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I will be the first to admit I am not an avid golf fan, despite the best efforts of my late grandfather.
I will be the first to admit I am not an avid golf fan, despite the best efforts of my late grandfather.
At its first stroke play event of the season, the IU men's golf team placed third with a one-over-par 853. Northwestern finished victorious with an 11-under-par 841 at the 54-hole stroke play tournament Saturday and Sunday. The Hoosiers trailed by one stroke to second-place IU-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Returning to familiar territory after two events on the road, the squad will be the home team for the NYX Hoosier Invitational at the IU Golf Course.
Traveling to the city of the Masters for the PGA Tour, the IU women’s golf team ventured to Augusta, Ga., for the Insperity Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate.The squad placed seventh in the 54-hole stroke play event at Forest Hills Golf Club.
The squad prevailed at the Westbrook Invitational on Feb. 26 and 27 to make their first top-five finish of the season, posting a tournament-total 879. Sitting in 86th for the GolfWeek/Sagarin Rankings, the Hoosiers tied for fifth with No. 77 Iowa.
As Tiger Woods and Tony Romo pair as the dream team for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, the IU men’s golf team will await its first opponent at the Big Ten Match Play Championship on Feb. 10 and 11.
The IU women’s golf team is in 10th place after 36 holes in the two-day Challenge at Onion Creek in Austin, Texas.
IU will be among 13 teams, including Texas Tech, Michigan and Xavier. Onion Creek is a par-70 course that had the first Senior PGA Tour event in 1978 and the LPGA Tour Event from 1999 to 2001.
The Hoosiers capped off their final event of the season with a fourth-place finish at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational.
Last Time: With junior Brant Peaper firing a low 65 and senior co-captain Chase Wright making his third top-10 finish of the season, the IU men’s golf team posted its season-best 11-over-par 851 last week at the Windon Memorial.
After posting 317-307 Monday, the Hoosiers dropped strokes in the final round to finish at 302, totaling 926 for the tournament. IU placed fifth, 14 strokes behind first-place Eastern Michigan and two strokes behind fourth-place Nebraska.
The IU men's golf team tied with UCLA for second at the Windon Memorial Classic.
The Hoosiers will enter their fourth event of the season with one win, but the team wants to reach the next level Oct. 17 and 18 at the IU Fall Invitational.
The Hoosiers posted a 935-stroke team tournament total, trailing two strokes behind James Madison. Michigan State took home the victory with an 892.
Despite the amount of solid shots and putts, the numbers were not what the IU men’s golf team wanted in the end. The Hoosiers finished 12th at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational at Olympia Fields Country Club, facing a field that included 10 of the Preseason Top-25. The team fell from sixth place in the first round to eighth place after the second, with a final 892-team tournament total.
Despite the amount of solid shots and putts, the numbers were not what the IU men’s golf team wanted in the end. The Hoosiers finished 12th at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational at Olympia Fields Country Club, facing a field that included 10 of the Preseason Top-25. The team fell from sixth place in the first round to eighth place after the second, with a final 892-team tournament total.
Members of the IU men’s and women’s golf teams were positioned at every par-three and par-five tee boxes to help the amateurs at the Spikes for Speakers Golf Classic, which benefitted the Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values and Ethics.
In the midst of a busy golf season, 12 professionals will take a break from their usual competition Friday at the Spikes for Speakers Golf Classic, benefiting the Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values and Ethic.
The Hoosiers will open their fall season this weekend at the Northern Intercollegiate in Aurora, Ill. Northern Illinois will have the 54-hole stroke play event at Rich Harvest Farms, a par-72 course listed among Rolex World’s Top 1000 Golf Courses.
Only a few years ago, former Hoosier golfers Shaun Micheel, Dan Olsen and Jeff Overton were competing for Indiana in collegiate events. Today they are playing on the professional tour, representing the IU men’s golf program at major events such as the Professional Golf Association Championship, which took place Aug. 8 through 14 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga.