six career top 10 finishes and placed in the top 25 on 21 occasions. Ridgeway shot a career-low 64 in the first round of the 1992 Sega Women’s Championship. She carded 44 career rounds in the 60s.
A native of Indiana and a long-time Spartanburg area resident, she graduated from Boiling Springs High School before embarking on a collegiate career at Appalachian State. While at the Boone, N.C., institution, she earned a bachelor’s degree in business and finished with a 3.4 grade-point average. She served as the Mountaineers’ team captain and earned medalist honors at two tournaments.
Ridgeway has also advanced her professional development by attending various training programs, including the PGA of America Golf School, the Golf Digest School, the Dave Pelz Short Game School and the Sports Psychology Workshop conducted by Dr. Bob Rotella.
Lipscomb helped guide Wofford to four top-10 team finishes in the 2004-05 season.
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’s 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. Lipscomb has been a member of the Professional Squad of the Palmetto Cup matches each year since its inception.
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.