Boys Golf Champions & Runners-Up Boys Golf Champions & Runners-Up* Last updated at 7:52 am on Wednesday, March 13, 2024
| Year | Class | Champion | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Coach | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937-38 | Peoria (H.S.) | 12 pts. (690) | LaGrange (Lyons) | 10 pts. (689) | |||
| 1938-39 | LaGrange (Lyons) | 10 pts. (699) | Highland Park (Deerfield-Shields) | 10 pts. (708) | |||
| 1939-40 | Highland Park (Deerfield-Shields) | Harry Bolle | 19 pts. (652) | Galesburg (H.S.) | 8 pts. (674) | ||
| 1940-41 | Rockford (West) | Sam Tracy | 16 pts. (648) | Highland Park (Deerfield-Shields) | 12 pts. (652) | ||
| 1941-42 | Rockford (East) | Jim Laude | 672 | Highland Park (Deerfield-Shields) | 679 | ||
| 1942-43 | Rockford (East) | Jim Laude | 686 | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) | 702 | ||
| 1943-44 | Rockford (East) | Jim Laude | 665 | McHenry | 668 | ||
| 1944-45 | Rockford (East) | Jim Laude | 655 | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard) | 676 | ||
| 1945-46 | Hinsdale (Twp.) | Russell Poppenhager | 651 | Rockford (East) | 657 | ||
| 1946-47 | Rockford (East) | Jim Laude | 652 | Highland Park (Deerfield-Shields) | 657 | ||
| 1947-48 | Highland Park (Deerfield-Shields) | Harry Bolle | 650 | Rockford (East) | 654 | ||
| 1948-49 | Kewanee (H.S.) | Earl Faris | 648 | Pekin | Jim Lewis | 659 | |
| 1949-50 | Champaign (H.S.) | Roy Swindell | 625 | Des Plaines (Maine) | 641 | ||
| 1950-51 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Harry Aram | 657 | Moline (H.S.) | 667 | ||
| 1951-52 | Highland Park | Harry Bolle | 685 | Joliet (Twp.) | 689 | ||
| 1952-53 | Highland Park | Harry Bolle | 659 | Rockford (West) | 662 | ||
| 1953-54 | Hinsdale (Twp.) | Russell Poppenhager | 642 | Waukegan (H.S.) | 655 | ||
| 1954-55 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Ray Fearheiley | 636 | Rockford (East) | 647 | ||
| 1955-56 | Arlington Heights (Arlington) | Curtis Larsen | 643 | Peoria (H.S.) | 646 | ||
| 1956-57 | Rockford (East) | Jim Laude | 648 | Quincy (Sr.) | 650 | ||
| 1957-58 | Joliet (Catholic Academy) | Rev. Berthold Fahey | 634 | Highland Park | 637 | ||
| 1958-59 | Highland Park | Ted Repsholdt | 637 | Joliet (Catholic Academy) | 657 | ||
| 1959-60 | Peoria (Richwoods) | Tony Juska | 663 | Urbana (H.S.) | 666 | ||
| 1960-61 | Hinsdale (Twp.) | Russell Poppenhager | 630 | Peoria (Richwoods) | 640 | ||
| Urbana (H.S.) | 640 | ||||||
| 1961-62 | Peoria (Richwoods) | Carlo Traficano | 630 | Hinsdale (Twp.) | 640 | ||
| 1962-63 | Galesburg (H.S.) | Robert Hungerford | 660 | Waukegan (H.S.) | 661 | ||
| 1963-64 | Bloomington (H.S.) | James Bowers | 640 | Waukegan (H.S.) | 642 | ||
| 1964-65 | Bloomington (H.S.) | James Bowers | 649 | Rockford (East) | 657 | ||
| 1965-66 | Winnetka (New Trier East) | Ray Fearheiley | 660 | Lockport (Central) | 672 | ||
| 1966-67 | Winnetka (New Trier East) | Ray Fearheiley | 638 | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) | 645 | ||
| 1967-68 | Glenview (Glenbrook South) | L. "Mac" McMillion | 647 | Rockford (Guilford) | 648 | ||
| 1968-69 | Belleville (West) | Dave Shannahan | 628 | St. Charles (H.S.) | 630 | ||
| 1969-70 | Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) | Don Laketa | 618 | Waukegan (H.S.) | 628 | ||
| Belleville (West) | 628 | ||||||
| 1970-71 | Belleville (West) | Dave Shannahan | 600 | Quincy (Sr.) | 610 | ||
| 1971-72 | Galesburg (H.S.) | Roger Soper | 603 | Northfield (New Trier West) | 607 | ||
| 1972-73 | Belleville (West) | Dave Shannahan | 619 | Pekin | Delmar Davis | 623 | |
| 1973-74 | Pekin | Delmar Davis | 609 | Normal (University) | Robert Metcalf | 615 | |
| 1974-75 | Rockford (Guilford) | Roger Lindemann | 616 | Barrington | 618 | ||
| 1975-76 | A | Carmi | Dave Johnson | 656 | Normal (University) | Robert Metcalf | 676 |
| AA | Rockford (Guilford) | Roger Lindemann | 638 | Belleville (West) | 640 | ||
| 1976-77 | A | Carmi | Dave Johnson | 642 | Auburn | Anton Dolenc | 668 |
| AA | Mt. Prospect (Prospect) | George Bork | 632 | Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) | Gordon McGregor | 637 | |
| 1977-78 | A | Carmi | Dave Johnson | 612 | Kankakee (McNamara) | Pat Hickey | 614 |
| AA | Winnetka (New Trier East) | Clint Carlstrom | 616 | Palatine (Fremd) | 620 | ||
| 1978-79 | A | Carmi | Dave Johnson | 637 | Quincy (Notre Dame) | Jim Citro | 651 |
| AA | Springfield (Griffin) | Ron Brian | 633 | Peoria (Spalding) | 646 | ||
| 1979-80 | A | Carmi | Mike Croghan | 632 | Elgin (St. Edward) | 640 | |
| AA | Springfield (Griffin) | Ron Brian | 630 | Peoria (Richwoods) | 633 | ||
| 1980-81 | A | Dwight | Adam Gross | 647 | Rochester | 658 | |
| AA | Crystal Lake (South) | Sid Sorenson | 626 | Naperville (North) | 629 | ||
| 1981-82 | A | Elgin (St. Edward) | Jim Perkins | 660 | Dunlap | 663 | |
| West Frankfort (Frankfort) | 663 | ||||||
| AA | Danville (H.S.) | Steve Birkey | 633 | DeKalb | 634 | ||
| 1982-83 | A | Pittsfield | Toby Smith | 667 | vacated | ||
| AA | Winnetka (New Trier) | Earle Metzger | 613 | McHenry | Charles Cuda | 619 | |
| 1983-84 | A | Dunlap | Ray Hassett | 644 | Elgin (St. Edward) | 649 | |
| AA | Rockford (Guilford) | Roger Lindemann | 634 | Moline (H.S.) | 638 | ||
| 1984-85 | A | Aledo | Bob Hoffman | 660 | Monmouth (H.S.) | 673 | |
| Petersburg (PORTA) | Ray Toland | 673 | |||||
| AA | St. Charles (H.S.) | Leo Vitali | 628 | Palatine (Fremd) | 631 | ||
| 1985-86 | A | Monmouth (H.S.) | Bill Pieper | 638 | Aledo | 655 | |
| AA | Rockford (Guilford) | Roger Lindemann | 602 | Edwardsville (H.S.) | Dick Gerber | 621 | |
| 1986-87 | A | Monmouth (H.S.) | Bill Pieper | 633 | Normal (University) | Jim Scott | 649 |
| Dunlap | 649 | ||||||
| AA | Wilmette (Loyola Academy) | Tim Jackimiec | 648 | Winnetka (New Trier) | 662 | ||
| 1987-88 | A | Monmouth (H.S.) | Bill Pieper | 621 | Normal (University) | Jim Scott | 659 |
| AA | St. Charles (H.S.) | Leo Vitali | 643 | Rockford (Guilford) | 647 | ||
| 1988-89 | A | Monmouth (H.S.) | Bill Pieper | 629 | Kankakee (McNamara) | Mike McGuckin | 653 |
| AA | Champaign (Centennial) | Bob Nelson | 622 | Edwardsville (H.S.) | Dick Gerber | 623 | |
| 1989-90 | A | Monmouth (H.S.) | Bill Pieper | 640 | Kankakee (McNamara) | Mike McGuckin | 641 |
| AA | Naperville (North) | Bob Campbell | 620 | Quincy (Sr.) | 621 | ||
| 1990-91 | A | Monmouth (H.S.) | Bill Pieper | 621 | Kankakee (McNamara) | Mike McGuckin | 626 |
| AA | Quincy (Sr.) | Don Kelly | 619 | Winnetka (New Trier) | 628 | ||
| 1991-92 | A | Normal (University) | Jim Scott | 645 | Kankakee (McNamara) | Mike McGuckin | 672 |
| AA | St. Charles (H.S.) | Rob Prentiss | 625 | Wilmette (Loyola Academy) | 645 | ||
| 1992-93 | A | Kankakee (McNamara) | Mike McGuckin | 652 | Hamilton | William "Red" Rogers | 654 |
| Normal (University) | Jim Scott | 654 | |||||
| AA | Barrington | Jeff Blessman | 627 | Champaign (Central) | 643 | ||
| 1993-94 | A | Breese (Mater Dei) | Dennis Trame | 316 | Normal (University) | Jim Scott | 330 |
| Monmouth (H.S.) | 330 | ||||||
| AA | Pekin | Bob Neal | 317 | Winnetka (New Trier) | 320 | ||
| 1994-95 | A | Monmouth (H.S.) | Bill Pieper | 627 | Normal (University) | John McQuary | 645 |
| AA | Naperville (North) | Bob Campbell | 629 | Galesburg (H.S.) | Steve Ferguson | 630 | |
| 1995-96 | A | Monmouth (H.S.) | Mel Blasi | 650 | Belleville (Althoff Catholic) | Jim Karwoski | 654 |
| AA | Winnetka (New Trier) | Mel Sheets | 639 | Quincy (Sr.) | Don Kelly | 653 | |
| Belleville (East) | Jim Reynolds | 653 | |||||
| 1996-97 | A | Normal (University) | John McQuary | 627 | Clinton | Jeff Burger | 649 |
| AA | Wilmette (Loyola Academy) | Ray Del Fava | 622 | Winnetka (New Trier) | 635 | ||
| 1997-98 | A | Quincy (Notre Dame) | Mark Longo | 604 | Normal (University) | John McQuary | 614 |
| AA | Winnetka (New Trier) | Mike Duroe | 618 | Quincy (Sr.) | 621 | ||
| 1998-99 | A | Havana | Dick Lounsberry | 644 | |||
| Quincy (Notre Dame) | Mark Longo | 644 | |||||
| AA | St. Charles (H.S.) | Rob Prentiss | 648 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Robert Ruiz | 665 | |
| 1999-00 | A | Rochester | Les Auxier | 625 | |||
| Fairbury (Prairie Central) | Jerry Freadhoff | 625 | |||||
| AA | Lake Forest (H.S.) | Jay Hoffman | 631 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Robert Ruiz | 635 | |
| 2000-01 | A | Kankakee (McNamara) | Karl Keller | 611 | Normal (University) | John McQuary | 612 |
| AA | Wilmette (Loyola Academy) | Ray Del Fava | 619 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Robert Ruiz | 622 | |
| 2001-02 | A | Effingham (St. Anthony) | Phil Zaccari | 304 | Normal (University) | John McQuary | 305 |
| AA | Wilmette (Loyola Academy) | Ray Del Fava | 299 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Robert Ruiz | 300 | |
| 2002-03 | A | Effingham (St. Anthony) | Phil Zaccari | 620 | Hillsboro | 622 | |
| AA | Rockford (Boylan Catholic) | 638 | Bloomington (H.S.) | Joan Dickson | 647 | ||
| 2003-04 | A | Normal (University) | Tom Romance | 611 | Peoria (P. Christian) | Steve Hauter | 623 |
| AA | Winnetka (New Trier) | Robert Ruiz | 622 | Peoria (Notre Dame) | Mickey Schallau | 624 | |
| 2004-05 | A | Normal (University) | Tom Romance | 596 | Benton | Scott Simpson | 638 |
| AA | Lake Forest (H.S.) | James Matheson | 605 | St. Charles (East) | John Stock | 617 | |
| 2005-06 | A | Peoria (P. Christian) | Steve Hauter | 618 | Metropolis (Massac County) | Mike McDearmon | 623 |
| AA | Normal (University) | Tom Romance | 587 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Robert Ruiz | 588 | |
| 2006-07 | A | Metropolis (Massac County) | JR Conkle | 622 | Effingham (St. Anthony) | Phil Zaccari | 628 |
| AA | Normal (University) | Tom Romance | 610 | Arlington Heights (St. Viator) | Jack Halpin | 614 | |
| 2007-08 | 1A | Byron | Mark Cameron | 616 | Waterloo (Gibault Catholic) | Scott Ruppel | 632 |
| 2A | Normal (University) | Ryan Snell | 583 | Metropolis (Massac County) | J.R. Conkle | 612 | |
| 3A | Arlington Heights (St. Viator) | Jack Halpin | 600 | Quincy (Sr.) | Doug Bruner | 605 | |
| 2008-09 | 1A | Champaign (St. Thomas More) | Tim Murphy | 609 | Benton | Scott Simpson | 627 |
| 2A | Normal (University) | Harland Kilborn | 600 | Centralia (H.S.) | John Sallee | 609 | |
| 3A | Arlington Heights (St. Viator) | Jack Halpin | 583 | Hinsdale (Central) | Jess Krueger | 598 | |
| 2009-10 | 1A | Effingham (St. Anthony) | Phil Zaccari | 620 | Mt. Carmel | John White | 626 |
| 2A | Normal (University) | Cal Hubbard | 643 | ||||
| West Chicago (Wheaton Academy) | Bob Broman | 643 | |||||
| 3A | Arlington Heights (St. Viator) | Jack Halpin | 611 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Pete Drevline | 619 | |
| 2010-11 | 1A | Mt. Carmel | John White | 620 | Effingham (St. Anthony) | Phil Zaccari | 625 |
| 2A | Mahomet (M.-Seymour) | Nathan Mills | 637 | Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) | Mike McDonald | 651 | |
| 3A | Lake Forest (H.S.) | James Matheson | 617 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Pete Drevline | 621 | |
| 2011-12 | 1A | Winnetka (North Shore Country Day) | Joe Bosco | 645 | Bismarck (B.-Henning) | Terry French | 648 |
| 2A | Belleville (Althoff Catholic) | Dan Polites | 624 | Aurora (Marmion Academy) | Doug Roberts | 638 | |
| 3A | Lake Forest (H.S.) | James Matheson | 612 | LaGrange (Lyons) | Brian Kopecky | 621 | |
| 2012-13 | 1A | Winnetka (North Shore Country Day) | Joe Bosco | 313 | El Paso (E.P.-Gridley) | Ken Colmone | 324 |
| 2A | Belleville (Althoff Catholic) | Dan Polites | 321 | Normal (University) | Darrin York | 321 | |
| 3A | Hinsdale (Central) | Jess Krueger | 306 | Naperville (North) | Ryan Hantak | 308 | |
| 2013-14 | 1A | El Paso (E.P.-Gridley) | Ken Colmone | 647 | Winnetka (North Shore Country Day) | Joe Bosco | 656 |
| 2A | Rockford (Boylan Catholic) | John Canova | 622 | Dunlap | Jack Gleich | 623 | |
| 3A | Hinsdale (Central) | Jess Krueger | 603 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Pete Drevline | 616 | |
| 2014-15 | 1A | El Paso (E.P.-Gridley) | Ken Colmone | 619 | Winnetka (North Shore Country Day) | Joe Bosco | 629 |
| 2A | Morton | Jamie King | 615 | Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) | Scott Iliff | 622 | |
| 3A | Hinsdale (Central) | Jess Krueger | 585 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Pete Drevline | 606 | |
| 2015-16 | 1A | Byron | Andy Gramer | 645 | Quincy (Notre Dame) | Charles Scholz | 658 |
| 2A | Morton | Jamie King | 615 | Wheaton (St. Francis) | Greg Baresel | 638 | |
| 3A | Hinsdale (Central) | Jess Krueger | 621 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Pete Drevline | 624 | |
| 2016-17 | 1A | Byron | Andy Gramer | 648 | Aurora (A. Christian) | Andy Zorger | 656 |
| 2A | Normal (University) | Darrin York | 624 | Aurora (Marmion Academy) | Mike Rodriguez | 630 | |
| 3A | Hinsdale (Central) | Jess Krueger | 593 | Winnetka (New Trier) | Pete Drevline | 618 | |
| 2017-18 | 1A | Port Byron (Riverdale) | Trent Groves | 638 | Hillsboro | Jeff Eickhoff | 644 |
| 2A | Charleston | Randy Harpster | 599 | Arlington Heights (St. Viator) | Jack Halpin | 608 | |
| 3A | Hinsdale (Central) | Jess Krueger | 593 | Lake Forest (H.S.) | James Matheson | 595 | |
| 2018-19 | 1A | Effingham (St. Anthony) | Phil Zaccari | 318 | Port Byron (Riverdale) | Trent Groves | 324 |
| 2A | Charleston | Randy Harpster | 312 | Benton | Reggie Norman | 313 | |
| 3A | Hinsdale (Central) | Jess Krueger | 297 | Lincolnshire (Stevenson) | John Rueth | 298 | |
| 2019-20 | 1A | Breese (Mater Dei) | Dennis Trame | 643 | Belleville (Althoff Catholic) | Dan Polites | 644 |
| 2A | Peoria (Notre Dame) | Ryan Julius | 607 | Quincy (Notre Dame) | Brian Hendrian | 614 | |
| 3A | Lake Forest (H.S.) | James Matheson | 601 | Northbrook (Glenbrook North) | Justin Gerbich | 609 | |
| 2021-22 | 1A | Vandalia | Kevin Schroeder | Winnetka (North Shore Country Day) | Cyrus Oelerich | ||
| 2A | Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep) | Mike Hurley | Benton | Reggie Norman | |||
| 3A | Northbrook (Glenbrook North) | Justin Gerbich | Winnetka (New Trier) | Pete Drevline | |||
| 2022-23 | 1A | Effingham (St. Anthony) | Phil Zaccari | 618 | Chicago (Latin) | 623 | |
| 2A | Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep) | Steve Jacoby | 603 | Benton | Reggie Norman | 606 | |
| 3A | Winnetka (New Trier) | Pete Drevline | 603 | Hinsdale (Central) | Serge Penksik | 605 | |
| 2023-24 | 1A | Effingham (St. Anthony) | Phil Zaccari | 622 | Port Byron (Riverdale) | Trent Groves | 628 |
| 2A | Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) | Mike McDonald | 623 | Lemont (H.S.) | Mark Hollatz | 626 | |
| 3A | Winnetka (New Trier) | Pete Drevline | 598 | Hinsdale (Central) | Serge Penksik | 600 |
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