Women’s golf hosts second event of the year
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 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.
Although the individual players for the IU men’s golf team play in numerous events throughout the summer, they will come together this fall to begin the 2011-12 golf season.
Rory McIlroy arrived at Congressional Country Club with the demons from his Masters collapse still lingering. By the time he strutted to the 72nd hole, his major championship baggage had been removed and replaced by a new type of pressure.
IU men’s golf coach Mike Mayer has always said to his current and former athletes that success breeds success.
The IU men’s and women’s golf teams posted their best finishes this season in their first weekday tournaments of the year.
Former IU golfer Jeff Overton did his part Monday morning for the US golf team, but Europe prevailed to narrowly win the Ryder Cup in a rain-delayed event in Newport, Wales.
The IU women’s golf team will participate in its third of five fall tournaments this weekend at the William K. Warren Irish Invitational in South Bend.
Columnist Kevin Bowen writes, "I think I speak for all Hoosiers when I say good luck Jeff Overton. Bring the Ryder Cup back to American soil."
Former IU golfer Jeff Overton will be competing in the Ryder Cup this weekend. Competing in a top-tier tournament does not detract Overton from his Indiana roots.
The IU men’s golf team finished in a tie for fifth place this weekend at the Windon Memorial Classic in Chicago.
The IU men’s golf team finished in a tie for fifth place this weekend at the Windon Memorial Classic in Chicago.
This summer, there was ample time to watch the most scrutinized and controversial return to golf — and maybe all of sports — in history. Tiger Woods'.
Winning on the PGA Tour is no easy task. Just ask Tiger Woods — or better yet, ask Jeff Overton.