On this page we break down Golf at Luther College, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Luther competes in NCAA Division III with football as a member of American Rivers Conference.
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The Luther men’s golf team fields 12 players.
The Luther women’s golf team carries 10 athletes.
Combined, Luther carries 22 golf athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports Luther reports, golf comes in at #10 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Scott Fjelstul.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Haakon Rustad.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 15 sports, golf ranks #11 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Luther men’s golf program reported $67,669 in revenue against $60,445 in expenses, netting $7,224. That works out to about $2,095 in operating expense per athlete, or $25,137 per team.
The Luther women’s golf program generated $35,612 in revenue against $33,225 in expenses, for a surplus of $2,387. This comes to about $1,214 in operating expense per athlete, or $12,137 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $67,669 to the women’s $35,612 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, golf ranks #11 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.