Indiana men’s golf to begin postseason at Big Ten Championships

Indiana males’s golf will open up postseason play by competing within the Massive Ten Championships this weekend on the Pete Dye Course in French Lick, Indiana.

The occasion comes throughout one other fast turnaround for Indiana, who completed sixth within the Kepler Intercollegiate on April 23-24.

The Hoosiers will tee off with the Northwestern Wildcats and Michigan State Spartans in spherical one at roughly 9:45 a.m. Friday from the primary tee field.

“I believe we’re very able to making some noise,” head coach Mike Mayer mentioned.

The Hoosiers’ lineup will encompass No. 1 sophomore Drew Salyers, No. 2 senior Mitch Davis, sophomore Clay Merchent, No. 4 fifth-year senior Ethan Shepherd and No. 5 senior Harry Reynolds. Fifth-year senior Evan Yakubov will journey with the crew as an alternative.

In final yr’s convention match, Indiana completed sixth as a crew, and Shepherd led the crew with a ninth-place particular person end general.

The Hoosiers have received the Massive Ten Championship eight occasions, incomes their most up-to-date title in 1998. Indiana has additionally completed second on 12 events, most lately in 2013.

Indiana has additionally produced eight particular person winners within the occasion. Jorge Campillo was the final Hoosier to win again in 2008.

Indiana finds itself ranked at No. 60 within the newest GolfWeek rankings, and will likely be seeded sixth within the match. All 5 groups seeded forward of the Hoosiers are ranked contained in the top-50. These groups are No. 19 Illinois, No. 25 Purdue, No. 29 Ohio State, No. 45 Michigan State and No. 46 Northwestern. All 14 Massive Ten faculties will likely be competing.

Indiana defeated Illinois on the Preventing Illini Invitational again within the fall, and completed forward of each Purdue and Michigan State on a number of events this season. The Hoosiers beat the Boilermakers within the semifinals and the Spartans within the finals of the Massive Ten Match Play Championship.

The three-day, 54-hole match will likely be performed from Friday to Sunday. Stay scoring will likely be obtainable on Golfstat. Though the match received’t be televised reside, it is going to be broadcast on tape delay on the Massive Ten Community on Saturday, Might 14 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

“We’re able to go have some enjoyable,” Mayer mentioned. “I believe we need to have some enjoyable.”