No. 19 Hoosiers open spring campaign

With a wintry mix still covering a majority of the IU Golf Course, the No. 19 Hoosiers will leave Bloomington and travel to Point Vedra, Fla., to compete in their first tournament of the spring season. \nAfter a 16-week break from competition, the Hoosiers will begin their spring season at the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational, which runs Sunday through Tuesday. \nIU is ranked 19th in the country heading into this weekend, according to Golfweek’s latest polls, which leaves them in second place in the Big Ten behind No. 15 Michigan State. Prior to the Florida tournament, the Hoosiers had an impressive fall season when they placed no worse than sixth in all six of their tournaments.\nIn the heart of their fall schedule, IU took third place in three straight tournaments. In the last tourney in which the Hoosiers participated, the UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate, IU placed sixth overall. \nJuniors Seth Brandon and Jorge Campillo are ranked No. 74 and No. 42 in the nation, respectively, and lead the Hoosiers’ attack, according to Golfweek.\nIn six tournaments this fall, Campillo’s stroke average was 72.00, while Brandon averaged 72.56 strokes per 18 holes. Campillo’s best effort of the fall season came Oct. 1 when he finished runner-up in the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational in Chicago. Brandon’s best outing in the fall came in the first tournament of the season when he tied for fifth, shooting 214 (71-73-70). With the two golfers leading the Hoosiers, IU looks to pick up where they left off and compete on the same level they competed at in the fall.\nThe John Hayt Collegiate Invitational will take place at the Sawgrass Country Club, which has held the tournament every year since 2001. University of North Florida will host the tournament this year.