East Lansing, Mich. – Coming off a trio of top-five finishes, Michigan State's men's golf team begins play in the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational on Saturday, April 6.
The two-day, 54-hole tournament tees off on Saturday morning with a 9 a.m. shotgun start and 36 holes of continuous play on the par-71, 7,355-yard Pfau Course at Indiana University. The third, and final, round tees off on Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m.
HOOSIER COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
Dates: Saturday, April 6 – Saturday, April 7
Course: Pfau Course, Bloomington, Ind.
Par/Yardage: 71 / 7,355
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes / Play five, count four
Live Stats: Golfstat
Schedule – Saturday – 36 holes of continuous play beginning with a 9 a.m. shotgun start
Sunday – 18 holes with tee times beginning at 8 a.m.
MSU LINEUP
No. 1 – Ashton McCulloch
No. 2 – Drew Hackett
No. 3 – August Meekhof
No. 4 – Bradley Smithson
No. 5 – Lorenzo Pinili
IND – Pierce Morrissey
THE FIELD
Indiana (No. 48), Butler, DePaul, Eastern Kentucky, Evansville, High Point, IUPUI, Michigan (No. 76), Michigan State (No. 79), Murray State, Northwestern (No. 40), Notre Dame (No. 27), Purdue Fort Wayne, Rice, Southern Illinois, Valparaiso
RESULTS
Live scoring for the event is available through Golfstat.
ABOUT THE SPARTANS
Michigan State enters the weekend with a string of top-five finishes over the team's last three tournaments since the start of March. MSU finished in fourth place among 11 teams at the Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational in Napa, Calif. on March 26, with junior Ashton McCulloch tying for fifth place at 4-under par 212. The Spartans also finished in third place at the Johnnie-O at Sea Island (21-under par 843) and tied for fifth place among 14 teams at the Colleton River Collegiate (19-under par 845).
McCulloch has led the Spartans throughout the year and carries a 70.91 scoring average over 23 rounds, including two top-five finishes and five among the top-20. His 70.91 scoring average currently ranks as the best single-season mark in program history. Graduate student Drew Hackett is second on the team with a 71.90 scoring average and has four top-20 finishes, including a tie for sixth place at the Johnnie-O at Sea Island at 7-under par 209. Senior August Meekhof is third on the team with a 72.46 average and classmate Bradley Smithson carries a 72.70 average, including a season-best 11th place finish at the Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational (even-par 216).
LUBAHN'S THOUGHTS
"The last few weeks I've seen our guys play the way we kind of expected them to all year and the way we saw them play when the season opened in September. Sometimes the season can be a grind and it can take a while for you to find who you are. We've kind of done that over the last few tournaments and it's restored some of that confidence we had coming into the season. This field at Indiana will be a good barometer for where we are and I'm confident our guys will respond."
Preview courtesy of MSU Athletics.
The two-day, 54-hole tournament tees off on Saturday morning with a 9 a.m. shotgun start and 36 holes of continuous play on the par-71, 7,355-yard Pfau Course at Indiana University. The third, and final, round tees off on Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m.
HOOSIER COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
Dates: Saturday, April 6 – Saturday, April 7
Course: Pfau Course, Bloomington, Ind.
Par/Yardage: 71 / 7,355
Format: Stroke play, 54 holes / Play five, count four
Live Stats: Golfstat
Schedule – Saturday – 36 holes of continuous play beginning with a 9 a.m. shotgun start
Sunday – 18 holes with tee times beginning at 8 a.m.
MSU LINEUP
No. 1 – Ashton McCulloch
No. 2 – Drew Hackett
No. 3 – August Meekhof
No. 4 – Bradley Smithson
No. 5 – Lorenzo Pinili
IND – Pierce Morrissey
THE FIELD
Indiana (No. 48), Butler, DePaul, Eastern Kentucky, Evansville, High Point, IUPUI, Michigan (No. 76), Michigan State (No. 79), Murray State, Northwestern (No. 40), Notre Dame (No. 27), Purdue Fort Wayne, Rice, Southern Illinois, Valparaiso
RESULTS
Live scoring for the event is available through Golfstat.
ABOUT THE SPARTANS
Michigan State enters the weekend with a string of top-five finishes over the team's last three tournaments since the start of March. MSU finished in fourth place among 11 teams at the Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational in Napa, Calif. on March 26, with junior Ashton McCulloch tying for fifth place at 4-under par 212. The Spartans also finished in third place at the Johnnie-O at Sea Island (21-under par 843) and tied for fifth place among 14 teams at the Colleton River Collegiate (19-under par 845).
McCulloch has led the Spartans throughout the year and carries a 70.91 scoring average over 23 rounds, including two top-five finishes and five among the top-20. His 70.91 scoring average currently ranks as the best single-season mark in program history. Graduate student Drew Hackett is second on the team with a 71.90 scoring average and has four top-20 finishes, including a tie for sixth place at the Johnnie-O at Sea Island at 7-under par 209. Senior August Meekhof is third on the team with a 72.46 average and classmate Bradley Smithson carries a 72.70 average, including a season-best 11th place finish at the Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational (even-par 216).
LUBAHN'S THOUGHTS
"The last few weeks I've seen our guys play the way we kind of expected them to all year and the way we saw them play when the season opened in September. Sometimes the season can be a grind and it can take a while for you to find who you are. We've kind of done that over the last few tournaments and it's restored some of that confidence we had coming into the season. This field at Indiana will be a good barometer for where we are and I'm confident our guys will respond."
Preview courtesy of MSU Athletics.
